The kids got some kinetic sand from somewhere, but it is a contraband item for me, so it had to stay outside! The kids enjoyed on the porch for the duration of our stay though!
We enjoyed checking out the new installations, one of which was a giant lite-brite!
Sticky hand battle! You have to use a sticky hand to capture a quarter. They divided the contestants by age, and then into small groups. William and I both made it to the finals, but neither of us were victorious. = (
During a break in the rain, the girls wanted to go check out something that wasn't of interest to William, so he and I walked around to see if we could find a good place for him to use his fishing net.
They really didn't have anywhere for him to toss it into the depths! Fishing wasn't allowed on the bridges or docks! We played a round of cornhole near the ranger's station. William was ahead by 7 points, but I ended up making a comeback and winning the game.
Every time I looked at the horizon, toward the sunset, it was prettier and prettier!
Day 2 was not rainy! We woke up to sunshine, and were out the door early so that the kids could maximize swimming! Friday was our cabana day, but when we went looking, the cabanas had not been labelled, which meant that I had to call to get our assignment.
We ended up at the pool nearest our cabin, because it's the one that the kids were most excited about.
Later, when Billy joined us, we moved to the cabana, which finally had our name on it! The cabana was in the newest area that opened earlier this summer, and had a fan and a refrigerator! We even watched a bit of M*A*S*H after logging into Hulu.
The kids did enjoy the splash area for a while, but then they wanted to go check out the big waterslides!
Each of them did the straight drop, but William was the most visible in his bright green shirt!
Around 2, Billy and I tried to get charcoal from the ranger's station, but sadly, they were sold out. I ended up going on an off campus run to get charcoal. It wasn't far, but it wasn't fun. Had I thought about it, one of the girls could have driven the return trip! While out, I also had to source some worms for Emily.* Luckily, we were close to lots of lakes, so there was a shop nearby the Dollar General I ended up at.
We were not impressed with our check in or the state of our cottage upon arrival, but I wanted to document the number, for future reference.
On my return trip, I found one of the letter signs that Alice needed for her scavenger hunt! It was way out of the way, and was just the letter she needed to crack the code!
Billy had to rush cooking dinner, because Candy Bar Bingo started at 7. It was the saddest of news that they no longer allow outside candy bars (but we never found out the reason) so you had to buy a candy bar from them (at $2/piece) to play. = ( We paid the money for each of us to get two boards, but it definitely dampened my mood for the experience.
Because of the rain forecast, the tickets to the light wagon were free, so Alice signed up all five of the kids to go on the ride! We brought lots of glowy items with us, so it was truly free! As a side note, Alice is not in many of the pictures, because she didn't want to swim. She attended practically every free event that they offered though! So, she stayed busy, we just didn't see much of her.
The next day, we started out with Smores! With the threat of rain still looming, the kids were worried that we would end up bringing home our ingredients again, so we took the opportunity to make them at the beginning of the day!
Next, they swam for a while in the same pool as the day before, but the seats were full! After a while, we decided to try the indoor pool. It was a steamy room, so Billy and I sat just outside the door on the deck, in direct view of the kids, but they said that the water was cold in this pool.
After the rush for dinner the night before, there was no time for the chicken, so Billy cooked it up for dinner on night 3. Emily had an AP Biology assignment due the day after we got back from our trip, so she had to do her worm experiment while we were on vacation.* Surprisingly, she actually needed this picture for her lab, because they had to include a picture of them doing the experiment! She was panicked, because we couldn't even recreate it, since we'd tossed the boxes at the campground, but I love taking pictures of my babies!
Once the chicken was cooked, we headed over to the paddle boats! Even Alice joined us for this outing.
Sunset on our final night. It was pretty and serene, but it's always sad to be at the end of a vacation.
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