First day of pre-school

Today was a big day for Lydia (and me!). It was her first day of school. I think I was more nervous than her! Today I went with her and it was just an hour of getting to know everyone. She liked it a lot! Her teacher seems wonderful and we look forward to a great year ahead!

WIsconsin Camping 2012

This past weekend (Thursday night through Sunday) we went camping at Kohler-Andrae State Park in Wisconsin.  We went with my cousin Jenny, and her family.  This was our 2^nd year going with Jenny and we already have next summer’s trip booked, so it’s becoming a tradition!  We had a great time, and the great weather helped with that!  It was cold at night (got as low as 51 one night), but we were prepared with blankets and sleeping bags.  The first morning we are all up at the crack of dawn (in fact every morning we were...), and we took a walk down to the beach.  We found a bench to sit on….

Later on that day we went to one of Lydia’s FAVORITE places, Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay. It was about an hour drive, but after going there last summer, Lydia talked about it ALL year, and we wanted to take advantage of being so close. Also the park is mainly for younger kids, so they will eventually outgrow it. Lydia enjoyed her first Tilt-a-Whirl experience(which she calls the clown ride) with Marc. The kids went on many other little kid rides, like the boats, the cars, the lady bugs, and the coolest looking ride, the Granny Bugs

Lydia was also tall enough for the junior Swings, which she enjoyed thoroughly. And her daddy went down the big slides together.

All in all, we had a fun time at Bay Beach.

We spent the rest of our time eating yummy food, jumping in the tent (sometimes very early in the morning!)

hanging out around the campfire and campsite

riding Tryston’s truck down the “hill”

and going to the beach to play in the sand

Next year, we will remember to eat a lot of garlic, or light some Citronella candles (the kids and Marc got bit a lot!)

Besides that, Wisconsin Camping trip 2012 was a success!