As vacations go our trip to Sleeping Bear dunes (MI) was wonderful... It was our first family vacation since Lawrence and one we were quite apprehensive about, but in desperate need of. But the thing we feared most - the LONG drive up there around the lake, turned out to be nothing. It's amazing what singing songs, crayola pens & paper and a portable dvd will do to help the hours pass faster for a toddler. It was a good vacation and an eye opening one in many ways. I realised that this was it. That our family was complete and I could now go ahead and plan vacations based on age for the next 5, 10, 15 years.. Okay so I love planning and with the limited amount of vacation that American employers give you I just have soooo much ground to cover ... that planning is the only way. Anyways back to vacation. I rested. Tommy was grand. He fed Lawrence in the nights, took Rachael off my hands whenever she had a moment, bbqued, built fires.. and even loved me despite my tantrums on vacation. Okay I have tantrums on vacation too. We just lay on the beach day after day after day... built sand castles, tanned, spent time with each other. It was so rejuvenating. I didn't realise just how much of a toll last winter, the pregnancy, Tommy's layoff, new job etc had taken on me. Rachael just blossomed. She misses us during the work week and she just loved all the time she got to spend with us. She's getting to be a great little girl (most of the time). She finally LOVES her brother..lol.. Not bad.. only 6 months down ... and loves playing with him and teaching him stuff.. the occasional wacks he got from her lasted only a couple of months.. I'm so glad. If you have kids and are in the midwest area I totally recommend this place. What I would do differently - Get a house in Frankfort instead of Beluah. Frankfort is on lake Michigan, and the shores are so much more suited to little children... gentle slope et al. Get a house on the beach and make sure it's actually on the beach ... Get a house relatively close to civilization - while the peace and quiet were fantastic - having to drive 6-10 miles for pizza was a bit much. I did however love seeing humming birds (it's the first time I saw some.. never realised they were so tiny). If you don't have children it's still a great .. even better place.. and this was the eye opening part. Tommy and I missed our alone time. Just the ability to sit quietly with each other and enjoy the silence without it being constantly peppered with 'What's this mom', or a 'Lets play mom', or a 'Come on dad I want to go'.. We missed not being able to go canoeing on the lake. We missed being able to go out on treks (we forgot to carry our baby backpack, and while Rachael walks Lawrence in a stroller just didn't cut it)... basically we saw a whole lot of young people doing the stuff we did about 3 years back and felt kind of nostalgic... yes yes I know ... kids bring a whole other dimension to life... and I love it... I just sometimes miss the old days.
No comments:
Post a Comment