At the cabin with toddlers...

To start off our week up at the cabin, we had our neighbors (can I still call them my neighbors if one family has now MOVED AWAY?? SOBBBB) up there with us to relive our awesome weekend last year, this time around with crazy toddlers! We all left on Thursday night, and Annie only slept for like a half hour which made for a NOT so relaxing drive up there, but oh well. At least we stopped for a DQ Blizzard.

Since I took approximately 500 photos, I'll just go with my favorites to give you the run down of the weekend.

Breakfast on the deck! No Annie yet, since after going to bed at like 10 and waking up about 7 times that night, she at least decided to sleep until 9 (too bad everyone else woke me up anyway :)

Nate got a toy plane (I'm sure that is not the appropriate term for this piece of machinery but oh well) and had to try it out immediately, especially given the complete lack of wind

Finally woke up!

Nice bed head

At least she cleans up nice

Somehow, we convinced the men to take all the girls to the grocery store :)

Seriously, I have barely ever seen the lake this calm!

There were many pontoon rides to be had

More flying

I just love this outfit, the whole thing courtesy of Aunt Liz. Clearly Annie likes striking a pose too!

Annie always has to have her eye on the prize

Finally, success

Back up stairs

White skirts and sidewalk chalk don't exactly pair well!

Just trying to listen to music, and the girls took over the car

This is the only one that doesn't require a modesty patch from triple bathtime

and then a showdown

Probably my favorite pic from the weekend, MJ in timeout (except it looks like Aaron is in timeout too!)

Lots of great meals were had!

Although they were a bit hectic

All 9 of us!

Another one from Nate!

Examine each other's buckles

MJ is sick of this paparazzi crap

Snacks snacks, all the time

Madeline trying to somersault right into the lake!

Banana vultures! (Why yes, I DID pick up 3 coordinating outfits at Target for the weekend! I will share my faves from that photoshoot in a separate post because there are FAR too many)

Poor man's water table

Evening pontoon ride

Some peace and quiet after bedtime (kind of...... VITO! (slow snap))

Then I had to leave pretty early Sunday morning to get back to a bridal shower, and then came back up Sunday night to reunite with Ben and Annie! Surprisingly, the 3 hour drives were some of my favorite times - how often do I get to listen to WHATEVER music I want, at WHATEVER volume I want (very loud) and sing along at the top of my lungs?? I was seriously hoarse when I returned. It was awesome. Even without AC (fixed now, thankfully). I also hit the jackpot with some mix CDs I found from 2001 and 2002 made for me by my debate students at the time. Hoo boy. (one featured song? Area Codes by Ludacris)

More to come from the cabin!