We've got this down to a science, packing food and meals, and this time we added in one early Mother's Day dinner out at Mariner's Landing. Oddly enough, we ran into another family we know from Blacksburg at dinner!
After dinner Friday, Robert and the boys made a fire and did the traditional s'mores, followed up by a game of UNO, while I read and rested up for an early morning.
I was out of the house Saturday before anyone had stirred. The family showed up to cheer me on, and the kids built a fort in the nearby woods since it's not all that exciting to wait for your mom to bike or run by.
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| The start of the fort structure |
After the race and the lonnng drawn out awards ceremony, we had some lunch and hung out at the cabin/lake. The kids enjoyed the inflatables.
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| At first we had them tethered...just in case |
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| But with the alligator, we figured they were safe! |
Then Spencer and I had a mean game of Scrabble (funniest word: urinal!) and headed off for a bike ride. We practiced riding with no hands. Fortunately, there were no wipeouts.
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| Bike ride!! Time to raise the seat, this boy keeps growing! |
After dinner, more fire, more s'mores, and Yahtzee. Then sleep. Nothing better than sleeping to the sounds of rain on a cabin roof after a full day of playing!
We all were somehow up by 6:15 am, and discovering a rainy day, and US being US, we had the place packed up and we were outta there by 7:20 am, and back in Blacksburg by 9:15 am!
We bring an intensity to all we do - even vacations. Short, sweet, pack it in, pack it up!
We are hoping to make this May race/cabin rental an annual event. It's a gorgeous place, not too far, affordable, and tranquil.
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