We returned home Saturday from our week at a cabin on Lac Courte Oreilles in Hayward, Wisconsin. We had a fabulous time and enjoyed beautiful weather while we were there. Now we are settled back in our routine of work, daycare, baseball, volleyball and housework. I hope to have time this weekend to go through all 500+ photos and post a recap of our week. For now, here’s a few highlights.
After gifts, Sophia and I washed his car while Sebastian helped him with a project in the back yard. The car took a while since the interior hadn’t been vacuumed or cleaned since last fall. I think we emptied about 5 pounds of dirt out of his car. He blames the kids and their dirty shoes all winter long.
Mike’s parents arrived in the early afternoon and we enjoyed a light lunch out on the deck. Our hope was to find an open baseball field and throw the ball around. Sebastian wanted to show off his pitching skills, but there were games or practices on all of the nearby fields. Instead we went over to Hartley park and hiked up to the highest point. Before we made it to the top, we stopped at the pond. We saw fish, a turtle and a few dragonflies.
We also saw the biggest birch tree any of us had ever seen before.
We saw many wildflowers. Here are my favorites.
We finished the day with a nice dinner – pork tenderloin, risotto, salad and french bread. Dessert was homemade chocolate pudding with fresh whipped cream. Oh, I almost forgot…lots of red wine too! A perfect finish to a perfect day. Right, Mike?
Now that Sophia is six years and five days old, I’m finally getting around to posting the rest of her birthday photos. It’s been a busy week!
Despite foggy, wet weather, Sophia had a great birthday. I took off from work a bit early to help with a mini-party for Sophia at daycare. She requested “flag” cookies for her treat in honor of flag day. She thinks its cool to share her birthday with a holiday. Luckily, 4th of July cookies with red, white and blue sprinkles had already hit the stores. After the treat, the kids worked on a photo frame art activity. We took a group photo of the kids to put in the frame.
We headed home after the fun at daycare. Sophia was very anxious to open her presents from us. One of the biggest hits of the day was a mylar balloon monkey Mike had picked up on his way home from work.
Next she opened a gift form her Aunt, Uncle & Cousins – Polly Pocket Van with cool accessories – huge hit! She also opened a Zhu Zhu pet spiral slide, a book and a dress from us. Her big gift was a much-needed new bike. Since it was too big to wrap, Mike made her close her eyes while he got it from his hiding spot in the basement.
I think she likes it…
M. Sullivan Photography 