Twin Lakes State Park

Well our camping trip this weekend was a success!!! We had never been to Twin Lake State Park before and it was beautiful!! This only thing we didn't care for was how the campsites were set up. Not very private at all...but the rest of the park was perfect. From the minute we got there Bradley was out of the truck collecting rocks with his truck and gumballs (that's what we call those weird round brown things with the little pokers coming out of them) Not sure how many of those rocks Alayna ate but as she poops the next few days we'll see. HA! Now that she is more mobile she was eating all kinds of nature. She just couldn't resist. We kept making the icky sound and we said it so much she would try to copy it...Too Cute!!

Each morning we enjoyed Craig's signature bacon and eggs and ended each evening with a campfire and toasting marshmallows. The kids slept great and had us raring to go by 7am each day. There is just something about being out in the middle of the woods with your family taking a break from the all too consuming technology...tv, cell phones ect... We took hikes, swam in the fresh water lake, which brought back memories for Craig and I. Growing up both our Grandparents owned lake homes up in Northern Wisconsin and we both thought the smell of the lake was just the same. It was so refreshing! Bradley of course was obsessed with fishing. He thinks that's all camping is. That's all he wanted to do and it didn't matter that he didn't catch anything. I think he just likes the casting part. It was a constant "look mommy, watch me" "daddy, did you see how far I casted? "do you think I'll catch a fish now?"

It was so funny...camping in the 3 sites next to us was a whole family...some of those deep southern talkin folks. They had a ton of kids....I didn't know it at the time but 2 came over and I gave them some m&ms and oh my word they started coming out of everywhere! The 2 I'm sure ran back to tell the others and here they come. Everytime I brought the food out they were like... "can I have some of that?" Bradley played with them almost the whole time and by the end of the weekend he was copying their southern drawl to a tee. It was hysterical!! I was like..."where'd ya learn to talk like that?" We had to kindly shoo them away a few times because they just took ownership of our spot. It was a hoot to listen to their little lingo. I wish I could recap it all in a blog.

The squirrels were everywhere!! One time when we were coming back from swimming we seen a squirrel running off into the woods with a plastic bag and I was like "what was that?" Bradley starts screaming "THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE COOKIES!!!!" One of the little scavengers got into our backpack and stole his cookies. I told Bradley I'd get him some more and this morning he's still asking when I'm going to get his cookies. Was he that traumatized or just plain spoiled rotten? Hmmm......

I'd be lying if I told you that it wasn't at times hard work camping with two little ones but more than not it is relaxing and a great way to get good quality time together and it is so worth it just to enjoy all the precious moments of watching your children play and just focusing on them and each other without any distractions. So to all of you contemplating going, I'd say go for it!!! You won't regret it. Trust me I'm not fond of bugs, snakes and spiders in the sleeping bag either but if I can do, you can too!!!! Sometimes it's nice to just throw on a hat and no make up for a few days, but today I was glad to feel like a human again. Hey Jayne, if you are reading this... I bet I was a sight for sore eyes running threw Walmart like a wild animal with Bradley running behind me like a little banchy trying to keep up as I was buying food for our trip on Friday HA!