So because of the bad match to Trevor in his Dinosaur Art camp, I decided to pull him out for Friday and instead head down to the lake house on Thursday afternoon. Of course the time I wanted to go, the cities were getting hit with bad storms. It got REALLY dark inside. Trevor was a bit weirded out by it and kept asking what was going on. Our alarms in the area were going off as well and I was watching the radar.
After the storm had cleared and I finished packing the car, we started off. Gwen hadn't napped yet that day so she was asleep before we even left. Trevor fell asleep on the way over to Bubba's house and unfortunately woke up as I pulled in. So he was stuck watching "Cars" on the way over. We had waited long enough so that we just got some rain the last half hour or so of the ride.
We got in around 5pm and then went to dinner. They got hit with more rain and we heard about a restauarant that we would sometimes go to and the fire that destroyed it. Now that leaves only one kid-friendly place in the area to eat dinner at. And that place is only opened for dinner on Wednesday thru Sunday.
We had a quiet dinner and figured with the Palms being burned down, that the Stone's Throw would be pretty busy unless another restaurant opened up. So we got our reservations in for Friday. Now, ever since this week, Trevor has had a pretty difficult streak going. And Thursday wasn't much different. He was very excited to be at the lake, but he is a bigger kid, and he really wants to show me he can do things by himself. New boundaries were set. He has no problem going outside whenever he wants. There isn't anything that he can't figure out. He had to get one time out and no ice cream on Thursday night to know we were serious. He couldn't go outside without telling an adult, couldn't leave the table or make loud noises at dinner, and couldn't go down to the beach without an adult. Now it doesn't mean that he will be perfect at this from now until he is old enough to go off on his own, but at least he knows the boundaries and can test them if he wants, but that is what they will be.
Thursday night to Friday morning there were some pretty bad storms that passed through. I was fully expecting Trevor to come and get me because the storms woke him up at night. Hey, I was up listening to the hail pounding on the roof. Gwen was up a bit before 6am and there was another storm going on. My mom was up looking at the radar making sure it wasn't going to be worse than it was. Trevor strolled out of his room at 6:30. Most of the storm had passed by then. And the weather still was decent that day. Very windy but warm anyway. Bubba and Trevor got to go swimming in the lake and had a lot of fun riding the waves with a raft and his floaties. Gwen and I enjoyed the new toys and change of scenery for the day. Trevor and Gwen took a nap at relatively the same time, so I got a little time in the sun while they were napping. After waking Trevor up, we went back to the Stone's Throw for dinner. Trevor was pinned in the back corner of the restaurant so he could wander around a little and not get in trouble. But he still ate a good dinner and walked with Papa over to get some ice cream for dessert. After we settled the bill, we drove over to pick them up at the ice cream place. Trevor was yelling over to us. When we picked him up, he asked if we noticed the signs they were holding. That kid and his imagination.
Friday night/Saturday morning we got another round of storms that I didn't hear, but Trevor woke me up for more water at 1am. Then he was up right at 6 and out on the porch yelling at the hummingbirds. I woke up with Gwen a little later with the stomach flu. Wonderful. I must have slept at least 14 hours that day and night. I didn't eat anything all day. Saturday happened to be the yearly Blue Butterfly Festival at Black River Falls. Another thing that Trevor got to do with Bubba. He came back with McD's and sounded like he had a great time. He got a giant Blue Butterfly Balloon which he quickly named Floppy. Of course he wanted to take it everywhere including outside and in his room at night. Not a good idea with how crazy he is to make sure everything is not scary at night. Big shadows and things moving that he isn't sure about would not make it a fun night. Rather than have Stone's Throw food for three nights in a row, Bubba went and picked up some frozen pizza for the evening. Granted, Stone's Throw food is good enough to eat three times in a row, but frozen pizza is good too ya know.
Sunday was Papa's birthday! Unfortunately the weather on Saturday and Sunday was not the best. It didn't get up to 80 either day and the wind was crazy. Now Friday the wind was pretty bad too, but at least it was hot and humid so the wind was actually nice. Trevor was able to fly a kite a few times during the weekend. We were hoping to get out on the boat at some point, but with the windy weather, it wasn't looking good. Sunday birthday dinner was steaks on the grill, corn on the cob, and yummy strawberry shortcake. If you ever get the chance, ask Trevor what card he got for Papa's birthday. When he was in Black River Falls, he picked out a card that had three kids' butts on the front, that said "Happy Birthday you old fart". Apparently he just STARED at the card and loved it. Now of course when someone read him the card, he was very confused. He could pick out all of the words when they read it to him, except we substituted the word "toot" for "fart" so he kept asking to point out the word "toot". MAN that kid is smart. You can give him a book that is like a board book that contains maybe a total of 20 words and he can read it based on the description of the picture and what the story is about. Yes, he needs help on a few words that may not make sense, but he really is gaining a lot of knowledge.
Anyway, it was pretty chilly when we woke up on Monday morning. But the weather forecast said it wasn't going to be windy and it was going to get warmer. While I put Gwen down for a short morning nap, everyone else went to go put the boat in the water. After she woke up, I took her down to the shore to watch for the boat. It was pulling right up! Gwen got a quick boat ride which she did great at, and then Trevor, Bubba, and Gwen all got back off at the cabin. I got a nice ride where I got a lot of color since I wasn't wearing any sunscreen. WHOOPS. And as I got out of the boat, Trevor wanted to go swimming. Now it wasn't THAT warm out, so I got in with a raft and went up to my waist. Trevor was still able to float around and play for a while before he got too cold from the water. We went inside to eat lunch and then a little later we went back on the boat to bring it out of the water. That was where Trevor got to drive the boat a bit and then get a speedy ride. OH was he in heaven. Squealing in delight like only a 4 year old can, it was great to hear. Not just one fast ride, but two. Then it was back to the cabin. I ran in to BRF again for dinner and the rest of the trip was pretty uneventful.
Oh, and spattered throughout this trip there were probably 304833847 baseball games played. I guess it is better than sword battles of some kind, but the kid is obsessed with baseball right now. And he will.not.let.you do anything except "play" with him. At least with Nascar all you had to do was listen to him do his announcing with what was happening on the racetrack. But with baseball you have to hit, pitch, run the bases, the whole thing. And he's actually still on that kick. Thankfully he can play t-ball once a week "for real" and watch the Twins on TV when we are in the area. But oh my GOSH does that kid never tire.
SOOOO that was our trip. And it took me a good 2 days to write it all out. Sorry for the delay.
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