This is the second post of a 3-part series highlighting our week on South Long Lake at The Lazy Loon near Brainerd, Minnesota in late May/early June 2014. Click here for Part 1 and click here for Part 3.
Saturday
Saturday started early for Kendrick and I as we enjoyed some snuggle time, then some jumperoo time for Kendrick while Mama enjoyed a yummy cup of coffee and some journaling. It didn't take too long before Daddy and Cashel joined us, and we enjoyed some yummy Belgian waffles for breakfast :)
With it being as wet as it was, we spent the morning inside with the boys just playing, crawling around (with Kendrick), watching movies (Ratatouille) and a little Saturday morning cartoons for Cashel and really, just passing the time until Mark's Dad and family arrived shortly after noon.
The boys once again napped well for us, and when they woke up everyone had arrived and it had dried off outside from the passing storms overnight, so we hit the dock and did a little fishing. It didn't take long for Kent to catch a little rock bass, and Cashel was just intrigued, but a little scared too.
We mostly caught a lot of weeds while we were at the cabin, but I caught another little rock bass and actually
TOUCHED it, which very well may be the first time I've ever actually touched a fish that hadn't already been filleted.
It was nice to have a little more flexibility with them around, not having to constantly keep my eye on Kendrick. Aunt Jess was more than happy to watch after our little guy :)
Cashel and Mark were both eager to hit the water a little more :)
Before we knew it, it was time to start supper, so I headed in to throw the teriyaki chicken on the grill, and we had some yummy chicken teriyaki sandwiches with various salads.
Kendrick tried strawberries for the first time and went a little nuts haha :)
We just sat around visiting the rest of the evening for the most part, and stayed up late talking after the boys went to bed.
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Sunday was an early morning for Kendrick and Cashel and I, but everyone else slept in a bit before breakfast. We enjoyed the cinnamon rolls that Dad and Pam so graciously picked up at our house on the way up the day prior and some yummy coffee.
We had initially planned to try to hit up Paul Bunyanland, and we snapped this really great picture outside of the place, but when we got in and realized it was going to cost us approximately $80 for all of us to get in, we decided it probably wasn't really worth it with the ages the kids were at. Plus, it was a pretty humid day, so it hardly seemed worth it.
We ended up just going back to the house, which, thankfully, was only about a mile from Paul Bunyanland and were thankful that we were able to get outside, as the grass and deck had dried off.
Kendrick was VERY interested in showing off his new standing skills :)
Cashel seemed far more interested in catching algae and rocks than he was in catching fish, but he did end up catching a little rock bass while I was in getting Kendrick down for his nap, even with his mildly unorthodox fishing techniques.
After Kendrick got up from his nap, I decided to take Cashel and Jess out tubing for their first time ever, while Grandpa and Grandma watched Kendrick.
Cashel just absolutely LOVED exploring, although it was unfortunate that it was SO mosquitoey out front, so we didn't spend much time out there.
We decided to go out for supper this night, but it took a long time to find a place open for supper on Sunday evening. (Or, rather, to find one of the places on the "must eats" list I had compiled.) We ended up stumbling across Rafferty's out of the blue, and boy are we glad we did! The atmosphere was fun, they had plenty of seating available, and the pizza was SO GOOD!
The rest of the night was more of the same: The boys went down to bed fairly early, and we sat around visiting and watching for the loon again :)
It was an earlier night for everyone, as we were worn out from a long day together.
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Monday everyone seemed to be up a little earlier, and we had more cinnamon rolls for breakfast and some had cereal. Dad, Pam and Jess were headed home that afternoon, so they were busy getting their things together and loaded up, and we were getting ourselves and the boys ready for a fun lunch date with all of us along with Mark's Great Uncle Don and Great Aunt Carol. We snapped a few photos together before taking off :)
We decided on Grizzly's, and it was a GREAT choice. Cashel did great for a little while, but then he got distracted and wanted to wander, so we took him around to check out the fish and animals lining the walls as well as the great big grizzly near the entrance.
After we finished visiting at Grizzly's, Don and Carol invited us back to their home to visit for a short while. We didn't have long to stay, as we had two ticking little time bombs on our hand, very much past their nap times. We had a nice time catching up with everyone, but it was definitely nap time by the time we got going. We had to make a quick stop at Walmart for me to pick up another phone, since mine pulled a failed trapeze stunt the day before we left. We settled in back at the cabin, although Kendrick didn't stay asleep long, so we didn't get much down time. However, we got enough time for Mark to take a nap and for me to do a little more fishing by myself.
When the boys woke up, we spent some fun time cuddling and playing in the living room before getting the grill ready for supper. We had enjoyed our time with company, but it was nice to have a little more quiet time together as a family. The boys were wiped out from being so busy the past few days and went to bed easily and early, so Mark and I stayed up, watched some TV, tidied up a bit and watched for the loon again.
