7/26-8/1: Family Vacation to Lake Geneva

by margaretyagan on August 21, 2010

Near the beach at Lake Geneva

On Monday I woke up and ate breakfast with Aunt Claire. Nick was around in the morning, which was fun; he even joined in on our tea party. After he left, A/C and I walked to cooking class. Miss Erin and Morgan were back – I was psyched! We made ABC soup and of course, I enjoyed identifying all the letters before devouring them. Then we went to Walgreen’s get passport pictures taken. Apparently A/C doesn’t know what a challenge this is with me. Finally, after about twenty minutes, we got a picture to work out!

Next stop was the park, where I got soaked. On the way home, we stopped by Bagel on Damen to get coffee (for A/C) and a Dobble Dog (for me). I didn’t nap much and then had a pretty low-key afternoon which included picking up the passport photos. Kyle came over for dinner — I love corn on the cob!

The rest of my week was prettynormal. I had the usual schedule and classes during the week, having fun with Aunt Claire, Nana, and Julie. The big excitement of the week started on Friday, when Dad got home and started frantically packing up while Julie entertained me. We hopped in yellow cab (my favorite kind) and we headed off to Ogilvie to catch a train up toward Lake Geneva.

I had a great time on the train and enteretained a bunch of other riders on the way.

When we got to the end of the line, Mom was waiting for us. I was so happy to see her and head straight for our hotel. We went for a little walk around the neighborhood and made it back home with some delicious pizza.

I woke up on Saturday morning and Dad and I hung out on the balcony even though it was raining until Mom got up. Then we got ready and went out for breakfast at Egg Harbor, which was yummy. Then we went to the library where I pulled the whole rack of puzzles on to my head. Then we left and went for a walk down by the water. Dad and I sat on the dock for a while and got in some good QT. Then I accidentally stuck my foot in a hole and scraped up my leg so badly that it was bleeding. Dad took me to the lifeguards on the beach where they patched me up.

We hopped in the car and went to a really lame petting zoo, Wal-Mart, and The Cheese Box, where the nice ladies gave me a whole thing of string cheese for free! We went to our room and ate lunch before taking a nap.

When I got up, we went to the pool where I had a great time with Mom and Dad. I’m so good at swimming. I even got to sit in the jacuzzi for a couple minutes.

After we got all dried up and dressed, we went to Popeye’s for dinner and then a yummy dessert at Kilwin’s.

On Sunday I got up with Dad and we ate strawberries on the balcony until Mom got up. We went to Scuttlebutt’s for breakfast and then got ready to go to the beach! It was really hot and really fun. I got in the water and the sand and then after just 45 minutes, I decided that I was done.

We went home and I took a shower with Mom before having lunch at Simple Cafe and then heading back home for a nap. We ended up waking up pretty late from our nap and so we had to head right out to dinner. Dad let me pick where we went, and I chose Fischer’s (“the beautiful place by the lake!”) where I had cherry juice and deep-fried shrimp. And yes, Dad even ordered it for me!

Then we went back to Kilwin’s for more yummy ice cream – the perfect end to a great weekend!