Oh what a great week we have had!!! After the craziest, busiest summer of our married life, we were all so ready for a getaway! God blessed us with a free lake house at Lake Seminole, owned by some church members that let us stay there for the week, and it was just what the doctor ordered! Lake Seminole isn't too far away, but it's far enough away that you can't get caught up in doing anything - Donalsonville is the closest town, and that's not saying much! haha!!
We decided to drive down Sunday night, because we were just soooo ready to start our week off. This was both good and bad. The bad: Charles Johnson CANNOT give directions and we ended up in the middle of nowhere with no idea how to get to the house. Enter The Hero: Timothy Taylor, who at midnight, went to the church to get the house address for us. WHEW!! (We owe him soooo big!) The good of going was that we got to wake up bright and early and already be there! That was nice.
Throughout the week, so watched LOTS of movies and LOTS of Yo Gabba Gabba!
She was his little shadow! Broke her heart when he'd have to do something without her (like go outside to grill).
Every morning when we woke up, I would open up the back wall of blinds and it opened onto a beautiful view of the lake. The lake is currently covered in lilypads (ugh!) but in the mornings, the lilypads had beautiful white flowers open on them. So pretty! From what we were told, the Army Corps of Engineers are coming in the Spring to clear out the lilypads, so that the lake is usable to the residents again. That would be nice, I think.
Andy was great too - we totally shared responsibilities for Anna Claire - took turns changing diapers, he helped in the cleaning, it was so nice! It was funny to see whose "turn" it was, when a messy diaper came along! I'm so glad he's such a good sport about those things!
We decided to drive down Sunday night, because we were just soooo ready to start our week off. This was both good and bad. The bad: Charles Johnson CANNOT give directions and we ended up in the middle of nowhere with no idea how to get to the house. Enter The Hero: Timothy Taylor, who at midnight, went to the church to get the house address for us. WHEW!! (We owe him soooo big!) The good of going was that we got to wake up bright and early and already be there! That was nice.
Throughout the week, so watched LOTS of movies and LOTS of Yo Gabba Gabba!
She was a SERIOUS Daddy's girl all week though!! I guess with him being so busy all summer, she'd missed him - and she sure made up the time this week! They played together lots! (See their "tent" below.)
Every morning when we woke up, I would open up the back wall of blinds and it opened onto a beautiful view of the lake. The lake is currently covered in lilypads (ugh!) but in the mornings, the lilypads had beautiful white flowers open on them. So pretty! From what we were told, the Army Corps of Engineers are coming in the Spring to clear out the lilypads, so that the lake is usable to the residents again. That would be nice, I think.
We took the paddleboat out several times, which was very difficult at first (because of the lilypads), but we figured out how to manuever through them and we enjoyed getting out on the water for a few minutes. Anna Claire liked it too - she would eat her cheerios and just sit and be sweet. Precious time together!
Every day we had an outing - nothing big, just a nice way to get out of the house. Monday, we ran to Donalsonville to buy groceries for the week. We grilled steaks and they were YUMMY!! (Makes me want to do it again!!)
Tuesday, we went to the State Park and had a picnic beside the lake. It was nice - except for the gnats. (I promise, I do not understand why God created gnats!!) We had to keep chasing Anna Claire to keep her from eating random debris on the ground, but it was fun to eat outside. Then we went and *tried* to feed the fish from the dock. Unfortunately, there were no fish to feed. :(
Wednesday, we did some local exploring, and ended up heading back to the State Park to go swimming in the lake. It started out as a DUD because Anna Claire was grouchy, but she warmed up to the experience and ended up enjoying the sand. I think she likes being able to walk in the water too - of course, at home in our pool, she can't ever be free in the water without us, so that's a nice change for her.
Thursday we did NOTHING, which was nice, but we were starting to get a little stir-crazy, so we packed up that night so we could come home on Friday because Andy had a research paper due by Sunday. I had really hoped to stay until Saturday, but hopefully we'll be able to go again sometime. The house is owned by James and Rupel McInnish and they are a sweet older couple in our church. They just do not know how they blessed us by letting us use their house!
Every day I cooked, and Anna Claire ate "real" food all week - which was a messy, but pleasurable experience! She likes everything - such a great eater! I'm so glad she isn't picky. She tried steak, and she ate spaghetti (wow....), but man, oh, man, does she ever love pork chops and potato salad!! She ate until her belly was so tight I thought it might pop! :)
The house is nice - but very dated. The decor is straight from the 60's/70's - with the orange countertops and gold cabinets and furniture. The microwave had a "power" button and was probably 3.5 feet wide and 2 feet tall - it was HUGE! :) They had the cutest little hand-held mixer, that looked like Holly Housewife would have used it in the 50's - super cute!!
Lots of open space though - and it was all carpeted - and THAT was Anna Claire's favorite part, I think. She ran everywhere!! She explored and checked out every nook and cranny of that place! She loved for us to say, "I'm gonna get you!" and she'd run and squeal! At home, she will play like that, but there isn't as much room to run, and it hurts if she gets too excited and falls down. Here, she didn't have to worry as much. So great!
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