Aside from hitting a deer, we planned to take some equipment to the lakehouse for Brady's father, take a tour of the new properties, relax and let Hailey sleep on the big boat for a night. Smokey purchased a bait shop called the Tackle Box and a larger store in a great location near one of the marinas. I liked them both and I hope they do well when they get up and running. The area can benefit from these two places being open.

This is Hailey's lucky ladybug that she let go Saturday morning. 

We went with Smokey Saturday morning and toured "Hailey's Hideaway"- one of the cabins in a wooded area. Hunter had fun walking along and poking sticks into the ground. Hailey played "Adventure Hailey" with me and we also played Hansel and Gretel (one of her favorite games to pretend). This time we found sticks, a faded out turtle shell and one bone.

A dead tree I liked...

That night we packed a few things and headed to the marina to spend the night on the big boat. Hailey had it in her head that she wanted to do this. She loves that boat but she absolutely drives me nuts on it. She was better this time. From birth, she has been in a state of constant motion. I only had to remind her a few dozen times not to do this and that and then she settled down. I would have loved it as a kid for sure. She wanted to sleep in the room with two beds down below- which we did.  In the morning, we ate and went out and fed the ducks some old bread Grammy gave us. Then we packed up and headed back to play some more at the lakehouse. Brady let the kids ride in the back of the Yukon- which I didn't necessarily approve of but he reminded me we did it a thousand times as kids and were just fine. He told Hailey to make sure Hunter wasn't standing and if she saw a cop to lay down. So the entire ride she was looking out the back window enjoying herself and looking for cops. Once she saw a vehicle she thought was a cop and quickly made Hunter lay down with her. It was sort of funny!

This was taken right after Hunter told me he was cranky and sleepy!

We spent most of the weekend enjoying being outside. The weather was nice. It rained briefly. Hailey was so excited about the few drops that fell. She went and put on her raingear we keep in the car. 

I found this great deal I couldn't pass up at our favorite place called the Resale Barn. It was a brand new Tonka and was $6.99. Wish Santa would have known that at Christmas. Hunter now has one for the lakehouse!

Hailey and Hunter also enjoyed being able to play in the sand. Hunter was even more fascinated by it this year. He normally can't stand to be dirty but sand is an exception. He was laying in it and filling up his shirt pocket with sand. He is going to love it this spring when I pull out the sand toys there. Hailey even managed to talk Grammy into climbing up on top of the playhouse with her and go down the slide. I have it on film too! They also spent some quality time doing her favorite activity- exploring down near the water.  They also took a few Kubota and golf cart rides and practiced driving. 

As we were preparing to leave, Smokey took Hailey on the bicycle built for two. She was all smiles. I didn't get a really good picture but she loved it! Thanks for the good weekend Smokey and Grammy. See you soon!

* I know a lot of mothers say this often about their children, but Hunter really is talking a lot more and speaking in sentence form now. He also loves to repeat the last word everyone says in a conversation. This trip he picked up the word "sure". He adds it to everything now. "Do you want to go outside?" "Yeah- sure." "Find your shoes please." "Yeah-sure."