Day 11

This morning in the ladies room there was a bat flying above the stalls. I just decided not to look up and pretend it wasn't there. It was going to be a very hot day today - so we decided to pack lunches and spend the day at the beach. Grandma came with us to Beti Gris beach on Lake Superior. It was very breezy on the beach with felt great on such a hot day. We set up the large umbrella so Adam had some shade to lay under. Jacob did not want to go in the water with the waves so Jared built him a little pool in the sand. Grandma also helped dig it out. The waves would come up and keep the pool filled with water. After a while, Aunt Kat, Uncle Eric, Andrew and Pepper came and joined us at the beach. Aunt Kat put Andrew in the pool with Jacob. Jacob thought he needed to take Andrews hand and show him how to splash. Andrew was happy chewing on the little shovel. Jacob used Grandma and my crocks as boats in the water. I looked at him and noticed he had packed wet sand on his head. He carried some buckets of water over to Truman saying, "Tru Tru drink". We had stayed there for close to 3 hrs when we decided it was time to head home. It was time for Jacob nap but it was too warm in the tent so we took him for a ride in the stroller. He was asleep before we were done with the first lap. Both boys slept while Jared and I played dominos. This evening we had fish dinner at Grandma in celebration of Kat's birthday. Jacob had just woke up from his nap when it was time to be at Grandma's for dinner. He started out throwing a temper tantrum in his seat, but it soon fased out and he ate his plate clean. He and I had mac-n-cheese for dinner. We went out for "cold cream" and Jacob got his green one. He kept going up to the man sitting with his family at the other table and saying "hi". When the man would turn and say hi back Jacob would get excited and run back to Daddy telling him that he said hi. This evening Grandma came down to sit by our fire when it started to rain. She helped us put things away before going back to her campsite. We put tarps up around our dining fly and got the boys dressed for bed. The rain stopped so we decided to take a walk around camp. I told Jared I was going to put my journel, which was in the dining fly, inside the tent so if it rained more it wouldn't get wet. I set it on the changing table and got busy doing something else. Tonight, after feeding Adam, I lay him in his playpen and he was full of smiles. Soon he was fast asleep for the night. We lay in bed and listened to the wind and thunder. We watched the storm light up our tent. I started to get more windy and then started pouring rain. Jacob wanted to lay his head on me and pulled my arm around to hold him. I looked at him and he was plugging his ears. He fell asleep and I moved him over to his bed. He woke up, lay in his bed, and said, "cool rain". He watched for a little bit but then fell asleep. The storm lasted for almost an hour.