Oh NH how we love thee!
A few days into vacation on Lake Winnipesaukee and we are
having a great time. Everyone including Nana got to NH without incident
(everyone’s cars worked great)!
We have been to the lake almost every day swimming and
making friends. Shane and Jackson have coordinated some amazing sand
contraptions with water gates and damns and everything!
They have befriended kiddos of all ages – boys and girls and
played like they were long last pals.
Yesterday Daddy took the boys to the Ruggles Mine- WOW! What
fun. Shane and Jackson got little hammers and hammered away for diamonds.
They came home with big buckets of rocks and they each got a
present- Shane got a Tooth- he is determined that it is a dinosaur tooth (it
looks just like a shark tooth) but none the less it came on a necklace and he
wore it to bed. Jackson got a “Purple diamond” and he keeps it safe in it’s
box. They are so cute with their dinosaur prizes ! I love them to death. It
rained yesterday so they also went to the movies to see Inside Out.
We rented a house on a cul-de-sac so lots of space for
riding bikes- and they have gotten good at it too! Shane and Jackson can ride
“Sideways” and with one hand.
The Lake has been awesome! Both Shane and Jackson are like fish in there. Towards the end of vacation, their favorite thing was digging for shiny rocks and "sand glass". Yesterday was our last full day here and Shane found "squishy sand" at the bottom of the lake that was nice and warm; when we were leaving he said- "Mommy, next year when we come to the lake can we play in the squishy sand? I like it ...."
We visited with Aunt Edna and jumped off her neighbors dock many many times into the lake. and went on a train ride- the boys got balloon dragons from the balloon guy. The balloon man also provided a great deal of joy to the kids at the beach as he would let a balloon out the window of train as it passed and the kids (including Shane and Jackson) chase the balloon.
We also went hiking into the flume and basin and drove the Kangamangus Highway and visited some waterfalls there. Storyland was great- they boys LOVED the interactive stuff- playing on the trucks, the little water park, riding the train etc. They were both tall enough this year to ride solo, so Mommy and Daddy kind of got the boot on many rides. The favorite was definitely the ball pit and the ancient Egyptian water ride. Also had an amazing day at Aunt Margaret's and Uncle Al's house- the boys got to drive the boat and even sat in the fast boat!
Shane was pretty averse to photos on this vacation. But I was able to snap one of him (Above) on the train.
We visited Kellerhuas for ice cream sundae's one night after Tamarack. The place has not changed in 40 years! They still have the little american flags for your sunday, and the candy boats; the candy room and the little figures that move... it was a flashback to mommy's childhood and going there with Mommy's Nana and Aunties.
The dragon balloons made on the train.
This is mommy trying to take a picture with Shane. Obviously he ducked!
Jackson driving solo!
Shane
We had an amazing vacation! And mommy is sad that it is over but the one thing is that it is raining out today which makes it much easier to pack up the car and drive for 2.5 hours home rather than missing the beach!
