What a weekend!

This past weekend, the boys & I, along with Amy and her son Sean, headed up to Mackinac Island to stay with our friend Rebecca and her family. It was a much needed mini-vacation for all of us, and it was so much fun!

We took a 20min boat ride over to the Island and I was nervous about how Colin would react. As soon as we got to the dock, he took off running because he was so excited to ride on the "big boat". And he loved every second of the boat ride. Jackson was pretty indifferent - he sat in the stroller eating Chee.rios the whole time, and even spared a few for Sean.

While on the Island, we managed to eat everything in sight. Exactly what you're supposed to do on vacation, right??? We took a carriage ride (although we didn't get 2 brown horses pulling the carriage like Colin wanted, which of course led to a complete meltdown, but we did get 1 brown horse at least). We shopped in all of the souvenir shops and I managed to only buy one item - a blanket since I needed it at Bec's house. We mostly just enjoyed being outside, chatting, and letting the kids play together.

Other than a crazy dinner on Saturday, the entire weekend was virtually stress-free. I know kids will be kids, but when you're a single parent of 2 little boys who are hungry and one is out past his bedtime, you're definitely in for a bit of a rough patch on the parenting front. And I'll be honest, once I tend to feel overwhelmed as a single parent, it's all downhill for me. That's pretty much what happened at dinner Saturday night. Fortunately my friends understood my kids acting up (since they have kids themselves), but it's still stressful when you feel like the whole restaurant is staring at you and wondering why you can't control your kids. I do what I can, but the truth is that there's 2 of them and only 1 of me. Ahhh, the joys of single parenthood.

So in a nutshell, the weekend was a blast and hopefully Bec and her family didn't regret inviting all of us up there ;) Enjoy the pics!

Future Mr. & Mrs.???




Because every kid should wear a hamburger hat...

Our one attempt at getting a shot of all 4 kids together. Not too successful LOL

P.S. Thank you, Amy, for being the photographer of the trip ;)