Candy Trail

Every fall, we take one last trip in the RV. This is the third year we have gone during a "Halloween" weekend. The kids love breaking out there costumes early and trick-or-treating in September. We went to Holly, MI (near Detroit) the first few times but when we found out that the campground was no longer a jellystone we decided to go to the Yogi Bear Resort in Fremont, IN this year.

We LOVE that campground BUT the trick-or-treating SUCKED. We went during the "parade" weekend. It was just a mess. They have everyone that is handing out candy make a big circle in the athletic field and all the children walk around in the big circle. It was DUMB...the kids even hated it. In Holly it's normal, all the kids walk around to each campsite just as they would in their neighborhood. Most of the sites are usually decorated really well because they hold a decorating contest during that time. You "feel" like it's Halloween in September :) In all fairness to the Fremont park, I guess they only do the parade once out of their three Halloween weekends. I will just have to be sure NOT to book our trip for that weekend next fall.

I guess she should have been Cinderella ;)

We had beautiful weather. It was so nice that they still had the pool open. The kids quickly learned that just because it is sunny out doesn't mean it necessarily warm ;) They had a blast playing water wars though. It's amazing how long it takes to fill 20 water balloons but how quickly they're gone. The days of tying them by myself should be over soon, hopefully.

All in all it was a great family trip. We all got to enjoy one last weeny roast and s'mores...I need s'more season to be over ;)...although cider and donuts aren't much better. We had one little mishap though. Poor Nicholas, he left a candy trail and lost all his candy on the way back to the RV. How did he not realize he was carrying his bag upside down??? He didn't even notice until we were near the RV (the athletic field was a great distance away) By then, it was too late. Marc went back a little bit but was able to find only a few pieces here and there. Nicholas was so upset...devastated might be a better description.

The kids LOVE doing crafts.

After we got home, Marc packed his bags and headed up north to go fishing with his Pah for the week. So it will be me by myself this week :( The worst part is that I have a test Thursday evening with no time to study...I foresee LOTS of 4AM mornings for me this week so I can get all the reading done. Crystal is going to help me out and pick up Aspen from school on Thursday so I can cram it all in (that's really what I would probably do anyways).

The kids and I got off to a great start though :) After Marc left I packed up their bikes (and Blake's scooter). It was a perfect day for an afternoon at the Celery Flats. The kids love riding and frog hunting there, and we made the best of it. I think we were there for three hours. We decided to cross the street and tackle a different trail. It took us to the Portage Library, the kids thought it was so cool riding there bikes somewhere. We took a reading break (well not really a "break", we were there for an hour until the library announced it was closing).

It was such a treat for me to watch them enjoy our adventure. I wish I would have brought my bike. Marc and I used to, but it was too much work to ride so slow and hop on and off to help the kids up the strong inclines. But today, they all did such a great job. Blake is even getting really good on his scooter. I told him that I think his balance is finally there and that he should be able to ride a bike now. His reply was, "Mom, you know, some people are just not bike people...I'm a scooter person." I guess that's that, until next year ;)