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Monday, August 25, 2008

Pine Lake Manor

We took our first vacation with Lauren to Pine Lake Manor in the Catskills. We had a great time and Lauren was so well behaved. She handled the 3 hour car ride wonderfully. Aunt Andrea made Lauren and Maddy custom Pine Lake T-shirts.
We arrived just in time for dinner. Craig decided to demonstrate some of his hidden talents...and Maddy tried too!Lauren couldn't handle balancing the spoon on her nose, but she did get to try out a high chair for the first time.We all played 10 cent bingo the first night. Lauren may have been a lucky charm for the table.
The next day we had a shuffleboard tournament. Craig and I finished with a 2 and 2 record.Later Lauren went for her first swim!! She put on her teeny tiny bathing suit and sun hat, lathered up with sun screen and dived right in!! Well, daddy placed her in slowly. She was a little unsure of it at first. Her bath water is a lot warmer and full of bubbles. This was quite cool. She didn't mind the water on her legs but when it got to her belly she got a little upset.
We tried the kiddie pool first, then daddy took her for a dip in the big pool.Drying off on her Cookie Monster towel.After swimming we went back to the room to clean up and relax before supper. We discovered Lauren's love for BOUNCING!!

By the second night Lauren was too tired to keep up with the crowd!Maddy wasn't though, she was ready to pull an all-nighter in her comfy stroller and video of the Upside Down Show.
Maddy ready to drive home, Andrea and Chris say she is a very good driver!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lauren,

We hope you enjoyed your first vacation to Pine Lake. You were such a good girl and super adorable in your bathing suit!! We can't wait to see you and Maddy running around together next year!

We love you!
The Pizzurros

Anonymous said...

I love all the pictures! What a great way to end the summer! Looks like everyone had a ball!

Lauren and Maddy are so lucky to have all of you so close...you'll have many many wonderful memories to share later in life (and soooo many photos!)
Love,
Mary Ann