As part of Mommy and Trevor's 3 weekish getaway, Daddy flew into Minneapolis late night on Wednesday and we headed to Uncle Jim and Aunt Annie's on Thursday morning to meet up with him and the rest of the crew so we could all go on our lake vacation courtesy of Grandma and Papa Roslansky! Trevor was so excited to be back at Sammy's house!!
The car ride to Alexandria was a piece of cake in Uncle Jim's Acadia complete with DVD player, although not sure how much T and Sam watched because they were just in love with the fact that they were back together. One boy would start giggling about something and the other would copy. It really was a great car ride! When we got to our destination at Arrowwood Resort we were happy to find our cottage waiting for us. More like a house, but cottage sounds more Minnesotan we guess:
There were 8 or so cottages right next to this beautiful nature preserve. Ah, even the smell of Minnesota seems to shine through this picture:
At our resort there was a waterpark which we went to every day of our stay. The boys loved taking turns going down the kiddie waterslide by themselves!
One evening we celebrated Sam's 3rd birthday since we wouldn't be in town for his actual birthday August 16. Nothing wrong with having more than one party as long as cupcakes are involved!
We did a lot of walking while at the resort, which was a nice change of pace for the Arizonans who haven't spent much time outside unless it's in their pool!
They also had a lot of kid activities, like cookie decorating that we participated in every day at 3pm. Okay, the adults got in on the action too!
One evening they had carnival games for the kiddos. Sam and Trevor had a blast playing the games...
....and they were pretty good at that too! Trevor won a free bottle of pop that he gladly gave to Papa Steve.
What this picture doesn't show is that it wasn't just the small boys having fun at the carnival games. Daddy and Uncle Jim were having a blast with the milk carton game until Trevor took matters into his own hands and was determined to knock them down. Close buddy!
One of the best memories of our long weekend together was all of the hugs that Trevor and Sam would spontaneously give one another! They really are best buds!
One night we ventured over to the campfire ring to make a fire (Brian was our boyscout) and we captured some cute photos of Jim, Annie, Sam and 'fruit snack' (Sam's name for his baby sister growing in his Mommy's tummy):
Uncle Jim took one of the three (er, four of us) too. Although we just call ours 'baby sister' :)
The little ones thought making s'mores was a real treat:
but little did they know that the best part was eating the yummy goodness!
And then the sugar and chocolate kicked in and these boys were off...chatting...
giggling....
running back and forth....
hugging....
back and forth again...
until T's shorts were just too much to handle so he helped them stay up by pulling them up....
....and Sam did the same thing! Hilarious! They really do want to be twins!
We had some fun times at the playground. Trevor even attempted to tackle Papa Steve. One, two, takedown!
Our last night there we took a pontoon ride. Trevor wasn't sure what to think at first.
But Sam, who recently was on a boat was all smiles the instant he stepped on! We're not biased or anything, but he is a cutie!!
Never easy to get a pic of both of them looking at the same time. Oh well, they are memories nonetheless!
Sam even took a turn driving the boat! What a natural!
If you ask Sam to take a picture he totally obliges, although for him that means for sure looking at the camera and maybe smiling. This is a total Sam look that we never want to forget!
And so is this! Gotta love a willing photo participant when your own kid isn't!
Thanks Grandma Jeanne and Papa Steve for our wonderful family getaway! We had a lot of fun and have a lot of special memories tucked away in our hearts that will carry on forever! Now next time we need to get a picture of all of us together :)
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