Early this summer, Tim had the great idea of renting a caboose at Two Rivers State park and to go "camping". Now this is my type of camping... running water, restrooms, showers, air condition, a small kitchen, a mattress to sleep on. I must admit, I am not a "roughing it" camper. But this I can do. We knew the kids would LOVE it... and we knew it would be a time to create some great memories as a family! So off we went to our little Choo Choo Caboose!
Liam immediately found that climbing all over the caboose was like his own little play ground. Miss Ainsley found a quiet spot on the top bunk to play with some Barbies, and our little man had fun just running around in the grass!
Mother Nature attempted to ruin our first few hours there with a rain storm and hail... thankfully Ainsley had her princess umbrella in the van so we could save supper!
And eating took just enough time for the storm to pass.
After the storm, it was beautiful outside, so we headed to the lake. Tim surprised the kids with a little two-man boat he had bought for the lake. They were thrilled! A boat, a few sand toys, and a lake... what else do you need for a few hours of fun?
Tim gave all the kids rides around the lake. He tried to convince me to come with him, but I insisted that someone needed to be on the beach with the children. :)
(note: as much as I'm not a camping fan... I am definitely not a lake girl!)
These two had so much fun and got pretty brave!
We had to call Kallan back to the beach a few times because he was going out too far!
(yes... note that Kallan is not in his swimming suit. I was sure my "Mr. Timid Around Water" would be happy just playing in the sand. It made me smile to see how brave he got!)
After swimming we got cleaned up and got out the Smore supplies before heading to bed.
There were smiles all around!
The next morning we got up bright and early to catch some fish. Unfortunately, the fish were all still sleeping. It was either that, or the fact we didn't bring worms, and they didn't like our left over hamburger and canned corn we tried to feed them.
This little fish did enjoy the canned corn though, and he thought it was a good snack.
After fishing, we found a park to hang out at and the kids found a giant toad to chase.
There were lots of giggles over Mr. Toad. I enjoyed staying WAY back and watching.
By the time we needed to check out of our caboose, we were ready to go home. We were thankful for this amazing time as a family and for a great time to relax and enjoy nature.
Even for this non-camping mama, I must say, we will need to go back again soon!
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