Fall Fun with the Fab Four

I have mentioned more than once on this blog that I count myself extremly lucky that adoption didn’t just bring me my son, but also some amazing friends.

A few weekends ago, a group of us decided to test how much we actually like each other by going on a weekend trip together. We headed up North (West?) to spend 3 days at a lake house. Yes, that would be 8 adults, 4 toddlers, and 2 dogs in one house. Next time we may add 4 cats to the mix (just kidding). The forecast called for rain, but we got incredibly lucky and instead it was only extremly windy. We found out that the magic trick to make the wind die down is to have Ivana take out her magical kite.

Ben was SO excited about spending time with his friends, and everyone behaved really, really well. Considering they are two year olds, of course. Aren’t they cute?

It was so fun to see them interact and see their personalities come out so much more than during a two hour playdate.

The grown-ups had fun too even though the men somehow neglected their chores and insisted that their shopping list only included beer rather than the milk they’d been tasked to get.

Ben even slept in until 6:15 each morning, which meant that we only had two hours to kill before everyone else got up. Try keeping a toddler quiet for two hours. Yikes. Why does everyone else sleep that long?

According to Ben the highlight wasn’t the delicious food, or the campfire and smores, or playing in the leaves with his friends, but Miley the dog. While Ben started shrieking every time sweet Piper got near him, he ran after Miley all.day.long and gave him kisses and wanted to walk him (Me walk Miley).

I think it’s safe to say that the weekend was a huge success as we are making plans for next year.

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