Weekend at the cottage

We got to open our cottage over the weekend, and also have some fun! Last year taking Addison to the cottage was more of a hassle than a relaxing weekend. Once we factored in lugging all her stuff up, and added in the fact that we had to keep her out of the sun, and I was breastfeeding and needed to be available to her 24/7, it really didn't leave a lot of room for boat rides and hanging out on the dock swimming and getting some sun. We did try putting Addie's feet in the sand once (Grandpa did barge over loads of sand to make her her own beach afterall!) but that didn't go over too well either.

This year was a completely different story! Addison can wear sunscreen now, and LOVED exploring everything that our cottage and Grandma and Grandpa's cottages have to offer. Addison's highlights were the giant stuffed musky... for some reason she loved that thing and always convinced someone to get her over to touch its teeth. She also enjoyed climbing the stairs and hanging out on the deck. We brought up a pool for her since we knew the lake water would be a little too cold still, and her new princess boat (thank you very much Aunt Bon!) and she really enjoyed playing in the water. Here's some highlights of Addison's saturday afternoon at the cottage!


At first she wasn't too sure of the pool and clung to daddy while she got used to the very cool 80 degree water. She is used to about 90 at her YMCA swim lessons...

And after daddy left, she had lots of hugs for aunt Nikki

Addison eventually got used to the water temperature and enjoyed splashing as big as she could!

That 4 tooth smile..... melts me every time

And after all that swimming, a little snack... mmmm pool shovel...