Home

We arrived home in Tremont around 4:45 this afternoon. We got out of the car, and immediately heard high-pitched squeals coming from my inlaws side dining room window. Ivy had her hand over her mouth, as if trying to stop her squealing. Oh, it was so cute. There is no better welcome home than to feel the arms of your children engulf you, never wanting to let you go again. Both the girls did that, and man did we soak it up! My mother in law had prepared an amazing meal, so we ate and than sat and chatted about our week. The girls were in such great moods- dancing, singing and just chattering away. It feels so good to be home.

We walked in the door of our home to a very clean house... thanks to me for cleaning it before we left so it would be spicknspan when we came in the door. ;) It was bathtime, so I told the girls to go right upstairs and ge ready to get in the tub. They ran so fast, screeching and giggling and racing each other... it was hilarious. We got upstairs and I undressed Genesis before I started the water running... took her diaper off and everything. I turned the water on in the tub, and got Ivy's hair ties out of her hair. Then I turned around and went back into Ivy's room, where I had left Genesis playing. To my horror, I saw three turds on the ground next to her foot, and she was just about to smush one into the carpet. Ohhhh thank goodness I had walked in when I did. I scooped her up, wiped her little bottom and put her into the tub with Ivy. Then I cleaned up the little gifts in the bedroom, without telling Ivy what had happened (because she would have started screaming) and went on with bathime. It feels so good to be home.

And to briefly summarize the rest of our trip: We left Sault St. Marie and headed south, eventually meandering through Petoskey, Charlevoix and Traverse City, MI. They were all were wonderful towns. We would recommend that area of Michigan to anyone looking for a more state of the art vacation with lots and lots of money to spend... which we didn't have, but we still enjoyed ourselves.

 Tomorrow is Halloween in Tremont. We will be Trick-or-Treating with a purple fairy and a pink butterfly, both with beautiful wings. I have enjoyed Halloween for the past 3 years, much more so than ever before in my life, because I actually have kids and see the fun of it through their eyes. I am excited for tomorrow night.

Goodnight folks. I'm beat.