Lake Cumberland Trip #1

This past weekend we went away with Steven's family for a long weekend getaway to Lake Cumberland (my first time there but will be returning next month with friends and no kiddos--little nervous about leaving Nat for 3 nights). The house we stayed at was very nice and had a BEAUTIFUL view of the lake right outside our door--our house was elevated above the tree lines so we could see everything. We ventured out to the lake once but it was a very dangerous walk down there-because of the moss covered steep sidewalk that was very slippery, repelling down a hill with a cable wire, etc. s0 we decided to hang out at the house mostly. We did manage to go to the parks a few times--and had a lot of fun playing around on the playground-there was even an intense baseball game that Natalie and I skipped out on secondary to no nap!

Natalie discovered on this trip that she can climb out of the Pack N Play all by herself-and was extremely proud of herself-doing it over and over! Finally after time out's and a spanking I figured out that if I stood in front of a cracked door and every time she attempted to get up I would say firmly "lay down" she fell asleep after three times. I am looking forward to the stage of a big girl bed-but also dreading it a little!

Anyways, we played a lot of games-which I happen to love playing games so I had a great time--we played some games that were new to me-Mexican Train Dominoes and also Bananagrams. It was a nice relaxing getaway and we enjoyed ourselves. Natalie had a great time playing with everyone-especially older cousins Clay, Zack, and Luke-they entertained her and she loved playing Hide and Seek with them. She understands (usually) that you alternate turns--when she goes to counts she will just say "two" several times and halfway cover her eyes, she will generally hide in the same spot, and the cutest thing is when you ask "Is she behind the curtain?" Is she behind the door?--etc..she will say "nooo" in a cute voice until you find her. Just wanted to say thank you again to Dad and Sherry for taking us on a nice weekend getaway--we really enjoyed our time and are so glad that our families get along and mesh so well.