Lake Michigan

 We took a little road trip as our last vacation of a family of 3.  We drove up to Detroit the first night and went to Thomas' first MLB game.  Detroit was the half-way point to the lake, so we figured it would be a good way to break up the drive a little.  Thomas loved looking out our hotel window at all the cars and trucks and things that go.  Thomas did really pretty well in the car. He was happy to see all the big-rigs and construction equipment, etc.  You'd think after 3 hours of big-rigs, they would lose their appeal, but no. "Mama! Look! Big-Rig! Mama! Look! Blue Big-Rig! A red one! Mama, a car transporter! Two car transporters!" This is how our first car ride went.

 The game was a night game, and it had a rain delay, so it didn't start until 8:20, but Thomas is a little party animal and didn't mind staying up. While he is still a little too young to pay attention to the game, he loved having french fries for dinner, clapping and singing and all the rest of the excitement that goes along with the great all-american past time.

 Yes that little blur is my son, Tornado Thomas.

 Thomas and papa enjoying some overpriced ice cream. Thomas would share with mama and papa, but his idea of sharing was to allow us each a few very small bites.

 When we got back to the hotel, it was almost 11:00, but Thomas was bouncing off the wall and said, "Mama, watch TV!" um...no Thomas! So we turned off the lights and he went right to sleep.

 The next day we drove up to the lake.  There were less big-rigs so the drive seemed a bit longer......But we were happy to see this cute little lake house waiting for us.

 We stayed in a little town right on the lake near some sand dunes. This little boy could have spent the entire trip just playing with his dump trucks and diggers in the never ending sandbox.

 One day, we decided to take a little row boat out on the lake. Doesn't Thomas look excited to go out on the boat? He actually was....but maybe he shouldn't have been! It turned out to be a little bit less than fun because of the wind and an oar breaking we got stuck out on the lake for what seemed to be hours....It was more like one hour.

 Here are the 2 1/2 of us at the light house. Thomas LOVED the light house. We went back 3 times because he kept asking to. It was fun and beautiful though so we didn't mind.

 The little boy and his papa on the beach.  It was a bit windy, so we didn't stay too terribly long, but had a nice time.

 The water was cold!

 So sweet

 This little boy wants to do whatever his papa does.  The two of them had a lot of fun fishing together. Thomas is still a bit too young to really grasp the concept, but he sure liked carrying around his fishy pole. When we got it he talked about it for days, he even told our neighbor he got a fishy pole.

 My two favorite people catching some fish.

 I just didn't get tired of seeing this little cutie carrying around his fishy pole.

 We caught one!!!!! Well actually Clint caught several, but they were all pretty small and I wasn't brave enough to eat them so they got a second lease on life and swam away.

This was the biggest one!

 The little boy spent a good chunk of our trip taking loads of rocks to the lake....

 And dumping them! Its like the fun of throwing single rocks into the lake multiplied by infinity! I can say that Thomas changed the landscape of Lake Michigan more than the average vacationer...

 We loved our night time walks at the beach. It was less windy in the evening, so we could enjoy walking around a little more.

 We had a great trip together.  I just love spending time with these two boys. They are both so happy and easy going. I am one lucky girl!