Vacation is....

- Waking up to the sound of two loons at 5:45 calling each other on a quiet lake and smiling because, come on - how cute is that?
- Sitting with the morning sun on my face even though the room was 105 degrees.
- Ice cream cones daily and once, in place of dinner. Why? because I'm on vacation
- Mixing a mojito at 11:00am (stop judging) I said 1 not 12.
- Running in from the rain into a warm cottage without the fear of the kids catching a chill from air con - bc there is none.
- Listening to Hayden scream "YEA COTTAGE" 10000 times a day.
- Lying in the sun listening to nothing but the sound of waves on the shore line during the kids nap time.
- Reading, reading reading and reading.
- Watching movies in the VCR bc cable and modern technology don't belong here. (clearly we struggle with this one - hence the movies old enough for a VCR).
- Sitting on the dock
- Swinging on the sings in town (yes all of us, in a row) - since when does it hurt to swing?
- Visiting the wolf sanctuary and waving at ALL of the wolves both real and fake by Haydens orders
- Hayden telling the ants "see you soon" after I squish them.
- Waving at rocks and trees during a car ride into the hills.
- Taking turns sleeping in and taking naps (and actually sleeping)
- Trying to "stay up late" but surrendering to that wonderful feeling of falling asleep on the couch in front of the TV.
- The smell of outside on your babies skin before they drop into the bath tub.
- squishing into a single bunk bed with your two year old at 4:00am bc he wakes and doesn't know the room. ( But not minding bc when do I ever get to sleep nose to nose with this little guy?)

and vacation is...
re-appreciating how good we really do have it at home when we're not on vacation.