McNature: Day 2

"Someone is out of their bed."  At 5:30am, these words are never exciting words for a parent to hear - no matter if they are said at home or on vacation.  None the less, this would be how our second day started here in the great outdoors.  I tried to preoccupy the boys enough (undoubtedly promising them gifts and privileges every parent swears they will never do) so I could try to catch some sleep on the couch, with visions of our second day adventures dancing in my head.

The highlights:

• We rented a boat this morning and took the boys and Madeleine on their first boat ride around the lake.  They loved it!  Well, I am assuming Madeleine enjoyed it.  When I asked her if she liked it, she grunted at me.  However, the boys enjoyed it so much that they staged a mini-mutiny and offered to drive the boat back to the marina while "Papa" and Daddy were swimming in a cove.  After bribing them with chocolate, they let me back in the boat.  Best part of this event...no sunburn (take THAT global warming)!
• The boys got more fishing in today.  Fishing stories (alert):  "Papa" got three fish (one in record time) and Katie supposedly caught a fish so big that she couldn't reel it in to the shore.  Her line just sat there, almost like the lure was stuck to something, like - I don't know - a big log on the bottom of the lake (or something).  Needless to say, we cut the line (and "The Big One") free.
• The boys got to do some swimming (see: floating in a tube) today.  Everyone had a lot of fun splashing, playing with toy airplanes, not peeing in the pool, and chasing Mommy - but enough about me.
• Finally, the evening ended for the adults with some campfire conversation and popcorn over the fire.  Awesome day!

P.S.  When asked what his favorite part of today was, Jameson replied, "Riding in the boat, the airplane, the spaceship, and the helicopter!"  If he keeps answering like that when we get back to Bloomington, people are going to think we just gave our kids the coolest vacation ever!