Day 6- Perfection

We slept in and didn't have to repack or wake a sleeping child.  That in itself is perfection....WE ARE ON VACATION!!!  Odie made pancakes, Jon went into town to get some coffee and the kids just played all morning.  You really don't get much better than that.  Around 11:30 we went into Geneva-on-the-Lake.  First stop, Firehouse winery.  The kids like it as much as the adult. There were fire trucks all over and a big water slide & ferris wheel to talk about going on when they get big.  Bottles of wine were $8, so we got one to try.  Second stop was getting tats for the kids.  Wylie and Quinn were the brave ones to go under the airbrush :-)  Wylie got a pink and purple butterfly...seriously who's little girl is this...way too girly for me sometimes :-)  Quinn got a green elephant that is spraying water. They were very proud of them and didnt' mind showing them off to anyone.  Third stop was Eddie's Grill home of the "famous foot long hot dog."  I have to admit it was a good hot dog....maybe even the best I've ever had and that says a lot coming from a non-hot dog-liker.  Walking back to get some ice cream, Cade started freaking out.  First was just to freak out and throw a temper tantrum, the second was over a row of motorcycles.  I had to seriously peel him off of them kicking and screaming.  He got happy again once I threw him into the car and he got to play driver for me.  Jon and the rest of the clan went to get ice cream.  He brought back what he hadn't finished by the time he had to help Wylie with her "kid sized" cone.  While both Kristin and I were gone a lady stopped to ask if she could take a picture of Jon and Odie taking care of the kids because there was no way her husband would have done that.  We do have good ones.

We got back to the house and Jon and Odie took the kids out to fly kites.  I think that's the best $5 we have ever spent!  Those four little bodies were laughing, running, chasing, grabbing and squealing to their hearts content.  We then went back to the beach area and Wylie was very happy to finally be able to wear her pink flowered swimming shoes.  Sometimes I wished adults to laugh, squeel and get as much satisfaction out of little thinks like waves hitting your feed as kids do.  Dinner was grilled veggie sandwiches followed by birthday presents for the Fontaine kids.  Just before nightfall Jon lit up the fire pit and we roasted ourselves up some s'mores.  What a fun and memory filled way to end the day.  Quinn and Wylie learned that they liked their s'mores warm, but not roasted and Cade learned that he could say "s'more" quite clearly :-)  We gave baths to the kids to get the campfire smell out of their hair and then took them down to watch the sunset over Lake Erie.  Perfect end to a perfect day.