Fish Kids

We got away this weekend with some friends to this place that had the potential of being, well, a rat hole...but ended up being a great, clean, and perfect-for-our-family-place!

We stayed at a place called Fin and Feather Resort.  Don't let that word "resort" fool you.  It was not fancy.  Laid back and family oriented.  Dated, yes, but super duper clean!

One highlight of our weekend was that Nicholas figured out how to swim by himself! The first day we went to the pool, it took him almost 2 hours to even go underwater. The next day, he started off going under and then just began swimming around!  Also I picked up a couple pairs of silly goggles for the kids in the gift shop and they were fearless after that! Watch these little videos to see Nick swim:




You have to keep an open mind when you vacation at places like this.  And as long as the kids are happy...I am happy.  There was SO much to keep them busy.

Mini Golf (Indoors!)


Castle Playhouse


Saturday night, back at our "cabin", we had a kids movie night and watched Curious George...2!


On Sunday we visited Lake Tenkiller, about 5min away and...
Threw a zillion rocks into the lake.


Stopped by the Tenkiller Nature Center.
Kids all held different animals...I mean, animal puppets


Stella was very "animal" friendly

Even a skunk?!

Saw a fake owl.


And a real owl.


AND played on the playground.


All the FUN you didn't see:  played on resort playground, went fishing, played video games, told the moms you wanted to play croquet but changed your minds after we set it up- except for Henry he still played, shot hoops across from our cabin, fed ducks until they were full, so fed the fish instead, drank homemade rootbeer and ate an awesome dinner at Soda Steve's Restaurant (where Nick fell asleep on the table and had to be fireman-carried back to the room)....and on and on and on.  I would love to go back sometime.  We had SUCH a GREAT time getting away and having FUN.

--Kate