Daddy's Week Of Fun With The Kids

With our Summer Nanny away on vacation last week, Daddy took the entire week off to spend with the kids.  As reported earlier...the fun began with a camping trip.  They did some exploring, geocaching, and cooking over the fire but that was intermixed with complaints about the heat, the bugs, and how boring it was to be without television, electronics, and a telephone that had a very good signal.  Pat said he was really really close to packing the car up and heading home for the night when they had all just fallen asleep only to be awakened by Buddy who needed to be accompanied to the outdoor restroom.  I guess camping is one thing we can cross off the McLaughlin's To Do List.

On their way home from camping, they stopped at Wild Mountain where they got to ride up a ski lift, come down the hill on wheeled slides, and play some mini golf.

Tuesday was spent at the Como Zoo looking at the animals and riding a few of the rides.

There may have been a trip or two to McDonalds and the ice cream shop throughout the week.

On Wednesday, Dad and the big kids went to the Twins game.  Unfortunately the Twins got crushed by the Pirates that afternoon, but it was a beautiful day to be out at the ballpark.

Friday was the day that the kids can hardly wait for each Summer....Valleyfair day!  They spent 8 hours of fun riding the rides.  This year was the first time Buddy got his money's worth out of his ticket as he was brave and tried the roller coasters and big attractions....and by golly, he liked it!

 

And this last one basically sums things up nicely about how Daddy feels now that this week is over.