Lake Tahoe - Pt I

For our long drive to Lake Tahoe (~10 hours), we got Annikka her first set of headphones so she could listen to stories on the ipod. We were not prepared for what happened - our normally non-stop chattering girl said nothing from her for 5 hours except when she'd ask to have a story started again! Here's how focused she was on listening.

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Everyone was very excited when we finally got to the vacation house. The first thing the girls did was go on a pinecone hunt with Grandpa.

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The next day we went to the beach and into the freezing waters of Lake Tahoe. When you're 2 and 5 it takes more than a lake full of ice water to slow you down (although no one went in past their waist).

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There was a boat pulling a parasailor around this area of the lake and Eila kept yelling at the bright yellow parachute.

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We were so excited to find this wonderful kids pool at a park in Incline Village. Swimming is probably the girls favorite activity, and this was much warmer and more accessible for swimming.

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Ruthie was a big fan of the swimming pool, too, which was good because she was not a fan of the lake.

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Annikka was very busy practicing her swimming.

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But we did manage to get her to come up for a picture or two.

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We also found a great park nearby. Annikka has recently mastered pumping her legs on the swing, so now she can stay on as long as she wants.

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Eila loves playing with the "drivers" at parks - and I used to wonder why they put random steering wheels on playground equipment.

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Eila is such a climber, she's not afraid to try climbing anything (sigh).

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And of course there was lots of playing around the house, and reading books, and singing songs.

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A funny little video that Joel took of the girls entertaining each other.