We spent Labor Day weekend at my Grandma's cabin and had a great time. Husband, the girls and I drove down Friday after school and met my parents, Grandma-Great and my favorite aunt for dinner. The girls love playing with Grandma Great's dogs and were bouncing off the walls with excitement about the cabin.
A few of my cousins joined us on Saturday so I enjoyed hanging out with them. One of the best highlights of the weekend was when my kids dug into the dress-up clothes, the same ones my cousins and I used to wear, parading around and putting on fashion shows or playing house, for hours at a time. So when my girls came tromping down the stairs with dresses miles too long, fancy gloves from my mom's prom or costumes from my aunt's dance recitals, I melted. They were adorable and precious and hilarious, all mixed into a giant puddle of nostalgia and pure joy at seeing them repeat one of my favorite childhood adventures.
We also took the kids hiking up in the mountains to see the waterfalls. The falls apparently aren't as big as they used to be but the kids loved our "expedition". They also tried feeding the chipmunks and gave names to several of them, sometimes the same animal over and over. And they were thrilled when Grammy and my aunt gave them beads to string onto long necklaces which they used to decorate the trees outside. And then my aunt made them each an adorable crocheted hat with long Rapunzel braids to wear with their dress ups.
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