Day one of vacation is in the books and I’m pretty sure the kids are going to sleep hard tonight. They spent the entirety of the day playing with their cousins, and this evening we took them swimming in the lake.

I was surprised to see Baby E take to the water the way he did. He’s always been very anxious when we swim, despite the fact he is wearing a life jacket. He decided tonight to swim quite a bit without holding onto me.

We finally decided to head back to our cabin as the last of the light was disappearing. The kids chased fireflies all the way to the van.