Yesterday afternoon we took a walk and mini-golfed. I’m not even going to tell you my score. When we got back to the condo, it was time for some shade, so we got our books, spread out a blanket on the lawn and got the extra pillows from the bed and made ourselves a nest.

Joey was reading his book on Starbucks (I KNOW, two years ago the man would have not been interested in such a book) and Analie didn’t really care about her book.  She just kept waving it up and down and beating it on the pillow.

THEN she discovered that Daddy’s book has smaller, crinkly pages and Book Club was pretty much over after that.  SO! MUCH! FUN! TO! DESTROY!

We stayed outside playing with toys, pulling grass and eating leaves (the eating leaves was mainly done by Ana) for a good half hour before our party was crashed.

Crashed, you say?  BUT YOU’RE ON VACATION, how can your party get crashed?

Who is that mysterious pullmeister dragging Analie off the blanket?? Why it’s my nephew, Jeshuah, of course.

TRUE STORY: out of all the weeks in September and October, and all the resorts in Illinois, and all the condos in the particular one we’re staying at…my sister’s family is right next door to us.

Freakish, isn’t it???  We thought so too when we were chatting on the phone last week and realized we’d be at the same place at the same time (weird enough) and then even more so on Friday when we randomly opened our door at the precise moment they were pulling in and unloading their stuff in unit 81.  (We’re 80, naturally.)

So as we were laying outside in our nest of pillows having Book Club yesterday, Sister and Jeshuah came plowing outside (because he was nap-skipping) and she stopped dead in her tracks and said “WHAT is going on here?”

Jeshuah was all, WOAH!  STUFF! and he dove right in to the action, immediately stealing Ana’s sippy cup and plucking her Wubbanub off the blanket, petting its head and poking its eyes a few times before popping the binky part into his mouth.

Ana was totally fascinated by him.  She scooted herself down off the blanket right about the time he discovered her leg and started shaking it around, so she’d wiggle her foot out of his grasp and he’d grab it back and start shaking it around again.  They were pretty cute, if I do say so myself.

Right about the time Ana got a little bit tired of the leg/foot game, he discovered my flip flops and tried to wear them around.  Considering they’re about as long as his entire leg, they were more like skis.

I cannot tell you how nice it has been to get away.  (Not that we don’t love all you Indiana people.  Because we do.  And we will love you even more after we haven’t seen you for a week.  HAH.)  Our original intent was to hermit for a week and not speak to anyone at all whatsoever (this is how Introverts vacation), but since my sister is next door we are required to use at least half of our manners.

I’m actually quite pleased they’re next door because we can see them a few times a day and catch up on things and hermit the rest of the time.

For instance, last night Sister found a tree frog on the sidewalk between our houses.  We were outside a good 10 minutes catching it and enjoying the disgusting feel of its suctioney feet against our hands and being impressed by its jumping skillz when it would try to escape from us.  Joey just does not appreciate a good tree frog, so it was loads more fun with Sister.  (It’s my cross to bear.)

So far the only lame part of vacation is that we forgot the SD card for the camera.  At least we brought the iPad so we can take photos with it.

And that is the end of this post.