Our Kelley's Island "Becation"

We just got home from a few days up at Kelley's Island (or, our "becation" as Finn would say :). It was the perfect getaway and everyone had a blast. We did have some highs and lows (I think this comes with the territory when you take a one-year-old and a two-year-old on vacation), but overall it was a great trip. We stayed in a VERY old VERY big farmhouse that was just about a block away from the water. The house was huge for just the four of us, which made for some fun exploring and running around for the kids. In fact, Finn spent a fair portion of the trip riding his bike around the first floor of the place :). While the house was fun for exploring, it wasn't quite childproof (cans of Raid and tons of cleaning chemicals in all of the cabinets, a staircase that was like climbing a ladder at a 90 degree angle, a microwave perched on a wobbly cart just at Mitch's eye level, and a shower that you needed to wear flip flops in because it may never have been cleaned). All of these things made the house even more appealing to the little guys - they seemed to love running from room to room, pushing the microwave buttons, climbing the stairs, etc. They have never been happier...in fact, every time we were out, Finn would ask, "are we going back to the becation house yet?" The house also had the BEST front porch ever and a great big yard for baseball and running around. The TV only got one channel, which was actually awesome because Drew and I just sat out on the front porch and talked for hours every night after the kids went to bed, which was probably my favorite part of the trip.

"O'Boyle's Retreat"

Mitchie enjoying a beverage on the front porch

This is one of my favorite pics of the vacation - this was right when we arrived at the house

Mitch's favorite spot - the teetering microwave cart...

Finn's favorite spots - on his bike riding around the kitchen

and on the disconnected phone in the kitchen, calling Grandma and Papa and Yaya.

Drew and Mitch on the ferry to Put-in-Bay

During our day at Put-in-Bay, we saw Perry's Cave, the Butterfly House, and played a round of putt putt. It was Finn's first time playing and he LOVED it!

"Mom, is this where the butterflies take a bath?"

Golf cart cruising at Put-in-Bay

A quick spin on the merry go round

More golf cart cruising on Kelley's Island: our favorite vacation pastime :)

Checking out the glacial grooves. Finn was totally fascinated by this, which is really weird because he obviously has no idea what a glacier is. He asked hundreds (literally) of questions about this, mostly about when it happened. He was floored that it had happened before he was born. The whole way home on the golf cart he asked, "It was before dad was born? Before Grandma was born? And Papa? Before Mitchie was born?" Drew told him he would give him a glacier tutorial when we got home using a rock and an ice cube and I was actually unable to answer most of the questions he had about glaciers, so we don't have high hopes for his future as a geologist:)

Squeezing in a quick game of pajama baseball before bed :)

Drew and Mitch taking a little cruise on the raft

Happy Mitch with a full tummy

Finn watching boats from our table at dinner

Another round of putt putt :) Drew hit two holes-in-one on this course - there was a lot of celebration, as you can imagine. I hit one too - putting with only one hand because I was holding Finn's ice cream. Pretty impressive, don't you think? :)

Throwing a few last rocks in the water as we waited for the ferry home