We swam in the lake every day. The temperature was probably about 70 degrees. It was clear and calm with a sandy private beach. And, as most of you know, Katie is a fish. She has absolutely no fear of the water. The first day, no the first hour, she told me she wanted to jump off "that." "That" wa
s the floating dock. Can you believe that at 2 1/2 she wants to swim out to the dock (at least 30 ft from shore) and jump off of a floating dock! And, that she did! Several times. Andrew too loved the water. This was his second water experience (The first being a heated pool over the 4th of July) and he loved it. He rode on the raft with mom and splashed in the sand.Mid week we went out on a motor boat, all of us... Tucker too. We had a beautiful tour of Newfound Lake. Katie even drove the boat.
Lastly, and probably most exciting to Katie was the Scenic Winnipesaukee Train.
For about the last 8 months or so Katie has been into trains. She loves to "chase" trains...aka find train tracks and watch trains go by. For the last 6 months, we tried to catch the 8:57am train on her way to school on Wednesdays. Most of the time we were successful, but every now and then we were running late. Those were sad days in Katie's world.So, imagine how excited Katie was to ride a train. We chose the one hour ride (rather than the 2 hr) from Meredith to Weirs Beach (and back). I thought she might hyperventilate when we boarded the train. She was so excited. Every time the whistle blew, Katie said "do you hear that, that's us" It was adorable. I tried desparately to capture her saying that on video, but for those of you have/had toddlers know that cooperation is not their middle name.
