Our family loves Pokagan State Park. As the road begins to wrap around when you near the main gate I start to smile. There is something so calming about going there. Of course, that is before the bike wrecks, whining for ice-cream and sand thrown in the kids eyes, but that is for another day. Last Thursday the kids were at their worst, fighting, hitting, taking each others stuff and I snapped. I yelled at them to get their bikes and swim suits and we went to the park to burn some energy. Sometimes all the yelling and time outs in the world is not as effective as a change in routine. It was really nice and the temperature was cool, we had a great time as you can see from the pictures. Macy did have a nasty bike wreck but she is healing nicely.
A trip to the camp store is always something the kids look forward to whenever we are at the park. It seems a little weird that they get so excited about a 50 cent treat but it works for us.
Dylan is really interested in his choco-taco. He got it everywhere, he can't seem to eat ice-cream fast enough, he has such a strong sweet tooth that he wants to savor every second.
I was not looking to fantastic here but I never get to be in any pictures so Maddie and I took one of ourselves.

It was really windy and the sand kept blowing back at us. We did play at the beach for a while but it was really chilly, the kids did not even get into the water. The mainly chased the sea gulls, Dylan almost touched one, they are so dumb.