Lake Geneva Cousins Weekend

Raj worked a half day today, so we could catch up to his cousins in Lake Geneva, who got there last night. While he was at work, I finished packing and dropped off Baron at his babysitter's house. I couldn't find Lilly's suit anywhere (I think it's tucked inside of something bigger from the laundry) and rather than stressing over it and tearing the house apart, I ran out to Target to pick up another. (I'm sure her original one will turn up as soon as we get back from the weekend!) Shawn helped me pick out snacks to share for the weekend, too. We got home just before Raj.

Because he has a CPR seminar really early Sunday morning in Westmont, we took separate cars to Lake Geneva. When we arrived at the Timber Ridge Lodge, Sandy/Sareena and Hema/Meera were napping in their rooms, but we found Manish, Milan, Simrin, Sumit, and Misha in the arcade.

After saying hi, we opted to go to Moose Mountain Falls water park. Shawn LOVED the water slide the most. Raj and I took turns riding down a 2-person inner-tube (shaped like a figure 8) with Shawn in front 'steering.' He'd squeal and shout, "WAAAAAHOOOOO!" all the way down. Just hearing his reaction was enough to entice me to go a few times. Lilly liked floating around the Lazy River, also in a 2-person inner-tube. (There were even some 2-person inner-tubes with one side closed in, so Lilly could sit in her own circle without the worry of falling through!) We found a little turtle statue near a waterfall that she'd get excited about each time we came near. There was also a big statue of a moose that she liked to point out at the base of the water slides. I almost got her to put her hands up like antlers, but she preferred me to hold up my own. We splashed in the zero depth pool, played with some water bubblers, sat under a raining mushroom, and slid down the mini-water slides. It was hard to leave, but our stomachs were grumbling for dinner and Lilly and Shawn's lips were turning blue in spite of the heated water!

We met up with Manish et al and Sumit et al for dinner. The process of getting there was a bit irritating/frustrating, but after we all arrived at the wrong place (which turned out to be a Mexican grocery, not a restaurant), then didn't know the address of the right place, then drove another 25 minutes to find the right place, and then had to wait for a table that could accommodate 13 people... The margarita pitchers were tasty and the food was fine.

After dinner, we gathered in Sumit's room while the kids watched movies and Hema taught the adults a new card game. I don't normally play cards with the Puris because it's usually poker, which I'm not very good at, but since it was a new game for everyone, I played along and ended up in 2nd place during the first game and Raj won the second game! I didn't play the second round because Lilly was in dire need of zzzz, so I brought her to our room next door and called it a night. Raj and Shawn walked in around 12:30 am!

Fun times!