Mackinac Island - May 2014

We were so lucky to be able to spend the weekend on Mackinac Island. My mom, Avery and I headed up to Mackinaw City on Thursday (It was a 7 hour drive and Avery did amazing both ways - with a little help from the iPad and Snacks). We spent Thursday night and Friday morning swimming in the hotel. Pat, Elisabeth and Matilda joined us Friday morning and the girls had a lot of fun playing in the pool. Avery was pretending she was Princess Una from Sophia the First and she had lost her family and we had to swim around to find them.

We made it the Island by lunch time on Friday. Avery was ready for a nap and passed out in her stroller shortly after we arrived. She was a little cranky when she woke up but after her hot dog she was back to herself and ready to enjoy the butterfly museum.

Avery loved her first carriage ride up to the Grand Hotel. We had a blast exploring the hotel - Avery really enjoyed the old fashioned carriage and game room. And she also got really into "No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed!!". Whenever we saw a phone, she had to call the "doctor" and we played this game a ton in our hotel room (see some videos below).

We had lots of fun getting dressed up each night, eating a fancy meal, and dancing and exploring around the hotel after dinner. The girls even had matching dresses on Saturday and got lots of attention.

We had a full day on Saturday - Private Carriage ride around the island in the morning, a walk into town and playing at the park, Grand Lunch Buffett, nap, ice cream treat and playing around the hotel, dinner, dancing/running around before finally crashing at 10:30 pm. Avery loved seeing all the dressed up high school girls in sparkly gowns - she went up to them asking if they were a princess and then wanted to shake their hands. It was so cute!

On Sunday we had a nice breakfast, took a carriage ride into town, did some shopping and then took a cold and windy boat ride back to Mackinaw City. Another 7 hours car trip and we are finally home :) We had SO much fun. Avery kept saying she wanted to go back to Mackinac the whole way home. Hopefully we can someday!

Cranky Girl After Nap

Butterfly Museum

Exploring the Hotel

 Night One - Ice Cream and Dancing and Refusing to Pose for Pictures

Carriage Ride and More Ice Cream

Night 2 - Lots of Dancing and Running Around

Headed Home on the Ferry

Some Videos