Marblehead Lighthouse [ohio]

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Our first big adventure on our girls vacation was Marblehead Lighthouse. It’s pretty cool, even though we didn’t go up in the lighthouse. My little girl wasn’t old enough and we were fine with walking around the grounds.

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We started off the day with a picnic lunch. This was a fun experiment with understanding the wind, for the kids. Somehow it was really hard to remember that your plate would fly away. Definitely amusing and a teeny bit frustrating when crackers would come flying at your head.

After lunch we discovered what fun it was to climb the rocks and take family pictures with 2 grandparents, 3 parents and 5 children. I think we got some good ones, but I’m pretty sure the rest of the women disagree. Except for L.L. she likes every picture taken of her.

Grandpops
Grandpops
Granny helping L.L. with lunch
Granny helping L.L. with lunch
Baby girl enjoying the day.
Baby girl enjoying the day.
What can we see?
What can we see?
It's hard to see, but Cedar Point is in the distance.
It’s hard to see, but Cedar Point is in the distance.
Uncle I want to get down to play!
Uncle I want to get down to play!
Grandpops and the boys!
Grandpops and the boys!
No. Uno!
No. Uno!
Uncle helping L.L. navigate the rocks.
Uncle helping L.L. navigate the rocks.
Getting the crew situated. There was some nervousness about this big rock.
Getting the crew situated. There was some nervousness about this big rock.
I can fly!
I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!
Grandparents with all the grandkids.
Grandparents with all the grandkids.
My side of the family.
My side of the family.
Three generations with my sister, too!
Three generations with my sister, too!
Granny loves lighthouses.
Granny loves lighthouses.
Grandbaby Girl
Grandbaby Girl
My sister's family.
My sister’s family.
Granny and L.L. taking it all in.
Granny and L.L. taking it all in.
The view.
The view.
Mom, daughter, and grandkids.
Mom, daughter, and grandkids.
Dad, daughter and grandkids.
Dad, daughter and grandkids.
L.L. finally meeting her aunt and uncle!
L.L. finally meeting her aunt and uncle!
Momma and Daughter.
Momma and Daughter.

After Marblehead we needed another place to go so we could get more energy out of the kids and get to an early dinner. Luckily there was a cute little park with much less wind and we got to play outside more – yay!

He was so good with L.L.
He was so good with L.L.
I can almost reach!
I can almost reach!
More fun with Granny.
More fun with Granny.
Cuteness! (With No. Uno photoboming.)
Cuteness! (With No. Uno photoboming.)
Granny and Grandpops taking a breather in the shade.
Granny and Grandpops taking a breather in the shade.
Pink Bloomers!
Pink Bloomers!

Last stop was dinner. I was almost too nervous to eat, as L.L. was sitting next to a tired Grandpops and I ordered spaghetti and cottage cheese for her. She loved both, with doesn’t say much because she eats cottage cheese like it’s going out of style everyday! The spaghetti was the new guy and all I could picture was her tossing it overboard, which really means right in Grandpops face – oh my!

I'm pretty sure I love this spaghetti thing.
I’m pretty sure I love this spaghetti thing.
Hi - I loved my dinner! All thanks to my cousin who shared everything with me!
Hi – I loved my dinner! All thanks to my cousin who shared everything with me!
Happy Ladies with a fun sticker!
Happy Ladies with a fun sticker!

With a successful dinner (no spaghetti in the face!) and a sticker that says “I fed Lemmy.” We were all set to head home. It was such a fun day! By the way the Lemmy story is something that this little seafood joint does for the kids. After you eat all your food you get to feed the beast in the basement. They each get a cracker or something like it to toss down the stairs. Then you wait for the tail to hit the ceiling because you have just made Lemmy happy. It is so cute and they boys LOVED it!

Such a great time.