We are soooooo looking forward to our first full summer at the Grand Haven house! Memorial Day weekend brought the perfect weather to kick off the unofficial start of summer.
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| Brown Eyes and I headed out Thursday night to get a head start on our holiday weekend |
The girls were with Grandma and Grandpa Purdy on Friday - Megan got to enjoy a little Fremont time since she had the day off of school. I collected them in the afternoon and brought them to GH for dinner, movie night and baths.
Saturday looked to be another gorgeous (and much warmer!) day. We rode bikes downtown to visit the library. I bribed Megan with a pretzel from The Baker's Wife, our favorite bakery treat - perhaps ever, if she tried riding her own bike on our journey. She reluctantly accepted the challenge, but quickly discovered how great the freedom of her own bike was. She did AWESOME! Hannah and I stayed right behind her (Hannah was a passenger in the bike trailer - totally content to be hauled around in her little chariot). She stopped at every street corner, looked both ways twice, and navigated all dips and bumps in the road with gusto, definitely earning her pretzel. We hit the library, the pretzel shop, and even hit up Michigan Rags for a pair of matching pink GH hoodies for a couple of little girls I know. Our final destination before heading home was the candy store...just because.
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| Very proud of our little biker! |
While I was meeting some friends from work in the afternoon, Dad and the girls had the opportunity to go boating with our neighbors from GR, the Ripples. They went all over Spring Lake and even ventured out to Lake Michigan, spending almost THREE HOURS on the water on a beautiful day. Lucky devils.
After the boating adventure, the Ripple family came over to our GH house for pizza and s'mores. They were our first non-grandparents visitors to the house. The girls had so much fun showing off their rooms and toys to our favorite neighborhood friends from home. It was a great day!
Sunday was
another perfect weather day! (Seriously, who flipped the summer switch? We never really had spring!) We did our traditional walk/bike to the park in the morning, and came home to play in the backyard. By that time it was warm enough for swimsuits and a picnic lunch outside. We have been waiting sooooo long for this weather, and are determined to soak it up while it lasts.
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| Setting up their station to wash the playhouse |
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| Hard at work on the play food before tackling the house |
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| This kid doesn't know how not to be cool |
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| Picnic time! |
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| We don't have a great sprinkler for the girls to run through in GH, but we do have a hose... |
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| The hose was quite a hit |
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| ...especially if you were the one being sprayed |
What a perfect weekend in GH! We are looking forward to many, many more!
