Tulip Time

We didn’t really get into the whole parade or dressing up thing this year for Tulip Time…but we did have some impromptu fun with friends at the Kinderplaats festival! 
Inside a giant bubble
 
we ran into a couple of friends and decided to hang out together – we went on some rides, walked downtown for dinner and ate some fro-yo!
Owen and Lil

Mieke, Owen, and Lil
We did manage to make it downtown for the Dutch Dancers once while my Aunt Darlene was in town…we headed for coldstone *gasp* before we watched the show…
Syd and her Great Aunt enjoying their ice cream
Owen joining in the fun!
Syd getting to ‘fly’ between gran and Great-Aunt Darlene

Me Weekend

For my birthday, Scott gave me a ‘me weekend’ away up north at his parents’ cottage in Ludington. 

along with it was a fun gift basket filled my favorite things…gift certs to starbucks, maurices, movie store along with cadbury mini eggs, swedish fish, wine, and a yummy cupcake…I’d say he totally outdid himself!  what a sweet and thoughtful guy! This was how I spent a lot of my weekend away..feet up and some mindless tv and a good book! 

I was also training for my first 10k race that was the following weekend, so I did get in a nice long run out at the state park and a cross training class at the gym. 

oh…and a little gambling!  I won $225!!!  :) 

it was a much needed time away – so blessed to have a supportive family so I can do stuff like this :)

First Fishing Fun of the Spring

We were lucky with such nice weather and sunshine in April so the kiddos went on their first fishing trip of the spring with papa at the pond by our house…
so excited for her first fish!
this was definitely the first of many fishing trips to this pond for the year!  these kiddos are definitely their father’s children.

Spring Break Fun

Over Spring Break the kiddos had some fun…

I took them to GR one day to the Children’s Museum then lunch…

they loved the climbing wall…was surprised Syd went up on it like she did and Owen wished there were grips up higher! 

playin some music…  owen walking on stilts

they thought it was great to ‘cruise’ in a yellow slugbug – or as they would say…’skittles slugbug’

bubbles…this station was a hit!

more music

giant lite brite

little stinker on the drums

all of a sudden at one point I looked over to where syd was playing in the little tree house thing and didn’t see her right away…she had sat down and was reading books…so cute that with everything going on and all the fun stuff there is to do there, that she wanted to sit and read!

another fun Spring Break Activity was making brownies!  They LOVED helping measure and pour in the ingredients and of course lick the left over batter!

syd’s face in the next two pics crack me up!

a little bit of cuddle fun!

indoor bubbles!  (needed to wash the floor anyway…so why not!)

So.proud.

Grandma and Grandpa took the kiddos and their cousins one  day of spring break and they headed off to see the butterflies at Meijer Gardens. 

They were in awe!

Dylan got one to land on his hand!

Checkin it all out with Grappy

Grandma and her grandbabies so sweet!

Road Trip

At the end of March, Gran, Owen, Syd and I took a little road trip down to Ohio to visit my aunt and uncle for my uncle’s surprise 75th birthday party…

It was quite the adventure and the kids were such troopers…

Syd sound asleep in the car!

Syd liked to help gran with her makeup

 

We had a great time swimming at the hotel and shopping on our way home (we stopped at Cabela’s and the outlet mall).  We even made a pit stop at a dollar general for some pool toys (they’re sitting on owen’s spider man float)

           

no pics from the party..there was a prof photographer there so I didn’t bother to take any..but haven’t gotten my hands on copies yet! 

A funny story from the party though was that there were hershey’s kisses sitting out in bowls and at one point the kids kept disappearing..we realized they were taking handfulls of kisses, sneaking behind the tv and unwrapping the and eating them….there was QUITE the pile of wrappers once i figured it out….so sneaky!

Haircuts

Syd and I got to spend some time getting beautified together…had to make it happen once she got out of the tub and was sportin’ the best trucker mullet I’ve ever seen.scary stuff.
we went to see ‘miss jen’
syd loved getting her hair washed and cut…she had this sweet little smile on her face the whole time.
 
and i think she liked the 'final look' on herself too!