Saturday in GR

Some of my favorite days are days that just naturally fall together. This morning we headed downtown GR to the farmer's market and then wandered around, happening upon a bike race. The girls would have sat forever, enthralled with the racers and cheering as the group passed.

We moved a few streets down to the "La Granda Vitesse" sculpture in Calder plaza

Which also houses some beautiful flowers, perfect for a quick photo op.

Sometimes the girls sit nicely for the camera.

Sometimes they strangle their sisters when I say "hug"

So we headed to the di Suvero tire swing, aka the giant "tiger" swing. :)

We visited this about a year ago and the girls have asked to return many times.

Babies sure do grow up a lot over a year.

It is obviously a blast! woo!

We made our own slide...

Played in the trees.

and posed for a few more pictures before heading home.

West Michigan is a fantastic place to live, you can find an adventure just about anywhere.

Best Friends

There are times when I get a little wrapped up in things that need to get done and it's hard to crawl away form those things and see the joy all around me.

Last weekend was a lot of cooking, baking, shopping and preparing as we celebrated 2 birthdays as well as Father's day. Your typical pleas for attention do little in situations like that. BUT... bringing this into my kitchen works pretty well:

Mommy, he's my best friend and I love him.

Ooooooook well time for him to go find a nice spot to live outside.

Noooooo! I love him and he sleeps in my bed.

Um. Yikes. Actually he misses his mommy and she lives out there sooo bye Mr. Beetle.

I actually had this conversation without saying the word gross or disgusting to. Mainly because, if harmless bugs are her thing then well.. "you go girl." That said, I hope this beetle is actually harmless because they love our backyard and well he was dead so I'm assuming he won't hurt anyone.

 I am trying to NOT teach my daughters useless fears... even if I have them. It's ok to like creepy crawly things, it will be fun to scare your friends with that skill later in life. Just never bring a spider to mommy.