Fun Friday

We have decided to start a tradition of having "Fun Friday" on the Friday before the kids start school to enjoy one last fun-filled family day before school starts.  We had some friends mention they did this with their children and we think it is a great tradition to start.  We had a blast this year.

We started off by going to the local supermarket and letting the kids choose a donut.  They were thrilled as we only do this a couple times a year.  We also let them pick out a redbox movie to watch in the car.  Jadyn said, "Mom you are the best mom.  You are doing all these fun things!".  Keep the praise coming :)

Then we headed up to a little dutch village in Holland (an hour away).  It was a little dinky, however, I had a groupon so it was not full price.  The kids had fun and got to eat popcorn and salt water taffy.

Then we went up to a large mall in Grand Rapids.  That is one of the things I miss most about living here...we do not have a mall.  Everyone got to pick what they wanted in the food court.  The kids loved getting to choose where they each wanted to eat...mom and dad would have preferred the Texas Roadhouse we saw on the way!

Then on the way home we stopped at Crane's Pie Pantry.  Oh my...heaven in a pie plate.  We bought the raspberry pie and it was delicious.  We can't wait to go back sometime.

When we got home we were all wiped out and had cereal (and pie!) for dinner.


It definitely was a Fun Friday!

Here comes Maya

No Fear from the Bubster

Jadyn kept wanting to go down the slide over and over

Do I look thrilled or what?  The swings go up in the air about 15 feet or so and it made me dizzy

Dad had to go the next time with Jadyn

Bubby waving...he was a very serious horse rider and held on tight through the ride

Maya loves carousels

Eating popcorn waiting for the dutch dancers

An interesting fact we learned is that the dutch dancers wear 5-8 pairs of socks to help keep their wooden shoes on.  One of the dancers shoes kicked off during the first dance and flew all the way into the pond.  Bennett thought it was hilarious

Jadyn doing the pedal push car.  She went twice around the track

Jadyn got to walk a goat.  This was Jadyn's favorite part of the day.  She really loves animals.

In the wedding wagon: Maya is dancing in the back to her own music :)

Kids posing in the stork (the national bird Netherlands).  They were pretending they were crying babies and Bennett even got in on the pretend play

Windmill shot

Jadyn (and Mom and Dad) thought the wooden shoes were hard to walk in