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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Little D's 6th Birthday
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Celebrated with a sleep over and took her to Portriat Innovations for pictures.
More details later.....
Westside Summer Festival
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Today was the Westside Summer Festival in Lansing. The festival had live music, kids games, give aways, and loads of fun. We wanted to attend so we could watch little D's kindergarten teacher sing in her band called "Summer of Sol". First, we got our faces painted, visited the health tent, and did a bike rodeo. Then, we headed to the stage to hear "Summer of Sol" play. Little D's teacher has a really awesome jazz band. Little C and I danced the afternoon away while little D and big D sat and enjoyed the music.
Good Times,
Big C
The 3rd Annual Westside Summer Fest is
Saturday, July 25, from 1pm to 9pm!
July 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More info: Jessica Yorko, Westside Commercial Association
The NorthWest Initiative's Westside Commercial Association is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Westside Summer Fest - a celebration of community and diversity.
At this free festival, enjoy eight hours of live music from your favorite local bands:
Root Doctor
One Love
Summer of Sol
Christian Nelson
Nervous But Excited
Also featuring Saleem Shabazz, 3 Fires Singers, GLOC, Lil E, Beasts Squad,
Logic, Crux, MOE, and Live Poetry by Tiffany Lemieux-McKissic, Marcus McKissic, and Logic.
While at the Westside Summer Fest, stroll the farmers' and artisans' market to pick up fresh, local Michigan produce and specialty products and hand-made crafts and artwork.New this year, visit the Sparrow Health System Health & Wellness Expo featuring games and prizes.
Bring the kids for the bicycle rodeo and helmet giveaway, Decker's Coffee Face painting, Home Depot Kids' Building Workshop, Heart of Michigan Girl Scouts
Artspace, Comerica Bank Balloons, Impression 5 Science Center, Food Fun with Joy, and more!
The Westside Summer Fest - on Saturday, July 25 - takes place at Saginaw and Princeton, just east of Saginaw & MLK.
The event is brought to you by NorthWest Initiative, and is part of the revitalization of the historic business districts along Saginaw Street in Lansing.
This free, family-friendly event is made possible thanks to the generous support
of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Outstate Michigan, Sparrow Health
System, LansingMomsLikeMe.com, Adams Outdoor Advertising, Message
Makers, and our other sponsors and funders listed to the left and at
For more information visit www.westsidesummerfest.com.
Cousins
July 22nd - July 24th, 2009
I picked my nephews M and J up in Holland today so they could spend some time with us. When we arrived home little D explained to M ....quote "I have a little big bike that is medium" straight from the mouth of babes. Gotta love them. Then J and Z got the video games out. It was fun watching the four of them (Z,J,M, and little D) giggle and getting excited playing PS2's Smack Down vs Raw. The next day we took the kids to Hunter's splash park and zero depth swimming pool. It was a little chili if you got out of the water, but the kids didn't care until they found the outdoor shower with hot water. I tried to climb the rock wall but it was too hard especially since I had a bum arm. After the pool big D and I took Z,M,J, little C, and little D to the play ground area. We ended our fun time with a swim in our pool on Friday and a trip to Grandma S's for dinner.
VBS - 2009
July 21st - July 24th, 2009
The theme for VBS this year was Lifeways' Boomerang Express. Church had a mini pep rally after Friday's service and it was very special to see the kids do the dances/songs they learned during the week. Little D got a prize for bringing her two cousins M and J to vacation bible school. I recieved a TON of praise from the teachers in cousins J's 2nd grade class about Z. Mrs. Teacher said Z was very helpful and really good with the kids. I am so proud of you Z and thanks for volunteering to help at church.
Theme Song:
by Jillian (6th grade)
On the boomerang express,
it all comes back to Jesus
So we should all act good 'cause
we know he sees us
Our God is so mighty,
so loving and great
He gives us warm shelter
and food on our plates.
Say a prayer,
does not matter where;
and he will tak yo
into love and care
So follow your Lord
in heaven above
And give him respect
and a whole lot of love.
Trinity's VBS had 660 students attending this year.
Ball Tournament
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Big D played in an all night softball tournament tonight. I enjoyed watching him play until he got hit with the ball in the leg. OUCH!@##@ It was nice to spend time with a good friend. I laughed all night, it could have been the lack of sleep too who knows.
Big C
Big D played in an all night softball tournament tonight. I enjoyed watching him play until he got hit with the ball in the leg. OUCH!@##@ It was nice to spend time with a good friend. I laughed all night, it could have been the lack of sleep too who knows.
Big C
Potter Park Zoo
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
We attended zoo days with our Mops friends. The kids had a good time and even got free popsicles.
LANSING - Once again, L&L Food Centers is offering people a chance to see the animals at Potter Park Zoo free o f charge. The free days will be Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15 from 9 a.m.--7 p.m.
All that is necessary is to visit a L&L Food Center and pick up tickets - limit five per family. This is the 15th year L&L has brought the event to the community, and it will celebrate with a look back through the years by bringing some favorite activities and memories for visitors to the zoo.
Visitors will get to see their favorite animals like the Wallabies, Monkeys, and those ever-adorable Penguins, and kids will fun in other ways.
Visitors will be able to enjoy free frozen treats, food sampling, mascots, face painting, chalk station, and free turns in the bounce house or, new this year, the "Tide Slide."
L&L Food Centers' associates will be hosting the bounce houses, painting faces, and serving up treats to the Zoo Days' visitors. New this year the Lansing Power Squadron will be on hand with a 22' power boat and information about boating and water safety.
Representative from the Community Emergency Response Team and the American Red Cross will also be on hand. www.lsj.com Author: Lansing State Journal
Z gets 6 stitches
Tuesday, July 14th 2009
So...hmmmm. What a way to end the day. The story according to Z: While playing at the pool he put his finger in a broken window (located in the pool area) to see why it only broke in one panel (whatever that means) meanwhile his friend decided to open the window. Finger + Broken Window = 6 stitches! To the hospital we go. The ER waiting time was 3 hours and I wasn't willing to wait that long so we decided to go to Urgent Care instead. Z asked the doctors how many stitches he has given in his career(I think he was a little nervous). The doctor said he has been practing for 25 years. So, I asked him how many he gave in a week and he stated a couple a day. Yikes.. there must be a lot of teenage boys out there.
Warren Dunes State Park
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
The girls and I went to Warren Dunes State Park in Bridgeman, MI today. It is my favorite state park on Lake Michigan. We had a glorious time playing in the river that runs into the lake. The waves were massivie just like I remembered as a kid. I decided that the girls were going to walk up the dune. I wasn't sure if they would make it but they did. Half way up the dune they wanted to quit and I explained that our family doesn't quit. We took a little rest and then pushed on. They did GREAT and it only took us 20 minutes to make it up the hill. Before little D and I made it to the top little C was already on her way down. Little D asked me if I was going to spank her butt, I was pretty mad but really didn't want to go down and get her and then walk up again. Finally, she stopped running down and worked her way back up. Little D and I just sat and watch while she huffed and puffed back up. When she reached the top we all sat in our glory of triumph. Sometimes, I completely under estimate my 4 and 5 year olds. It took us under a minute to run down. Just before we reached the top little D said she didn't want to walk the stupid hill but after running down she realized how wonderful it was. So happy that she is excited to walk the dune again some time. We went back to beach and jumped into lake Michigan without hesitation. The lake was very refreshing. Can't wait to go again.
Art Project
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
The girls and I had fun making an art project today. I wanted to teach them their address and it ending up with me teaching about earth. I created maps to show them our precise address down to our earthly existance. We cut and colored the following:
1)Earth, Sun, and Stars
(I forgot about our continent)
2)United States of America and a picture of the flag
3)Beautiful State of Michigan
3)Map of our city which included a picture of what street signs look like
4)Our house (number and address)
They ran around the house saying United States of America and Michign.
Hawk Island Splash Park
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
We enjoyed our time at Hawk Island's splash park today with cousin J.C.
Hawk Island offers rowboat and pedal boat rental, a swimming beach, Splash Pad®, picnic areas and shelters, sand volleyball, horseshoes, paved accessible walkways (1.5 miles) and fishing docks and a concession stand. A community built playground opened in 2004. The state-of-the-art Splash Pad®, which opened in the summer of 2006, is the newest attraction at Hawk Island County Park.
Quoted at Hawk Island website
Temple of Love Letterbox
We did the "Temple of Love" letterbox today in Marshall. It was a great puzzle and hunt.
Author: starrgazer
Location: Marshall, MI
Plant Date: May 24, 2009
Found: July 5th, 2009
Letterbox information
4th of July 2009
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Our family spent time at our friends Kelli and Mike's house for the 4th of July. We did a photo opt with the kids and their old truck. Later, we went to St. Johns for some wonderful fireworks.
Kiss of Death
Wednesday July 1st, 2009
Little D, little C, and I planted our first letterbox. If you are interested in finding it go to www.atlasquest.com or www.letterboxing.org and search in Lansing, MI for "Kiss of Death". I had Z search for it to make sure the clues were useful and he was able to find it and gave me more clever clues to add. I am so excited to take my hobby to the placer level. I love searching but planting will be rewarding also.
July 8th, 2009
We checked on our letterbox today and we had a finder. Dansville Diva's were the first finders of our box. Below is the current list of finders for our box.
Kiss of Death finders as of July 27th,2009
Lionqueen July 23, 2009
The hicks from the sticks July 12, 2009
Lunagirl and Papa July 12, 2009
Team Avatar July 10, 2009
Dansville Divas July 8, 2009
www.atlasquest.com
www.letterboxing.org
Kiss of Death Letterbox
Little D, little C, and I planted our first letterbox. If you are interested in finding it go to www.atlasquest.com or www.letterboxing.org and search in Lansing, MI for "Kiss of Death". I had Z search for it to make sure the clues were useful and he was able to find it and gave me more clever clues to add. I am so excited to take my hobby to the placer level. I love searching but planting will be rewarding also.
July 8th, 2009
We checked on our letterbox today and we had a finder. Dansville Diva's were the first finders of our box. Below is the current list of finders for our box.
Kiss of Death finders as of July 27th,2009
Lionqueen July 23, 2009
The hicks from the sticks July 12, 2009
Lunagirl and Papa July 12, 2009
Team Avatar July 10, 2009
Dansville Divas July 8, 2009
www.atlasquest.com
www.letterboxing.org
Kiss of Death Letterbox
Mulberry Geo-Caching
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Mulberry geo chaching
Little D and I went on a date today. We dropped little C off at daycare and then headed to the river walk to find some geo chaches and pick mulberries. Little D found many fun treasures. Later, we made mulberry smoothies.
Mulberry geo chaching
Little D and I went on a date today. We dropped little C off at daycare and then headed to the river walk to find some geo chaches and pick mulberries. Little D found many fun treasures. Later, we made mulberry smoothies.
Future Blog Entries - June 2009
June 2009 - I will update more information as soon as I can. I am a tad behind.
June 28th, 2009
Little D says I want to look beautiful riding my bike
June 27th, 2009
RFL
June 27th, 2009
Eaton Rapids Dam Festival
June 26th, 2009
Horses
June 24th, 2009
Holland/ Lake Michigan trip
June 23rd, 2009
Buster and Maria
U.P. Michigan Vacation
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
We left the house at 10:00 a.m. with the kids in tow. We packed things to keep the kids occupied during the long road trip. Such as a DVD player (courtesy of my friend Michelle), coloring books, laptop, sudoku puzzles, books, and cell phones for texting or playing games. What would we do with out technology? Do you remember when we didn’t have to wear seat belts and the only games we played on road trips were games like slug bug. Thanks to technology the kids are quiet and the ride is peaceful. The drive to St. Ignace is approximately 239 miles and 4 hours.
We stopped in Clare at the Michigan Welcome Center for a break and visited our favorite friends, the Michigan Department of Transportation (DIT) Employee Memorial iron construction workers. We were back on the road at 12:30 p.m. and headed towards the Mackinaw bridge. We arrived at the bridge at 2:00 p.m. “watch out yuppers here comes the trolls yah ay, give me a pastie (pass tee) and some fudge”.
For lunch ate at “The Mystery Spot” in St. Ignace off US 2 Exit 344 B. We enjoyed experiencing the optical illusions, putt putt golf, and the maze. Z, little D, and big D all got a hole in one. We left at 6:00 p.m. to drive to Munising. Munising is about 3 hours and 119 minutes away from St. Ignace.
We stopped at a scenic park along during our gorgeous drive west on US 2 along Michigan’s lakeshore and finally arrived in Manistique at around 8pm.
We had dinner at the coolest Big Boy (or Big Bills as the girls like to call it) I have ever seen. It was located across the street from a lighthouse on Michigan’s lakeshore. Before eating the kids and I played “lines and dots” game like we traditionally do. We left Manistique around 9pm to drive to Munising.
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Finally, we arrived at the Super 8 in Munising around 10 pm. We reserved room #114 and went straight to the hot tub, and then to sleep. After a good breakfast and nights sleep were ready to explore Musing Letterbox style.
The first letterbox was at Wagner falls. We found our first hitchhiker (named “lil’ Birdie”) in this box. A hitchhiker is a mini journal that travels to a different letterbox location and sometimes they end up in different states. We took it with us to relocate in Copper Harbor.
Next we searched for the “Valley Spur” letterbox. It began by finding trail “c”. We had to fight army of mosquitos. Big D flagged a towel, little D sprayed Listerine, and Z had the bug spray but not much worked. It was pretty miserable.
Monday, June 15th, 2009
UP Vaca
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
UP Vaca
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
UP Vaca
Friday, June 19th, 2009
UP Vaca
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
HawK Island - Turtle Drew
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Sleepover at Brooklyn's
Little D had her first sleepover at some else's house today. It was a big step for mom and dad to let her go. She still seems like our little baby that some how turned into a little girl overnight.
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Little D Pleasant View Field Day
Monday, June 4th, 2009
Burchfield Park
Today was the last day of school for little D so we planned a playdate at one of our favorite parks. We set up the works with the easy up canvas, lunch, beach chairs, beach toys, and lots of fun friends. It was a nice celebrate the start of summer with a blast.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Little D’s End of the Year Party
Today was little D’s end of the school year party. In lieu of lunch she celebrated with pizza and cupcakes at school. I purchased a congratulations balloon and a card that said “congrats on graduating from kindergarten”. The kids signed autograph books that I put together to use as a yearbook and they also signed t-shirts that they made for the last field trip. They had pizza and juice inside and then went outside for cupcakes. Mrs. G got some really nice gifts included a gift certificate to “The Teacher Store” that many moms made donations too. The kids were really excited for school to dismiss tomorrow at 11:30am to officially start summer vacation.
Misc. Pics
We took many different types of pictures during the month of June which included a picture of Andrew, oops a girl, Drucilla to later be called Drew turtle. Since we really don’t know the sex of the turtle for sure he/she has a boy and a girl name. Z found Drew at one of our long walks along the river walk through Hawk Island. I love my walking group ladies. We certainately are troopers to take 8 kids on bikes with us. We left at home at 1pm and got back around 5pm
June 28th, 2009
Little D says I want to look beautiful riding my bike
June 27th, 2009
RFL
June 27th, 2009
Eaton Rapids Dam Festival
June 26th, 2009
Horses
June 24th, 2009
Holland/ Lake Michigan trip
June 23rd, 2009
Buster and Maria
U.P. Michigan Vacation
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
We left the house at 10:00 a.m. with the kids in tow. We packed things to keep the kids occupied during the long road trip. Such as a DVD player (courtesy of my friend Michelle), coloring books, laptop, sudoku puzzles, books, and cell phones for texting or playing games. What would we do with out technology? Do you remember when we didn’t have to wear seat belts and the only games we played on road trips were games like slug bug. Thanks to technology the kids are quiet and the ride is peaceful. The drive to St. Ignace is approximately 239 miles and 4 hours.
We stopped in Clare at the Michigan Welcome Center for a break and visited our favorite friends, the Michigan Department of Transportation (DIT) Employee Memorial iron construction workers. We were back on the road at 12:30 p.m. and headed towards the Mackinaw bridge. We arrived at the bridge at 2:00 p.m. “watch out yuppers here comes the trolls yah ay, give me a pastie (pass tee) and some fudge”.
For lunch ate at “The Mystery Spot” in St. Ignace off US 2 Exit 344 B. We enjoyed experiencing the optical illusions, putt putt golf, and the maze. Z, little D, and big D all got a hole in one. We left at 6:00 p.m. to drive to Munising. Munising is about 3 hours and 119 minutes away from St. Ignace.
We stopped at a scenic park along during our gorgeous drive west on US 2 along Michigan’s lakeshore and finally arrived in Manistique at around 8pm.
We had dinner at the coolest Big Boy (or Big Bills as the girls like to call it) I have ever seen. It was located across the street from a lighthouse on Michigan’s lakeshore. Before eating the kids and I played “lines and dots” game like we traditionally do. We left Manistique around 9pm to drive to Munising.
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Finally, we arrived at the Super 8 in Munising around 10 pm. We reserved room #114 and went straight to the hot tub, and then to sleep. After a good breakfast and nights sleep were ready to explore Musing Letterbox style.
The first letterbox was at Wagner falls. We found our first hitchhiker (named “lil’ Birdie”) in this box. A hitchhiker is a mini journal that travels to a different letterbox location and sometimes they end up in different states. We took it with us to relocate in Copper Harbor.
Next we searched for the “Valley Spur” letterbox. It began by finding trail “c”. We had to fight army of mosquitos. Big D flagged a towel, little D sprayed Listerine, and Z had the bug spray but not much worked. It was pretty miserable.
Monday, June 15th, 2009
UP Vaca
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
UP Vaca
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
UP Vaca
Friday, June 19th, 2009
UP Vaca
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
HawK Island - Turtle Drew
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Sleepover at Brooklyn's
Little D had her first sleepover at some else's house today. It was a big step for mom and dad to let her go. She still seems like our little baby that some how turned into a little girl overnight.
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Little D Pleasant View Field Day
Monday, June 4th, 2009
Burchfield Park
Today was the last day of school for little D so we planned a playdate at one of our favorite parks. We set up the works with the easy up canvas, lunch, beach chairs, beach toys, and lots of fun friends. It was a nice celebrate the start of summer with a blast.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Little D’s End of the Year Party
Today was little D’s end of the school year party. In lieu of lunch she celebrated with pizza and cupcakes at school. I purchased a congratulations balloon and a card that said “congrats on graduating from kindergarten”. The kids signed autograph books that I put together to use as a yearbook and they also signed t-shirts that they made for the last field trip. They had pizza and juice inside and then went outside for cupcakes. Mrs. G got some really nice gifts included a gift certificate to “The Teacher Store” that many moms made donations too. The kids were really excited for school to dismiss tomorrow at 11:30am to officially start summer vacation.
Misc. Pics
We took many different types of pictures during the month of June which included a picture of Andrew, oops a girl, Drucilla to later be called Drew turtle. Since we really don’t know the sex of the turtle for sure he/she has a boy and a girl name. Z found Drew at one of our long walks along the river walk through Hawk Island. I love my walking group ladies. We certainately are troopers to take 8 kids on bikes with us. We left at home at 1pm and got back around 5pm
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