"Cleaning"

Today The Dutch Way

Bright and I headed out to Dutch Village today. Yup, that's right...Dutch Village!

If you're from around here, maybe like me you haven't been there since your 2nd grade field trip (or was it 3rd grade?). We basically were tourists in our own town today, and we did the Dutch thing. Why did we do that? Well, we are always looking for fun things to do. I have a good friend who takes her kids there and a graduated student of mine works there too. So this morning when I was trying to figure out what to do, we looked at pics of the place online, and Bright indicated "That" was what we should do today. So this Mama did play time today the Dutch way.

Fun That Fair

Although we'll probably never forget what we saw at last year's fair, we did have a blast last night at the Ottawa County Fair. We went through the barns twice, took in a few rides, ate some fair food, and we even watched the motorcycle racing. Yes we saw a couple crashes, but nothing like last year. If you ask Brighton if he likes something, and he does, he'll say "Fun That" or "Again That." We heard them both from him several times, and I must say outside of a few barn experiences I could avoid, I would whole-heartedly agree.

My Sand Monsters

We have at least one long skinny dead spot in our lawn thanks to the thrills my Grass Monsters have been having lately. Tuesday night we decided to change it up; my Grass Monsters became Sand Monsters. We headed to Holland State Park a vacation spot just a few miles down the road. Following a very brief picnic, we played in the sand and the water for a couple hours. Slip 'n Slides are fun, but we determined we have to do this much more often.