Vacation

First up was the Meijer Gardens.  It was beautiful and the kids loved the children's area. 

No, they aren't in jail; it is just the kids entrance:

Playing at the Great Lakes water table:

Smelling the plants at the 5 senses garden:

Playing in the giant sandbox:

Next up was the zoo.  The kids loved it there too.  Here is petting the pygmy goats:

Feeding the birds:

And just letting them hang out on her head:

Finally, the Grand Rapids children's museum.  Playing some music:

Working at the kennel:

Working at the model public library:

Here is librarian Sarah:

Working as a pizza chef:

And at the bank:

Gassing up the cars:

And fixing them:

And chaffeur:

Turns out they were really indecisive about a career!

And last, the water park in the hotel:

Tennis

Emma started a tennis camp yesterday.  She says it was super fun and easy (not sure if it was really easy given she didn't hit most of the balls, but fun is great)!  Here she is actually making contact forehand:

And backhand:

Weekend fun

Over the weekend we had some fun with the kids. First up, cake baking with mom.  It was a tie dye cake (a true pain to make) and the girls then decorated.  Here is the finished product:

Then daddy built his new robot with the girls:

The robot in action (controlled by Emma):

Catching Up

We have been so bad about posting (sorry!).  So in return, you will get a few posts all at the same time!  Here is what we have been up to lately.  First up, the library activities for the summer:

Sesame street came to the library.  Here are the girls with Gordon (though they have no idea who he is):

 Posing with Aurora (don't know what she has to do with Sesame Street, but there she was):

 With the shining knight:

They also got to play a new type of drum while there:

 The library then had classroom critters.  The girls were brave and held the snake:

 And the tree frog:

Next up: Fourth of July.  We go watch the parade Aunt Christie's office is in every year.  The girls love it because they get lots of candy, not to mention free ice cream and popcorn!

We also got to see Aunt Stephanie, Kayla and baby Allison.  The girls really loved the baby, though it was impossible to get all 4 to stay still and look at the camera at the same time:

And finally, a cute picture Papa caught at the planetarium this weekend.  There was a free show about all the animal constellations that we took the girls to (and Mimi and Papa tagged along).  Papa got the girls with the world on their shoulders (well, they are so short more like world on the head, but same thing):

We will try to stay more updated from now on!