Daddy's helper

Emma was all excited to help daddy mow the lawn (then got distressed because she couldn't keep up with him)!

Sarah's boyfriend

Sarah had a little party with her friends (and Emma's) today.  One of the little boys is just 1 week younger than Sarah and Sarah felt the need to stake her claim on him:

Mommy particularly likes that she seems to wipe the kiss off after giving it!  But it didn't stop her from planting many kisses on him, even without prompting from the crowd.

Magic, Golf & Dessert (Vacation Part 6)

So we have finally made it back from vacation and it was a great time.  Emma had the opportunity to learn to do some magic (the hotel has a MagiQuest game where your wand opens chests, makes animals move and talk, etc):

Emma also played mini golf for the first time.  Her method of playing is not "legal" on the professional circuit, but it seemed to work for her:

Even Sarah got in on the mini golf action (also with her own unorthodox methods):

And one night, Emma got a special delivery from Wiley the Wolf, chocolate chip cookies before bed.  Emma was super excited!

What a great vacation!

Vacation Part 5 (Waterpark)

The main draw of the hotel was the huge indoor water park.We have been for several hours everyday.  Even Sarah loves it:

 Daddy and his girls enjoying the lazy river:

Emma loves these 2 slides; she rides them at least 30 times each day (I can only video the very end of the ride though, sorry):

Vacation Part 4 (Children's museum)

We took the girls to the local children's museum one morning.  It is all nautical themed and Emma had a great time.

Even Sarah found something fun to do, crawl through the tunnel a million times:

 Emma and daddy making a paper flower:

 Emma controlling the light house:

 Emma working the boat:

 And driving it (her favorite part):

 And finally, hoisting the sail:

This was all great practice as we are going to take the girls on a real catamaran tomorrow and Emma gets to help drive and raise the sails!

Traverse City (Vacation Part 3)

We took the girls into downtown Traverse City yesterday.  There is one store that had a brilliant idea to entertain the kids, a container full of clean cherry pits to play in:

Sarah didn't know what to make of them at first:

But then she really got into it too:

Vacation part 2 (Sand)

We took the girls to the Sleeping Bear Dunes and to the beach to play.  The Dunes were beautiful and both girls LOVE the sand.

Here is daddy and the girls looking out over Lake Michigan

 Emma climbing up the sand dune with her daddy (Sarah decided it was too hard to crawl up a sand mountain, and mommy was just too lazy):

 Emma at the top after the climb:

 The girls playing in the sand:

Sarah seemed to REALLY enjoy the sand:

At the beach, daddy and Emma spent a lot of time looking for boats and sea shells: