Tag Archives: Fun!
Come On Over!
Friends! I’m excited to announce that I’ve been asked to do some blogging for West Michigan’s own kids’ TV show, Come On Over! Supported by the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, this show has already won numerous Michigan Emmy Awards and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Friends, Home, Kids, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Nature/Outdoors, Neighbors, Play, Seasons of Life, Summer, Uncategorized
Tagged Come On Over, critics, Emmy Awards, Fun!, Grand Rapids Children's Museum, imagination, Neighbors, team, West Michigan
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Arctic Dog Mushing On Labor Day
Leave it up to the neighborhood kids, my own included, to create a game that is so wonderfully ridiculous I can’t help but document it for you. Yesterday’s game had me laughing so hard the residual giggles followed me indoors … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Home, Kids, Nature/Outdoors, Neighbors, Play, Random Fun, Seasons of Life, Summer, Uncategorized, Vehicles
Tagged Beef Chunks, Children, Family, Friends, Friendship, Fun!, Indian Summer, Jerky, Kids, Labor Day, Mushing, Neighbors, Nome, Salmon, Sled-dog racing, snow
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[Homemade] Tents Make Good Neighbors
There was a moment today–one of those stop-you-in-your-tracks illuminations–that made me so grateful for the gifts in my life. Not only do I have clean water, access to food and electricity, a smog-free blue sky above me, and the love … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Home, Kids, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Neighbors, Play, Random Fun
Tagged British Accent, Children, Corona, dolls, forts, Friends, Friendship, Fun!, girls, Giving/Sharing/Generosity, horses, Neighbors, tents, velour blankets
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“Things I Don’t Understand” Thursdays: Indoor Baseball?!
Well, this really got my goat. After withstanding numerous accidents in the house ranging from family photos being knocked off the wall [that was dad modeling great behavior] to lamps crashing to the floor, we have banned indoor throwing/pitching/catching/baseball/homerun derby. … Continue reading
Posted in Decor/Organizing, Discipline Issues, Family, Home, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Random Fun, Seasons of Life
Tagged baseball, Family, Fun!, household accidents, Kids, Messy House, wrestling
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Son of a BEACH!
What a day. Last night I was so exhausted after our elusive hunt for beach parking that I just couldn’t even tell you about it until now. Well, let’s be honest: it was the exhaustion and the fact that the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature/Outdoors, Random Fun, Uncategorized, Vacation
Tagged beach, Coast Guard Festival, Disappointment, Family, Fun!, Grand Haven, Holland, Kids
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Fill It Up Again
I’m borrowing this title from the Indigo Girls who, if I believed in reincarnation, I would totally want to be in my next life–at least musically speaking. Their guitar playing–to die for; their poetry–kills me; their harmony–makes my heart stop … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature/Outdoors, Travel, Vacation
Tagged Children, Family, Friends, Fun!, Indigo Girls, Longing, Mountains/Ocean, Nature
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Waiting for Mountains, Yearning for Sand
Every now and again I get into kind of a funk. I usually write it off as fatigue or hormones, but really I think it has something to do with geography. We’re planning a trip out west this summer and … Continue reading
Shoot the Moon
Yesterday we got out the guns and clay pigeons and had ourselves a birthday. This was no small shindig–this was a full-on, expertly crafted and perfectly executed surprise party for my brother-in-law, Jason, who will ring in 30 years in … Continue reading
