Today is the last day of our vacation. Ana and Ethan have made bird feeders. Luke is making a sandbox with Dad and this is my project. A blog.
We decided to have a vacation at home this year and so far it's been great.
Well, the first day, Sunday, was a little difficult. Dad and Mom surprised us with a camping trip to Fort Custer. It went fine until the storms came. Then we couldn't get the van started so we had to ask a guy to give us a jump in the pouring rain. Finally we got home as Ana and Ethan would definitely never sleep with a storm RIGHT over their heads. Dad and Lucas went back, (yes, I'm a chicken :) and slept in the tent.
On Monday we watched
Over the Hedge and then Lucas and I watched
Honey, I shrunk the Kids at night. (Watching a movie from Blockbuster has been against our rules since we began the adoption process. So Monday was a break the rules day!) We went to Michigan Adventure Tuesday. Ana loves scary rides. She rode every ride we went on that she could. This included several roller coasters and other scary rides like the Sea Dragon. Whew, I'm definitely scared of heights!!!! (But I rode it twice!)
Ethan does NOT like scary rides, we found out. The problem is, we also found out they don't stop the ride even if you yell, "STOP IT!" to the guy running it. Ethan tried this many times. His eyes were so wide and everytime the ride started slowing we'd say, "We're stopping E-E, it's okay" but the ride would continue and continue.... Ethan likes the little cars that slowly drive around the track and you can control the wheels a little.
We went to Lake Michigan the next day. Ana hates big waves. Ethan loves them. And, yes, I don't understand this either after how the day before went.
We cooked hotdogs and smores over a "fire" (small grill), Thursday. Then us kids slept in a tent the Solomons loaned us. It's huge! We enjoyed it so much that we did it again last night after a visit to Eagle Lake in Fort Custer.
And we're back to the beginning of my post. And this is a long post!
So that's what's up right now.
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Emily
This was the first ride we went on. So much fun. Okay, okay, I'll admit. It was the smallest roller coaster at the park. But it was a good starter.
Mom was a little squished in her seat. This was Ana's first ride. She had fun. I think she would've rather had been IN the water though. That was one hot day.
E-E and his new jeep. And new fire engine.
Don't freak out! This is a ride. It's a fun plane ride that the kids loved. Yaay.
BUMPER CARS!!!!! Not sure what Luke is thinking.
Ethan is thinking, "Oh yeah, baby!!"
Ana loved bumber cars with Dad. She was cracking up.
Ana's new motorcyle.
The kids kinda liked the motorcycle ride, yet they were careful to hide their smiles in case it too babyish! :)
The water park was packed during the afternoon, but one of the rides was too hard to resist. Luke tried it since he was the only one wearing a swimsuit.
Michigan Adventure was sweet!!!
