The Fredrick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI, is a pretty awesome place. The butterfly house is pretty big and has a crazy amount of butterflies, which is fantastic. I would love to work there just so that I could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mornings come far too early to have to deal with “cheerful” or “energetic.” It’s bad enough dealing with the cats impatiently waiting for food, I don’t need perky chatter about dreams or video games or… whatever. And how is it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, the turtle was ridiculously adorable. That aside, there was a lot of other animals to look at, both living and taxidermied, and it was an all-around educational experience, plus plenty of exercise! It was a mile walk each way,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the first kicks I made was just a little chip-shot, but went a lot higher than I intended and straight into Arwyn’s face. Yes, I felt terrible about it and I did apologize, but I also had her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The period of time between clearing off the beds and reloading them tends to involve the girls burying themselves in stuffies on the floor… and me hoping that I have no need to go into their room. And, yet, they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SO many stairs. Seriously, four floors of hotel (pool access in basement), with three of them used for this scavenger hunt thing. Were there elevators? Yup, two. Took them some, but there was a lot of other people using them,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not that there’s anything wrong with cake, but they would absolutely eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. No, that’s not okay. I know some of you were thinking “I’m good with that.” Anyway, in the Mass Effect game series,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kudos to anyone who can actually decipher that, but that’s about what it sounds like when they get excited about something and both try to talk at the same time. Blahblahblahnoisenoisenoise. That aside, they each had fun birthdays with family,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Instant friends for life, as is the usual for my two. They paired off for a little while, but spent most of the time playing as a quartet. Upstairs, downstairs, and all around. The five year-old was a bundle of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Full credit to them that it’s held up to some of the high winds we’ve had come through, and if they packed some snow on top of it, it might actually be a decent shelter, but they need to stick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…