Birthday Party III

We had tons of fun food to celebrate with thanks to the help of some incredible in-laws who saved me many times over..We had bug juice, bug bites, bug wraps, bug cake, salsa , veggies and salad.

Bugs Part II (decorations)

This year Cahill even became part of the decorations with a homemade pillowcase dress.

Bugs

The day started like every other day but today was BIG, my first baby turned 5 years old. We counted down the days all week both of us excited. As soon as we woke up we dressed quickly and Cahill walked down the stairs and her jaw dropped as all she saw was tons and tons of lady bugs everywhere. (we had decorated everything for her the night before so she would be surprised when she woke up) To say that she loved it would only be a understatement. She chose one present to open and then I carted her off to breakfast with mommy and Pappa. 

Film Festival 2013

Traverse City has a film festival every year in August. We have never really participated in this event for many different reasons. Once my child are a little older I hope we can go watch one of the free movies on the huge blow up screen at the open space. This year Cahill and I headed out to Lars Hockstead and watched a series of short movies (some without sound) and participated in many of the activities after the show. Cahill enjoyed the free popcorn and thought it was super cool to sit in the balcony. We had a blast making our own movie/flip book. We even played dress up together, scored a free bike helmet and rode a antique fire truck. 

Stimpsons vacation Part II

Camping has always been something I have dreamed of doing with my children! I have waited patiently for them to come to an age where they were old enough. This year I gave up and said we will go to a campground but will stay in a cabin. So we headed up to Mackinaw City to stay in Millcreek campground. We had a tremendous amount of fun even tho a certain 2 yr old was a little wild. (will not name any names here) The campground had three playgrounds, located right on the lake with a gorgeous view of the bridge and had a pool. Every night around 6:00 a tractor pulled hayride and a antique fire truck would come around  to give the kids a ride. Of course we had to do both and enjoyed every minute. We spent a lot of time swimming and some time walking/hiking. The weather was perfect for the first day but really cold for the rest of the time. On the coldest day we headed indoors to a large water park where Cahill played nonstop for 3.5 hours. But here are some pics that tell our story. Excuse the mismatch outfits as that is a mix of colder weather thne anticipated and a certain 4 yr old who loves to pick out here own outfits. So we hugged a chef guy..

 had some incredible ice cream

 of course we colored, did some painting and played with the little people

 had our first starbucks hot chocolate

 took lots of pics in front of the bridge on our morning hike

 did a lot of running around

 she is the queen of the world

 no wait she is the queen of the world

 of course we had smore time.. Kurt taught them how to start a fire (great)

Kurt may have enjoyed the smores more then the girls

Stimpson vacation Part I

enjoyed our coffee in front of the bridge

a little love for momma

jumping in

trying fudge for the first time

North Bar Lake

On one of our family adventures we headed out to North Bar lake for a little swim. The girls were in heaven as they are always are in water.