4th of July

Alternate titles included:

"Sweatfest 2012"

"Let's go sit in a Sauna"
 

I feel kind of like a big baby complaining about the heat in Michigan.  But seriously - it is currently ONE HUNDRED degrees in Hudsonville right now.  Feels like 110.  That is hot no matter where you live.  Gross.  

Poor Elise.  We went to the parade in Grandville for a little while this morning.   You know - "before it got too hot" - this was her face the whole time.

We had to go.  I made a special outfit. 

"Can we please go home now?"

I froze some Gogurt.  It melted in like two seconds.

She looked so hot.  Someone really nice gave her a Popsicle. 

We were only outside about an hour and a half.   Elise is currently cashed out in her bed.  We are so so so thankful for air conditioning! 

Happy Fourth Everyone!

current obsessions

This is what Elise does all the time.  She LOVES Duplos.  She picks these over every single other toy.  She just wants to build a "houwsssshe" all day long. 

Daddy is tickling!

Sillypants.

We got in the car to run some errands today and she says "meow? meow?".   Since we were headed to Hobby Lobby and Lowes and she is the sweetest thing - sometimes we go to PetSmart too.  She knows what it is and gets so excited.  She knows right where the kitties are, and then proceeds to tour the whole place including the fish, birds, and dog grooming area.  It's kind of like a free trip to the zoo.  (Actually - the real zoo is on our list of things to do this coming weekend - I'm pretty sure she's going to flip.)

She pretended to be a kitty all afternoon.  I have to pet her and rub her tummy.

girls day out

We went to FMG with some of our girl friends today. Elise, Stella, and Nicolynn all willingly agreed to pose for a picture.  Bah just kidding. They were all strapped in or else they'd be running in opposite directions. Except Stella.  She's pretty stationary at this point.  (Next year, Kari!)

Why yes.  I would love to put on a wool Ladybug cape when it's 95 out.  Not.

Best picture of these two yet.  Someday they will both be looking at the camera and smiling.  Okay. Probably not.

We were so hot and thirsty!  And a shout out to our corporate sponsor for the day (and every day): Gentex Corporation!  Bahaha - I'm cracking myself up today. 

She literally had to stop and smell the flowers.  Lots of them. 

There was a fake spider up high here - she calls all bugs and spiders "bees".

Actually this is a pretty accurate picture of our morning.  What a fun day! 

Swimming Lessons

For the past four weeks, Elise and I have had swimming lessons every day at 4:40.  We go Monday - Friday to a local hotel pool and Mr. Michael teaches her how to swim and float.  We probably have two weeks left because Little Miss Kicks-a-Lot can't get her feet under control. The goal in the end is that if she were to fall in the lake or a pool she would be able to roll onto her back and float, and swim to the nearest steps or side or ladder.  It's a process for sure.   If you want more information on these swimming lessons you can check out this link.

We took a couple videos today.  I'm going to recommend turning the volume down a little...because she pretty much cries the whole time.  She's a big faker though.  As soon as she gets picked up she's fine.  This is what a pretty typical lesson looks like.  We've been working on floating this week.  And if you can't stand the crying baby in the pool - at least watch the last 20 seconds or so.  Every single day as soon as she's done and on her towel she waves at Mr. Mike and says "buhbye".  It's the cutest.

P.S.  I promise this isn't baby torture.  It could save her life!

Streaker

She hopped in her pool after dinner. I didn't have a bathing suit handy - so after her diaper got so soaked it was falling off - we just stripped her down. 

 The child loves to be naked.  There are way more pictures than this but I thought I shouldn't put the bare-buns ones on the internet.  Although I think those might be the cutest...

P.S. Thank you AGAIN Breckers for this awesome pool!