We went to Frederick Meijer Gardens quite often this summer. There are so many activities for kids there! Anna really loves the water activities, tree house, and sand area. We've recently been walking over to the farm area as well. Last week when we went with Grandma we took the tram ride for the 1st time. It was very interesting, but Anna didn't get much out of it. Of course, that doesn't mean she won't want to do it again!
In August, we were able to get into the Children's Museum for free with our zoo membership. We went several afternoons which turned out to be a really wonderful time to go. I think many of the regulars go in the morning and then head home for lunch and naps. Since naps for us are a thing of the past, afternoons are a great time for us to get out. One day we were there, we had a few of the play areas all to ourselves! I'm thinking we'll be heading over there more often this year.
Anna spent a lot of time in the water this summer. We had a few vacations which allowed her to swim in a pool. We also went to Lake Michigan and Grandma's lake (Barlow Lake) several times. She is quite a confident "swimmer" and really did a great job in the water. Playing in the sand still continues to be a favorite activity as well. She loves to build sand castles and no trip to the beach is complete until she's rolled around in the sand and gotten herself covered in it!
We try to take all our visitors over to Calvin's new Fieldhouse Complex. It's quite an impressive building. Anna loves going over to the pool to see if anyone's swimming. When we took my mom there we really hit the jackpot! We got to see tons of people swimming laps and there were people on both the low and high diving boards! (I think the high school was having swim practice that day.) Anna also loves to go sit on the big hand seats in the lobby. I'm sure we'll be making many more trips there this year.
One of Anna's favorite things to do is go to a park or playground. We go to one near our church (often when we have to either drop off or pick up Matt from church), the mall play area, or the playground near the library. She bounces from one piece of equipment to another. She keeps really busy and burns lots of energy!
So we have been keeping quite busy and having lots of fun this summer! Now I think we're ready for our school-time activities to start up. Anna's excited for regular Children's Worship and Care Kids (group for seminary kids) to begin so she can see lots of her friends again.
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