Grand times in Grand Haven!

Our dear friends, the Harwood's, happened to be visiting Michigan at the same time, so of course we met up for lunch.

 We stopped to visit Debbie's folks and got a mini tour of her city.

 Russ always has a ball charming the kids.

 And we hit up the hotel pool for a little more play time.

 Lucy shows off her cheesy face - complete with a cracker in her mouth!

 And Caroline tries out her water wings!

Gotta love a vacation where there's some splashing going on every day!

Park Play

 Peek a boo!  We're at the Imagination Station at Mulligan's Hollow in Grand Haven.

 Lots of fun to peek through these holes!

 As if it wasn't already hard enough to keep Lucy out of the gravel...Caroline adds to the fun by piling some on her sister's dress.  Nice.

 Caroline loved the tire swing.

 And I attempted to show Lucy that there was something she could sit on other than gravel.

 We found the Pere Marquette train down at the Chinook Pier.

 And we found another playground.  And Lucy and her dress found the mulch.

 Caroline climbs the tower to peek out.

And Lucy just chills and goes with the flow.  I think that morning nap did her some good!

Hotel Play

 Two giggly, goofy, sand-covered, weary girls!

 Umm..that looks a little more like a chokehold, Caroline!

 Testing out the pool waters.

 Looks like it's a winner.

 Lucy's new favorite toy.   Open. Shut. Open. Shut. Open, pull everything out. Shut.  You get the idea.

 Playing in Lucy's bed.

 And this is what she did before we got out of the parking lot of the hotel on Day 2 - she had a bit of a rough first night.

Modeling our new favorite ride.  The elevator ranks right up there as a new fun ride as well.  Good times.

Beaching it at St. Joe!

 We love the western shores of Michigan, and a 5 hour drive is doable with two, so a vacation was born!

 Caroline was all about digging in the sand.

 And Lucy gets her first taste of the Splash pad.

 She LOVED it. Fearless.

 And Caroilne thought it was pretty awesome as well. 

First vacation stop was a success. We'll be back again soon, St. Joe.

Bubbles!

 After Lucy went down for the night, Caroline and I had some fun outside.

 While Daddy's away, the girls do play!

 She loves to blow bubbles as much as she loves trying to catch them.

 And I loved this expression so much, I had to post it at full size.  What do you suppose she's up to?

 I love how focused she is.

 Gotcha!

And the thrill of the catch.  Success!