Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Mackinac Camping Trip












We headed out last Saturday for our first family vacation. We set up camp at Wilderness State Park, near Mackinac Island. It was beautiful camping so close to the water (until it started raining!). We are camped just to the right of the last visible camper.

Here's our little camper entertaining herself while we got everything ready for the week. I see gymnastics in her future! What a monkey!






























Hanging out around the campground.
























We picked the perfect day to visit the island. Our first stop was at the butterfly house. We weren't sure if Hannah would enjoy it, but she absolutely loved looking at the butterflies flying around.













We also brought our bikes to the island and rented a trailer to haul Hannah around. We spent some time at Fort Mackinac and then rode the trail around the perimeter of the island. It was a gorgeous trail and Hannah took a little nap for part of the way.











We ate the most amazing pizza at a restaurant in Mackinaw City. Hannah named pictures of her friends and then helped us clean up (she's singing the clean-up song in the video clip).










And what would a car trip be without bribing your kids with sweet treats :)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

May Update

Hannah is such a ham lately. She giggles at everything!













She LOVES her puzzles. She'll be ready for interlocking puzzles soon! Hannah also loves playing with her best friend, Ashlyn. She even asks for her first thing every morning and each time we get in the car she thinks we're going to play with Ashlyn.





















Hannah's vocabulary is exploding! She comes up with new words each day and it's music to my ears! She can identify all of her immediate family members now which is very special!




I think Hannah knows almost all of her animal names and sounds now. Before bed she asks for "Bwown Brr" (Brown Bear)--her favorite book. Here's her latest talent:

And here's Hannah's favorite song. She knows all of the motions from Barney. She adores that big purple dinosaur!

Uppercase Living














I went to one of those at-home parties hosted by a friend a few weeks ago. Normally, I'm not that in to this kind of thing, but I am absolutely in love with this product! Our bedroom looks like it could be in a magazine now :)