It's a Grand Lake, MI

There was lots of this.

And not really much of this... unless you categorize this as doing whatever you please at any given moment, in which case, there was lots of this too.

What a beautiful week we had at Grand Lake. Fortunately, our little clan was able to get away together to enjoy the cool lake, cabins, and the small town of Presque Isle. Oma delighted in showing her grandchildren, Lucy mainly, all the things that bring her back to the Lake year after year, since age 9.


Poor Sweet Greta. This was the only 10 minutes she had in her bikini. It just didn't fit her too well- the top squeezed so tight it just kept rolling up to her chin(s). She loved the water all the same. This was her mini Grand Lake.


Greta just loves watching people eat. It's very rude, but she will stare at your plate and follow your fork up to your mouth, and intently watch you chew. You feel bad, like you should be giving her some ...maybe she isn't being fed enough.Wait ... what?



Lucy grew up a lot this week. She had some serious independence since the cabin doors had no latches-she just had to run into it and off you go. So she roamed around and relished in her freedom, following her ever changing whims.



Pause for a family photo.




Oh yea, the kayaks. We were out on these from early morning to early evening. The sun doesn't set until 10:30 there... so the water was just beautiful, and no place to enjoy it was better than these kayaks. I loved paddling over to mom's water lily garden in front of their cute piece of property. It doesn't need to have a house on it to already enjoy it!


Thanks Oma and Opa for such a special time together!!

Our Bugga...

Greta's a Yogi

and usually just happy...




and talented. She can blow bubbles from her nose! We're so proud.

Big n Happy

Greta returned from her 4 mo. appointment confirming what we already knew...she is huge! The nurse originally charted her as a 6 mo old- and she was STILL off the normal curve. She is on her own growth curve, we were assured. You can see her little pants, even after a morning poo, don't fit too well...and they are size 6-12 months old!


And these wrists just look PAINFUL to me!



Greta loves Lucy more than anything in her world... only Lucy can entertain her and make her happy all the time, no matter what.

Here's What's Happening...

...in our neck of the woods.


Greta is now on solid foods. She's just so big, I think she was ready to fill her tummy with some other treats. She doesn't like green foods (peas, green beans) unless I trick her and mix some pears in there! But she does enjoy all things orange and yellow. Here she is, her very first meal ever, sippin carrots off the spoon. Nummy Num!




Thank goodness the weather has finally turned, cause Lucy is a little outdoors girl. Lately, we have been taking advantage of eating outside or just burning off some steam before bedtime.




I hope this lasts forever- Lucy loves to wash dishes. In fact, when I have to ask her to stop, I take a deep breath and prepare for a Category 4 tantrum.




Finally, Lucy let mom do her hair. Here she is with Whoopsies... She looks so grown up to me with her hair pulled back. I haven't been allowed to touch her hair since, though, and she's the boss.

You can also see how beautiful our kitchen is, still. Eric keeps assuring me as soon as summer comes, I might have walls again.



We borrowed our next fun game from the Parent Trap. These are Lucy's bear sticks. She clicks them around and scares the bear (dad) away.



Getting out of the bathtub and ready for bed is a long process. Lucy finds lots of things to do to stall the inevitable. Here is one example....



And last but not least, Greta has reached a milestone! She started rolling over the day before she turned 4 months old. We kept finding her crying in her crib all night because she would flip onto her back and hate every second of it. She is finally rolling like a little log in all directions... I tried my best to capture it on film. Go, Greta, go!