Lake Michigan

This past Tuesday, I woke Ben up and asked if he wanted to play hookie for the morning. He did not have to work that night but I knew that he had a lot of shool work to do and so did I. However, he said sure, so we headed to Michigan to have lunch and go to the beach.

We decided to eat at Redamaks. They have the best burgers, EVER, and I had been begging Ben to take me there since summer started. Amelia is usually very good at restaurants but on this day she decided to scream bloody murder when a man said hello to her. She turned beat red and would not stop crying until I had picked her up. She continued to grunt and whine the whole rest of the meal. She was such a little monkey.

I was pretty sure that my day was ruined because as we headed out of the restaurant it started sprinkling. Who takes their kid to the beach when it is raining? Apparently, we do.

I told Ben we should just go home since Amelia was in a bad mood and it was sprinkling. He pulled into the parking lot at the beach claiming he had not heard me. By this time it was done sprinkling. There was no sun but we found that this is the best time to take your 10 month old to the beach. The sand was not hot and there were not millions of people around. We had a blast! She played in the sand and at the playground!

With Ben's work schedule and school work, plus my school work and Amelia ,we feel that on our days off we are constantly trying to get the housework done or work in the yard. I am really glad we played hookie on Tuesday, we had a great time and great memories of Amelia's first time at the beach.

Love - Us

She loved the swings! She laughed and laughed! We really need to invest in one of those!

Don't ask me why I have a sun hat on her when there was no sun!

My favorite picture!

There were two little girls she kept watching. I think she was hoping they were her cousins!

Ben took Amelia down the twisty slide. She didn't mind it but I think Daddy enjoyed it more than she did.

I almost had a heart attack when they came down like this. I thought she was going to have damage to her head.


Just joking, that picture was staged! You know Ben, he likes to create drama!

She was not to thrilled with the little slide either.

By the time we hit this, she was done.

Looking at the swings.

She was slightly scared of the water.

Wondering what all the hoop la is about.

div> She is not quite sure if she should sit down or not.

Now we like the sand. Sand is fun!

Hmmm.....I wonder if that is a big bathtub?

I might have to check that out now.

Cold and gritty. I need some of this at home.

She was crawling all over the place.

Daddy and Amelia.

Taking in the view.