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We’ve been trying to make sure that we spend time doing activities together.  Family fun time as we call it.  Just before Hannah’s Slumber party we purchased a new Trampoline for Hannah and Noah.  Our previous trampoline is over at the kids Mom’s house and they missed having it here as well.

For the last 4 nights in a row we’ve all ventured out there together and bounced on the trampoline from 15 minutes to over an hour depending on the evening, the heat, our collective moodsm etc.  It has been a lot of fun bouncing them high into the air.  At first the kids didn’t understand the concept of a ‘double bounce’ but they quickly learned as I flung them high into the air.  They’ve caught on so quickly that they can now double bounce me high into the air… guess I am too light afterall

The trampoline has been great fun for us all!

The kids and I had a very busy week.  It was jam packed full of activities…

• Wednesday – Hannah’s Celebration with her Girls on the Run team.
• Thursday – Young Authors day for Noah at School in the morning and the Harrington school end of year celebration in the evening
• Friday – Hannah ran her third 5k run as part of the Holland area’s Girls on the Run program.
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• Saturday – Window Shopping in downtown Holland.  Paddle pops from Fabiano’s Peanut Store and dinner at Froggy’s.    Pictures from our Window Shopping excursion are are available in the Gallery.

We had a great week with only the occasional issue but that is to be expected.  This coming week is the kids last week of school and then we will shift into Summer vacation mode.

Both kids marched in Thursday’s Tulip Time Kinder Parade.  I was able to sneak out of work early and watch the festivities.  I nearly missed Noah as he marched by.  I had to ask his teacher where he was.  Hannah roller bladed and carried a sign during the entire parade! The kids looked great and both still had big smiles on their faces as they marched by…. I was sitting near the very end of the parade route.

 
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The kids and I held “Family Night” on Saturday night.   A low key affair where we get all of the nightly stuff (dinner, baths, laundry, etc.) out of the way and then sit down and enjoy a movie and munchies together. 

  
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This time we enjoyed Alvin and the Chipmunks together.  We saw the movie together in the theater but they enjoyed it so much that we grabbed it tonight for another viewing.

 
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We made our annual trek downtown and visited the Gut Wagons.   Due to limited cashflow we cut back this year and ate dinner at home and then ventured downtown for Elephant Ears and Lemonade. 

It was a beautiful night to be out and about.  I hope to get the kids out in this manner much more often as the summer rolls in.   It really broke up the night – we had a good time – and I think we created some memories in the process.

We had fun passing around the the digital camera and snapping photo’s.  I’ll add some photo’s of the trip to this entry tomorrow. 

Both Children march this coming Thursday in Children’s parade.  I am sneaking out of work to watch them march.  I intend to stand in the general area of the bikeshop on 8th and College.

 
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