The past few two weeks have been whirl wind. I think that we have been in Grand Rapids for over 50% of our week... which is a lot of driving! So, that means, lots of adventures for this family. :) One of the things I love most about this summer so far is all the time we get to spend outdoors as a family. I love that my kids like being outside and happy just running around! A little ice cream here and there doesn't hurt the cause either... but who doesn't like to eat ice cream outside on a summer day? That's right... nobody. Unless you're lactose intolerant... but that's a different story. I digress. Anyhoo...
A little background to our Thursday. In middle school I was apart of this string quintet called KABAJ. It was an acronym of all of the players names... it was supposed to be first names but I messed up and our lovely violist (Lynsey Anderson) got the A used. She's a phenomenal musician and went on to study music performance at some top rated schools in the country and is currently living in Houston, TX. So, I rarely get to see her... in fact, I think the last time I did was when Lucy was still living in said belly. She was in town this week to do a performance with our high school, so I took this opportunity to have some lunch with her, and our other violinist Angela (who happens to be her best friend). It was lovely to catch up. :)
While I was out on our girl lunch date Gaetan took the kids to the park by my parents house. They stopped by a little ice cream shop on the way there and had a tasty treat. Apparently Lucy likes coffee ice cream... interesting. After I was done with our lunch date I met up with them at the park. The kids had a blast. Lucy is really into climbing now so she had fun on the play structure, and they love to swing! After a little bit we went down by the lake and Dude liked throwing rocks in there... and Lucy did some exploring. I love their curiosity...
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| Goose showing off her climb skills |
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| Dude's turn |
After we were finished at the park we went back to Mom and Dad's and had a 'picnic'. Pretty much I just wanted to let them run around as much as possible, but they needed to eat something... and eating outside means less clean up afterwards. :) Now, since Mom and Dad live in the boonies I just let them run around nakey while they eat... it was great. They loved it, and then I didn't have to worry about them getting food all over their clothes. They ate a ton too. I can imagine it was because they had a pretty busy day and had been on the go non stop!
The reason we stuck around after the lunch date was so I could actually watch Lynsey perform. I hadn't heard her play since high school, and I know she was phenomenal then, so I couldn't wait to hear her now! And it was awesome of course. I went with Dad and took Lucy too... thought it would be nice to not dump both kids on Gaetan again. But, Lucy didn't want any of it... so during intermission I took her home real quickly, hoping I could get back in time for Lynsey's song... which I did... barely. What a treat it was to hear her play! And of course, since it was back at my old high school I saw a ton of people. Saw my good friend Beaker's Mom, an old physics/math teacher and parents of Lynsey and Angela. :)
It was a good day. Busy, but good. It was a real treat to be able to see old friends and catch up.
JVG
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