Macy’s Princess Birthday in Pictures

the GIFTS

 

the CAKE

      

 

the GUESTS

     

 

and a few more of Lida (just because she’s so cute)

Crazy for Crazy Pinz

While Papa and Tutu were in town to watch Max and Macy, we made time for a trip to Crazy Pinz.  After bowling, Papa and Max rode the bumper cars while David and Macy explored Ball-O-City.  Then we all went a little arcade-game-crazy!

Macy bowls...and waits.

David bowls...and waits (at one point, Tutu had to walk down alongside the lane to give his ball an extra push so that it wouldn't roll back toward him!).

Max bowls.

Papa bowls!?

Lida giggles.

 We realized that when bowling with kids (particularly two 3-year-olds) there is a lot of WAITING involved.  Those balls like to take their time getting down to the pins.

Papo & Irene

We don't see Keith's Grandpa and his wife nearly as often as we'd like to, so we were so happy when they came for a visit this month.  It's always great to talk with them...and they seem to love seeing David.  This was their first meeting with Lida - Papo held her nearly the whole time!


Keith has his Grandpa's height, and I'm guessing that David is going to end up with it, too.  Lida, on the other hand, has Papo's ears (at least that's what Keith thinks).  I'm hoping that one of them ends up with his woodworking skill so that they can build me lots of beautiful furniture.

Macy Mondays

We LOVE Macy Mondays!!  David loves having a playmate all day long, and I love how well he and Macy play together and keep each other entertained.  

enjoying some warm autumn weather 

9.20.10

painting with apples

9.27.10

cuddling Lida

9.27.10

Fall Fun at Grandma & Grandpa's House

We enjoyed a fun fall afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa Dimock's house.  David was super excited about having a campfire and really enjoyed playing with his cousins.  

coloring pumpkins for Grandma

cousin Iris...cute as ever

following Grandma around the yard to check out all the bird houses

Lida hanging out by the campfire

David and Iris wore themselves right out and decided to take a rest

cousin Karson...I can't believe how much he's grown since the last time we saw him

Camping 2010

David is three years old and has not been camping yet...how did that happen?  Keith and I used to go camping every summer, but between babies and masters classes, we just haven't made it happen in the past few years.  We decided not to let another summer go by without a camping trip, so we borrowed Keith's parents' van, loaded up our gear and headed to Michigan for the week.  Here are some highlights from the trip:

• camping next to the Hollidays and around the bend form Uncle Todd, Aunt Dee, Mike and Nic
• sleeping in our spacious new tent (and staying dry even when it stormed the first night)
• watching Uncle Jason try and try to get a fire going in the rain
• Macy's and David's wonderfully imaginative play - building campfires up to the trees and creating a compost pile
• Max losing his first tooth
• swimming in Lake Michigan (Lida even got her toes wet) and building sand castles with cousins
• Keith's veggie packets and pudgie pie pizzas made with homemade bread - yum!
• spending a day in Grand Haven with Peter, Niki & Jake
• taking a mid-trip stop at Papa & Tutu's cottage
• meeting up with friends at Michindoh (Flash, Quinn, Tate & Abigail and Pebbles & Kasia)
• ditching our tent during a torrential downpour to spend the night in Communiversity
• all kinds of Michindoh fun: swimming, nature center, archery, hayride, campfire, and of course...WATERSLIDE!

The Goldfuss Family Can Moo, Can You?

We happily celebrated Cow Appreciation Day by donning our spots and heading off to free meals at Chick-Fil-A.  It is days like today that make me so glad I'm a mom - I can get away with crazy stunts like this if I'm doing it with my kids.  It makes me feel like a camp counselor all over again, and I love it!

Fourth of July

We spent the weekend at the lake with Papa and Tutu.  It was a beautiful, hot, happy few days.  Here are some of the highlights:

• hanging out with Niki and Peter (and Bennario) for 3 whole days (including an adults-only trip to The Parlor)
• taking Lida on her first boat ride (she didn't like the life vest, but the humming of the motor put her right to sleep)
• watching David realize that he could touch the bottom at the sand bar (he was so excited) and seeing him overcome his fear of seaweed (he ended up happily picking it up to put on me)
• seeing Jake's amazing beard
• eating Tutu's yummy red-white-and-blue dessert and herbal life shakes
• staying up late to sit on Papa's new boat to watch the fireworks (being entertained by Max, Macy & David, but mostly Macy while we waited for them to start)
• hitting the volleyball around with my sisters and brother (I think those few minutes were my favorite of the whole weekend)
• catching up with Gagi and Grampa on Monday morning and watching them smile at Lida smiling at them smiling at her...