South Haven

We made a trip to South Haven to let Noah play at the beach for a little while, and by this I mean less than an hour, as us "gingers" burn quickly, even with sunscreen.  Noah loved running around and playing with his shovel.  He wasn't too interested in the water at first, but he came around.  I have some pictures of me tossing him around, but I look 34 months pregnant, so I won't be sharing those, sorry :)
After the beach we took Noah for a quick walk down the South Haven Pier too :)

Underwater Room

We took Noah to an underwater room in a pond with fish swimming around.  He loved it, ran through it giggling, though at one point he saw a fish and then seemed mesmerized by his surroundings

Splashpad Fun

Noah had his first visit to a Splash pad, he wasn't too sure about it at first.  The water was pretty cold too, although after a while, he decided he wanted to spin around on one of the toys and he played with some of the water.
After that we headed to the nature center where there is an underwater bubble, and Noah ran around like a crazy man!  He absolutely loved it!

going into the splashpad with Grandpa

he really had a thing for the stairs

round and round he went

looking out at the pond full of tadpoles and fish.

hanging out with Grandpa

the underwater room was pretty fun

he REALLY liked it

see what I mean?

and then he took 5 second break

before he resumed running around

Sleeping Bear Dunes

The Smith's were nice enough to invite us along their trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes where we had a free condo for 2 nights, and the view was amazing!  All of them went to Sleeping Bear Dunes, the beach, the Empire Lighthouse (I had to work during this day).  Then later we went to the Maritime Museum, the beach briefly, Pyramid Point (which was a serious uphill hike in sandals).  The view from Pyramid Point is breathtaking, I highly recommend it if you're in the area.

It was also the Smith's Anniversary, so we all went out to dinner at the Boone Docks, at it was delicious. Noah and Owen seemed to keep each other pretty well entertained, and it was a great time!

 The view from our condo

Noah and Owen at Sleeping Bear

The Smith's and Anderson's atop Pyramid Point

Noah and Owen playing pirates

family pic at Pyramid Point

Noah and Owen at the Empire Lighthouse

all of us at the top of Pyramid Point

Noah on the beach.

at the top of Pyramid Point

visiting the Nature Center

us at the Maritime Museum

Jessica and Owen at Pyramid Point

Noah and Mom at Pyramid Point

Noah and Owen at the condo

the long hike uphill was worth the view

Owen ready to visit the museum

Ryan, Noah, Erik and Owen at the beach

The Smith's at the Maritime Museum

1st Boat Ride!

We went up north for Memorial Day weekend, and Noah got to go on his first boat ride.  He has his own little lfie jacket, he didn't seem to mind wearing it at all.  He kept trying to steal my sunglasses, even though he had his own pair.  He refused to wear his own.  We cut short Memorial Day Weekend as we had big storms that knocked out power to our house, so we had to tend to a flooded basement.

crayfish with a zebra mussel attached.