Chalk Drawings and Airport Tour!

Whew, it's been a jam-packed week, and it's only Thursday :)

Yesterday, we walked over to Central Park and channeled our inner Picasso as we beautified the sidewalks with colorful chalk! As you can see in the above photo, it was a messy job, but someone had to do it, am I right?! We hope visitors to the park are enjoying our drawings 😀

Today was a super special day! We rode the Harbor Transit to the Grand Haven Memorial Airport, where they gave us a tour and showed us the cockpits of a few planes (one was even being repaired in the hangar!). We met a pilot and a skydiver, who explained the art of skydiving. They showed us the "squirrel suit" and all the equipment needed for skydiving- we even watched them in action as they jumped from the plane, followed by a plane doing tricks in the sky! 😲 What a great day, and an awesome experience for all!

Check out all the photos below:

Pottawatomie and the Grand Haven State Park!

Boy, have we been busy the past few days! Last week Friday, we ventured out to Pottawatomie Park in GH Township, and yesterday (Monday) we got to visit the Grand Haven State Park! What a blast!

Pottawatomie Park is located off of Comstock, and offers a large playground, picnic pavilions, open space to run around, hiking trails, volleyball courts, and Pottawatomie Bayou (where you can kayak, canoe, fish, etc.)! This has always been one of our favorite parks to visit, as there is so much to do and lots of area to release our energy :) We explored the playground and finished up with a picnic lunch before heading off on the Harbor Transit back to Joyful Noise. 

Yesterday, we were so excited to be able to visit the beach at the Grand Haven State Park, where we played on the playground equipment, dipped our toes in the COLD water 😆, and built sand castles! After, we enjoyed another picnic lunch before traveling back to school. The weather was gorgeous, and we had so much fun, especially in the sand!

Stay tuned for more adventures later this week....

Poetry, Puppetry and Music w/Kevin Kammeraad!

We visited the Loutit Library today for a special puppet show put on by the very talented Kevin Kammeraad! It was super silly and interactive :)

Mr. Kammeraad is a local puppeteer, artist, performer and author. He travels around the country. putting on his hilarious shows for libraries, schools, festivals and conferences. We really enjoyed his program today! To learn more about Kevin and where you can catch his next performance, visit his website:  http://www.kevinkammeraad.com/. Below are some photos of the show today, along with a youtube video of Kevin on the WGVU program "Art Unfiltered", offering a glimpse of what it takes to be a puppeteer! Also, be sure to check out his music video, "Ain't It Great To Be Crazy"!