If You Give a Police Officer a Cookie...

If You Give a Police Officer a Cookie....

He'll probably ask for some milk to go with it 😉! As part of our "Week of Giving", the school-agers read the classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff. We worked together to create the most delicious cookies this town has ever seen, which of course we had to share! Who better to share them with than the brave men and women who protect our town and selflessly give their time to helping others?! We personally hand-delivered a tasty batch of cookies to the Grand Haven Public Safety builiding, and Officer Dilley was kind enough to let us take a peek at the inside of a fire truck! 

On our walk back, we happened upon some wild animals- an enormous elephant, and giant giraffe, and a delightful duck! These creatures can be found in front of a home on Washington. We just had to get a few pictures with them!

Picnics and Playgrounds and Library Visits....These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things!

We've been so busy having fun lately that there's been no time for blogging! What have we been up to? So. Many. Things. We've been ticking off all the playgrounds in town from our summer bucket list, for one! Last week, we managed to check out Mercury Park (located off Mercury Dr. on the east side of town). This park has an excellent playground, a softball field and a hockey rink! Super cool! On Monday, we took the bus over to Spring Lake and visited their Central Park, which, of course, has another great playground to explore! The weather has been absolutely fantastic for these picnicking adventures 😎

Yesterday, we stopped by the Loutit Library to catch the "West Michigan Symphony Instrument Petting Zoo". We were able to experiment with different instruments, which was amazing! It sure was noisy 😂

And finally, we took our picnic fever over to Pronto Pups today (yum!) and indulged in a GH favorite- corn dogs! This is the best summer ever! 

Fourth of July Week Fun!

Though it was a shorter week, we still packed in a lot of activities to celebrate the 4th of July! Check out the awesome flag (pictured above) we made with our hand-prints 😎

On Tuesday, we donned our best red, white and blue gear and trekked over to Central School playground to do some chalk painting. It was very festive! After, we made an impromptu trip to the Tri-Cities Historical Museum, where we met local fur trader Edward Robinson. He told us all about early fur trade in Grand Haven- so interesting!

Yesterday, we took the Harbor Transit to East End Park (or East Grand River Park, if you want to be formal) for a picnic and a playground adventure. This park is awesome! It's located at the far east end of Franklin St. Did you know that, while it's been a boat launch for many years, it did not become a park until 1994, and was chosen as a memorial to Officer Scott Flahive? It has a great playground, but our favorite part is the boardwalk that takes you out to a lookout on the river. If you're lucky, you might catch a sighting of a muskrat or even a swan! 

Stay tuned for more adventures next week, but in the meantime, you can enjoy the photos from this week: