The Kroc Center

Last year the kids had so much fun at the Kroc Center up in Grand Rapids that we decided to go again this year.  It's amazing the difference a year makes!  Last year my kids were 2 1/2, almost 2, and 5 1/2 months old.  This year they are 3 1/2, almost 3, and 18 months.  It was so much easier this year.  Don't get me wrong, it's not a piece of cake to take my kids anywhere, but it is much more feasible than last year.  I didn't need my double stroller, the kids can follow more instructions, and they are just that much more independent.  It was great!  You can tell it wasn't a cake walk because my Mom and I took absolutely no pictures of the kids actually swimming.  We were too busy making sure we could see 4 heads at all times.  No time for pictures!  The kids all loved the pool and the fact that they could touch the bottom and walk around without too much help.  Samuel and Savannah had a blast on the slide but Hope and Lia weren't too into it.  I was swimming with Hope and at one point she asked me, "Mommy, where's the kroc?"  I have no idea what she thought the kroc was . . . a crocodile?  I love the way little kids think!

 Eating lunch in the locker room.  Totally illegal but the kids were hungry and we were not about to get them all in their street clothes just to go eat lunch only to go back and put on their wet swimsuits so that they could swim more.  This was a much better option.

 Samuel and Hope are getting into the stage where they think it is funny to make faces for the camera.  Lovely.

 Dancing in front of the mirror before heading back to the pool for more swimming.

 The kids all think it's so much fun to play in the lockers.  The other night we were at KVO for open swim.  My Mom and I had dressed the kids after we were done swimming and we were on to getting ourselves dressed when we hear a little voice, "Mommy, I can't get out!"  Hope was in a locker and the door was shut tight.  I had to ask Aliyah where Hope was . . . she knew.  And the reason she knew?  Hope told me, "Aliyah shut the door, Mommy!"  That explains everything. :)

The Kroc Center was a hit again!  I think we'll have to make it a yearly tradition!!