Summer Revisited

Today was a fantastic day.  We started the day by sleeping in!  There are some nights that it feels SO good to sleep, and last night was no exception.  We have been passing a cold around our family which has caused us to have a few restless children throughout the nights.  last night was the first night in a very long time that I remember sleeping solidly through the night without having a child crying, saying they were scared or asking to climb in the bed with us.  I actually woke up in the morning and felt the need to check on Madeline to be sure she was okay.

     After we were all awake, we ate breakfast and then showered and prepared to head into town.  We promised the boys that they would get to play at the Children's Museum last night and were disappointed to discovered that it closed before we arrived.  We placed the children's museum as number one on our list of things to do today.  The boys were excited!  We spent about and hour and a half at the children's museum and then ventured on to Downtown Traverse City for some lunch at the Dish.  It was yummy!  We had noticed that there was a Parade of Homes going on for remodeled homes, so we decided to check it out.  The children were excellent and loved putting little blue booties over their shoes to preserve the carpet in the homes that we visited.  After we toured a few homes on Old Mission Peninsula we decided that the kids were probably ready for a break.  So, we made a stop at the Kids Kove play ground.

 The boys enjoyed running around and climbing the different sections of the play structures, and Madeline enjoyed walking around and trying out the small slide and the swings.

We ended our time in town with a stop at St. Michael's Lutheran Church for their annual Oktoberfest celebration.  We had a great time and ate some yummy food!  I love German cuisine!  We crammed so much into our day, it almost felt like we had returned to summer.  It was a fun day!