We had a really fun day today! Jim took the day off school because one of our members was having surgery and he wanted to be there for that. The surgery was taking place in Holland, so after Jim was done being all pastorly with the patient, we decided to spend the rest of the day there. First we stopped by Hobby Lobby so I could get fabric to make Lena some bibs. Then we hit an 88₵ store (and we thought the dollar store was cheap!) and a local resale shop that had cats walking around in it! Apparently the store doubles as a pet adoption center. So Lena got to pet some kitties as we shopped. Then we hit Salvation Army (not as good as Goodwill.) After that we headed downtown and spent the rest of our time there. We had lunch at a place called the Windmill Restaurant. The food wasn't that great, but we enjoyed our time there anyway. Jim gave Lena his pickle spear and we had lots of fun watching her reaction. She made the funniest faces when she tasted the sourness of the pickle, but she always wanted more! It was so funny I decided to take some video of it with my cell phone.
I think it's so funny how she laughed afterwards! What a goof! Something else funny happened while we were there. When we were finishing up our meals, the waitress walked by and asked, "How are you guys doing?" She was wanting to know if we needed anything else. Well Jim was not really paying attention and replied, "Good. How are you?" Ha ha ha! He didn't even realize what he had done until I started laughing uncontrollably! What a dork!
After I recovered, we paid for our meal and headed out to explore a little bit more of downtown. We went in a neat little shop that had all kinds of unique gifts and jewelry. I almost bought a bracelet made out of polished palm tree nuts from South America. They had some really neat stuff. Then we went into a bookstore that had a love bird, a chinchilla, and an aquarium with clownfish and a starfish. The starfish was so cool! It was dark orange and black, like a tiger but without the stripes. One of his "legs" was up on the side of the aquarium so we could see his little suction cup things he uses to move around.
After that we hit Cold Stone and enjoyed some ice cream. I ordered a kiddie cup of strawberry ice cream for Lena and as I was feeding it to her, I realized that it was the first time we have ever ordered food especially for her. We have just been feeding her food from our plates. But she's getting big enough now that I've been noticing that she eats a substantial amount of my food when we are out! I guess it's time to start asking for kiddie menus!
Lena was exhausted by the time we got back in the car to come home. She was so tired that her pacifier fell out of her mouth and she didn't even notice.
We really enjoyed our time in Holland today. We decided that when school is out for summer and Jim has Fridays off again, we will spend every other one exploring a town we haven't been to before.
And, in case you were wondering, the surgery went well!
Happy First Day of Spring!
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