Top-O-The-Mornin'

Holland's St. Patrick's day parade was held today. It was about 20 minutes long, a nice contrast to the 2 hour long Tulip Time parades (especially when it's 40º out). Interesting fact: 8th Street (the main downtown thoroughfare) is one-way, and this parade is run the wrong direction! Plus they hand out candy, which is strictly forbidden at Tulip Time.


Holland's own "Zeke the Wonder Dog" (famous for his performances at Michigan State football games) was there too:

New sweatshirt

Andrew's new sweatshirt:

Snow play

Playing in the snow:

Fat Burning

Andrew and Allison exercised with Mom:


Then they needed to sit down and relax:

Happy Birthday Maia!

Carrie and Brad's daughter Maia had her birthday party (3 years old) at Jungle Joe's Family Fun Center in Portage. Everyone got to play in the jump area:



Then there was cake and presents:

More sledding

When you've got 90" of snow, why not go sledding every weekend? Grandma and Grandpa Parks joined us.

Wrestling

Allison and Addie decided to wrestle inside our play tunnel:

Cookie Monsters

With a wind chill of -35º it was a good day to stay inside and bake a special version of our chocolate chip cookies:

Sledding

This afternoon we went sledding at Pigeon Creek Park:

Child Labor

Before we could leave the house today, Andrew and Allison had to help clean up: