Thursday, December 13, 2012

A day trip- and we all survived! {p.h.f.r.}

I'm gettin' brave in my old age. In my two-vehicle havin' life.

Last Friday I loaded up all five of my darling offspring and drove the 1 hour and 22 minutes (not that I was counting) (fine, yes I was) to lovely- dovely Holland, Michigan.

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We went to see my bloggy friend Rhonda's new casita, stroll the quaint streets, chat, hang out, give our kids a new adventure...you know, all those things that people do.

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Y'all. Her house is gorgeous.  Seriously.  With the columns and the woodwork and the floors and the built-ins and the high ceilings.  As if I wasn't already over this ramshackle tent of a ranch style house of evil we reside in.  Gosh it is so pretty.

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Tres awesome toy store downtown with tres awesome castle containing tres awesome train table made the boy tres tres tres tres happy.  Just catchin' a smoke break while he sets up the safety signs...

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Fabulous candy store bursting at the seams with every kind of sweet treat you could possibly imagine...and my small ones choose tootsie pops.  Tootsie pops!  Tootsie pops.  I'm so ashamed.

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Typical.






Also typical.

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15 comments :

  1. I live in Holland, and right near the lake (well, kinda like both of them actually)!! It's a beautiful place to live or visit. Yum for the candy store, so many good candies live there. Thanks for coming, it was nice to have you!!

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    1. Oh, we should start a Holland-area Dweej Fan Club!

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    1. More than any other candy ever created in the history of the universe??? Because they had all those. I swear.

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  3. Is the Saint Nicholas Center a place one can visit? I know they are based in Holland and have all kinds of awesome stuff. I bought a puppet, an Advent calendar and my Christmas cards from them this year!

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  4. LoL, tootsie pops! I know that feeling: you take them to a buffet, with just about every imaginable thing and they eat.....pepperoni pizza.

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    1. Seriously! What, you don't want Ritter Sport? Or Twix? Or even a dang Kit Kat????

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  5. Taking 5 kids solo on an hour + drive?! I can't think of the last time I went out alone with everyone beyond my comfortable 10 mile radius. Looks like fun too. You're a rockstar and I raise my lighter to you.

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    1. The raising of the lighter image just totally made my day.

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  6. The only comment I have on this is that I was immediately attracted to the giant Georgia G flag at the candy store. It' beautiful.

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    1. It's* (I promise that us Georgia grads know how to write.)

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  7. I probably would have picked something lame like a Tootsie Pop when I was five, too. Fear not- my tastes are a bit more refined in adulthood.

    Also, whoever thought of that castle with a train table? Genius.

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  8. what a great afternoon! thanks again for hosting, rhonda. just a question though d, the last typical: is it us standing around laughing, us surrounded by children, or my lizzie taking all day to make up her mind. i'm sort-of feeling all 3, but just wondering...

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