State Park

I am taking a break from posting from our super busy week/moving to tell you what we did in our new state yesterday. Just a little break. I still have things to catch up on.

Yesterday we headed to Lake Michigan. We went to Van Buren State Park as our first of many different beaches to try out. When we got our MI license plates for the car they asked if we wanted a pass to the state parks for a small extra fee and we accepted. I think instead of being like "wanna go to a state park? oh wait we have to pay, never mind" we'll be like "let's go to a state park today and it's free!" (not actually free since we paid the fee upfront, but feels free since when we pull up to the guard shed we just get passed right on through) Anyways, we geared up, packed up, loaded up, and drove a little less then an hour and arrived at a beautiful sandy beach with FREEZING cold water and small waves. Because of the effort it took to get there I made us stay for at least 1.5 hours. Babies did great! After the beach we drove about 5 minutes north to a REALLY cute town called South Haven. Mae was already asleep in that short amount of time so we just drove around a bit to see what it was like. Looking forward to going back there to explore some. This was our second trip to the beach with the twins, the first being the ocean, and we have come to 2 conclusions...

1. Luke is a water baby. He's not afraid. Loves to dig in the sand, walk in the water, have the waves hit him, even eat handful of rocky sand without crying, over and over again! The bucket is covering his first fist full. Since I was taking pictures I was too late to stop him.

 2. Mae is more a sit on your towel way far away from the water and observe kind of girl. She's not a big fan of the water, cries actually, and doesn't like her feet in the sand. She is perfectly content to sit on the blanket and play with whatever she can get her hands on. I think she looks pretty prissy in this picture.Prissy, but pretty.

It will be interesting to see if this observations stick.