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(So, apparently this didn't publish when I thought it did...this was written on Monday...)

The temperature sure has been up and down!  Today is on the chilly and damp side.  Thankfully we stayed dry for the Memorial Day parade!  The boys loved the parade.  There were things Caleb and Logan talked about from the parade last year all year long - Logan always mentioned seeing Clifford the dog.  Levi even enjoyed it!  He actually sat on Grandma Krol's lap for quite a long time, which is pretty unusual.

Of course Caleb and Logan enjoyed getting lots of candy at the parade.  Logan was bolder this year than last year about running out to get it.  Logan's big score for the morning was a bunch of balloons!  We saw a float coming that was decorated all over with balloons, Logan said he wanted a balloon, and I said they weren't handing them out they were just for decoration.  Well, wouldn't you know, as the float passed by a bunch of balloons came off.  Logan wanted them SO bad.  I was waiting to see if someone from that group was going to pick them up and nobody did, so he went out and got them!  Got plenty of attention for that, too.  :)  On the way home when we were talking about it he even said something about all the people cheering for him.  Ha!

Backing up a bit...  Last week we visited my friend Jen in Kalamazoo.  She has a daughter about a year younger than Caleb and Logan.  I was a little worried the boys would play too rough, but they played nice.  They especially enjoyed playing with all "new" toys.  That night we had Mike's cousin, Joe, over for dinner.  Caleb and Logan were pretty excited!  And, they had a fun evening with him.

Friday my friend Amy came over with her kids.  The kids get along great, which is so nice!

Saturday morning we headed down to South Haven for a little camping.  My family spends the whole weekend there, but Levi and I went for the day, and Mike and the boys stayed until Sunday afternoon.  Caleb and Logan were SO excited about going camping!  They had lots of fun - helps that they get along so well with their cousins and absolutely love playing with them.  Thankfully Levi took a decent afternoon nap, and I had a wonderful time relaxing while Mike, Eric, my dad, and a bunch of the kids went to play at the playground.  It was a little on the cool side, but I found a spot in the sun, put my feet up, and closed my eyes - ahhhhhhhh.....  After Levi woke up I took him to go find the others, then we headed over to the lake.  Of course the boys get wet!  It was so cold, but I would have been incredibly surprised had they stayed dry.  :) At suppertime it really started to get chillier, so Levi and I ate and then headed out.  He was cold and he's not exactly a kid that wants to just sit and snuggle.  I missed Mike and the boys, but I was SO glad for my warm bed!  :)  They came back Sunday afternoon.  Sounds like things didn't go TOO bad - some 'normal' behavior issues from the boys for being overtired and overstimulated, but I think overall it went well.