Greenfield Village

Today, we visited Greenfield Village, which is a part of the Henry Ford Museum. It is a historical museum, with people dressed in early 1900's time period clothing. We had a perfect day, not to hot or cold. Everyone was super nice and included Taylor as much as possible. She learned how to shape tin (and got a fun souvenir) and worked an old printing press. The place was beautiful, and decorated for the Fourth. They also had 'old time' games to play all on the big lawn (I'm sure there is a name for it). We played the game of graces, which was very popular in the early 1900's. Each player is given two long pointy sticks and a hoop to pass to one another. Kevin of course became the master at it, although boys didn't typically play (it was for girls to learn how to be more graceful). There was also stilts, puppet shows, and the hula hoop game that you play with a stick. We also got to ride a Model T around town! If you look close enough you can see a guy riding a bike.

Catching Dreams

Last Weekend our friend Abe came to visit from Kentucky. He was a good sport and drove around town with us on Saturday, with a stop for lunch at the Sheikh restaurant in Canton. It was so good, tons of food and the best baklava ever. Another stop was to the Ypsilanti District Library on Michigan Ave. Taylor had an art piece displayed there from school. She made a dream catcher out of wire, feathers and beads. It turned out great! We are very proud parents!

It's Twins!!!

So after our sneak peek of the baby squirrel, we haven't seen them. Then today...ta-da! The mom returns with not one but two babies. How exciting! The pictures aren't the greatest because I had to take them from inside the house (every time I tried outside the mom got mad).

our little camper

Here is Taylor leaving for 5th grade camp. For three days this week they went to Independence Lake all day having fun hiking, swimming and making crafts. She really had a lot of fun!

Our little new neighbor

So, in our front yard, we have a huge maple tree. I'm almost sure it is the biggest on the block. For the last few years, there have been birds living in a hole on the tree. Cute right? Well, last year, squirrels took over, which had me wondering exactly how big is this hole? When they run in, they run full speed in there so I'm thinking there most be a bit of room. Well, this week I saw a squirrel trying to take a branch with green leaves in the hole. A funny sight. When Ann and Adam left Friday evening the squirrel started barking at them. Is that what squirrels do??? Bark? Anyways, it was a little weird, but not unusual for our neighborhood squirrels. (You might know where I am going with this.) On Saturday as we were driving away we see a tiny head peeking out of the hole! Yup, a baby squirrel, and pretty cute I might add. So, that's why she was so mad the evening before...so Kev and I 'carefully' got some pics of him. I think he has his mothers eyes!

No Soup for You!

This past Wednesday (Or Friday in real time) we hosted Soup Nite. The menu was chicken noodle, tomato and alphabet soups. Along with oyster and saltine crackers, and french bread. Ann and Adam also brought animal crackers for dessert which was a big hit! With aprons on, Ann and I kept yelling the line from the Seinfield episode, with the Soup Nazi. So, whenever anyone said anything we yelled, "No soup for you!" There aren't many opportunities where you can do that, so we had a lot of fun with it. The picture is pretty cute, Ann pointed out the Trin (our dog) seems to be smiling to. She definitely likes it when the Hilberrys are here!

Mother's Day

Yesterday was a great day! At church my friend Laura gave me a beautiful pink tulip. Then when I arrived home from work, there were the biggest white tulips ever (really, like 3 feet) plus Kev and Tay were making my favorite meal veggie pita with grilled veggies and pasta salad. Then, each gave wonderful mother's day cards, (check out Tay's drawings, future working with Courtney???) Taylor made me an animal print coin purse, and I got the double brown jacket that I have been wanting so bad even since I saw it (there may have been happy dancing going on here). Sweet! Plus, my friend Ann dropped off huge blueberry muffins and a hilarious card with Steve Carrell on it talking about motherhood. Ha! He is seriously so funny, I am huge fan. It was so nice feeling loved and important. Thank you everyone for making it such a special day!