Aren't these cookies cute?
These are our new find--Manderfield's Iced Sugar cookies--they are DAIRY FREE! If you try one, you won't believe there is NO DAIRY in them! Ellie has been on cloud nine with the freedom to eat these; apparently kids have brought them in for birthday treats before and now she'll be able to participate in the same treat as the other kids.
We picked these cookies up on Saturday afternoon, after volunteering for Rock Cancer in Little Chute. This marks the 1 yr anniversary of volunteering with the kids wherever/whenever we can. We have worked the booth at Rock Cancer 2x, we've rung the bells for the Salvation Army, we've done a special project for one of the teachers at New Hope, we've handed out gatorade to marathon runners and this fall, Andy, the big girls, and Aunt Rebekah will be volunteering at the Convoy of Hope. The kids have experienced the happiness of volunteering--just today, Jayna said "When I grow up, I want to work a volunteer job because they are way more fun than paying jobs!" :)
Anyway...back to the reason for buying the cookies...
Earlier this summer, we had planned this great birthday "party" for Jayna--we'd let her bring a friend to Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells. Sounds fun right? I even went as far as trying to arrange childcare for Colin since we weren't going to bring him to a huge outdoor waterpark.
When we told Jayna our idea, she said "I don't really WANT to go to Noah's Ark!" She wanted to go to Bay Beach! We love Bay Beach, so it was not a bummer...another year we'll go to Noah's Ark!
So, Bay Beach it was and Jayna could bring one friend. She picked her "known forever friend" Anna Rose. AR is a special friend to our family--it was enjoyable for all of us to spend time with her. To quote Andy "It was so neat seeing how she interacted with all of us--you can tell she is as comfortable with us as she is her own family!"
We left after church and arrived in Green Bay to a VERY packed Bay Beach!
We rode a few rides and then had a picnic lunch...
which included a very small birthday party...with pink turtle cookies as the "cake"!
Right after the picnic, we walked toward the new ride, the Zippin Pippin. I had decided I would try it...but then as we saw the line and realized what time it was, just Andy was going to go on the ride. I was secretly glad...it looked scary to me! That relief was short lived though as suddenly, Andy came out of the ride and said "What was I thinking? YOU are going on this ride...go! The girls are holding your place in line!" I had no choice....and to quote Anna Rose "I have to face my fears!".
Click on this photo below for a larger image....I've tagged AR, Ellie and myself...and see if you can look closely at Ellie's puffed out cheeks. She HATED the ride, she said she will NEVER do it again.
AR? She loved it...would be happy to just ride the Zippin Pippin over and over and over and over!
The Zippin Pippin was a fun memory...and unfortunately, we only got to ride it 1x.
After the roller coaster adventure, we rode the more traditional rides and Colin was in heaven--he LOVED all the little kiddie rides.
And, we had to have a snack....
Our day was cut a little short when it started sprinkling and we saw that Green Bay was under a severe thunderstorm warning. It was a fun afternoon though, and Jayna had a blast, which was ultimately what we all wanted anyway!
While we were at Bay Beach, we got a message that Grammie and Grampy were going to come the very next day to visit! We enjoyed spending time with them--we spent a day at Omro swimming and we were able to celebrate Grammie's birthday a few days early...
I also was able to go see the movie "The Help" with some friends from church, we attended a small group BBQ and 2 girls had playdates with friends they had not seen all summer. It was a busy week, again!
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