Grand Rapids has a zoo and a children's museum, and it's only 30-45 minutes from Grand Haven and Holland (which are both on the lake). It was our first family vacation with just the 3 of us. The zoo was "okay", but we're pretty spoiled with our Indianapolis Zoo so it's not fair to compare. The GR Children's Museum was nice. Pretty small, and that meant only about 30 people were there at the same time as us, which was nice. I really liked Grand Haven's beach, but thought Holland's Tunnel Park was nothing but a nuisance. It only had steps to the beach (we had a wagon and stroller), plus it was on a hill/dune. We also came to the conclusion that they should rename Holland. It's new name...Mexico. It seems more fitting. We will probably stick with South Haven from now on, but it was "fun" to try new places.
The zoo's aquarium consisted of penguins and some lake fish....and horrible smells!
Petting zoo
Feeding the birds. This was Kenley's favorite part. She really loves animals, but can't understand why she can't get up close to them in the zoo. This experience was really fun for her!
Asleep on the beach in Grand Haven.
Awake and ready to play!
Swimming at the hotel pool with Mommy.
Playing in the clubhouse at the Children's Museum.
Her favorite part of the museum...balls!!
They had a Curious George exhibit (that looked vaguely familiar to the one the Indy CM had!), and Kenley loved all the monkey "stuff".
Mirror fun!
On the beach in Holland, showing off her patriotism and support of our armed forces. You'd be amazed how little of this we saw. C'mon people....it was 4th of July weekend. An AMERICAN holiday.
Red, White and Blue Princess!
The Johnson Family on the 3rd of July in Holland, MI (note: it was WAAAY past Kenley's bedtime...hence, the lack of cooperation on her part.)
Aww she is so cute. C'mon, isn't Holland, MI the tulip capital of the world? (Hence probably the reason you think of it as Mexico, ha!)
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