Gotcha Day photos
posted Sunday, 9 July 2006
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Saturday was one year since we had court in Kharkiv and became parents to our beautiful Dasha Katerina Green! Wow how time flys. Sounds kind of odd, but it's commonly called "Gotcha Day".
We debated on what to do, but ended up with a handful of surprises for Dasha. We went to Silver Lake Sand Dunes area in northwest Michigan. We started the day at Mac Woods Dune Rides. They take a scenic tour of a closed area of the dunes. It's about a 40 minute ride in an open top truck-thing.
Then we drove to the Lake Michigan beach for a picnic. There's a lighthouse at this State Park that is open to visitors, so we climbed the 130-something steps to get to the top. It was a very windy day and being that high up, Dasha was a bit chicken but she thought it was neat. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the lake and on the beach. Waves were 2-3 feet, so it was pretty fun.
When we left the beach, we went to play putt-putt golf. Dasha hadn't seen this before, but she had a lot of fun. While we were there, she spotted the little kids go-karts, and convinced us to let her drive. She was the only kid there at the time, so one of the workers jumped in another kid kart to give her a "race". Made it a lot more fun, and it was pretty funny to see this guy in a kart designed for little kids.
We finally left there, stopped for a pizza, then headed home.
Speaking of 'firsts', just a few 'firsts' for Dasha this week: Camping, canoeing, sleepover with the girls, dunes, go-karts, the lighthouse, and putt-putt golf. All of these things were new to her, and they all happened in a week!
Oops, almost forgot the fireworks. We went to Grand Haven for July 4th festivities. They started with a musical water fountain, running to all patriotic songs. The water fountain show was about 20 minutes, then the fireworks started. Dasha's was in awe of the fireworks. It was fun to watch her face and her reactions during the fireworks. The fireworks were also set to patriotic music, some of which Dasha was singing along with. Some of the people sitting in front of us were commenting on her fine singing too. Little did they know she hadn't ever seen any display like this before.
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