So we hit the road and headed to New Buffalo, Michigan, last weekend with my friend Ana and Mom and Dad's friends, Colin and Steph. I was a little confused because I was quite certain Buffalo was in New York, but apparently that's the old Buffalo.
This new one is ripe with a whole slew of fun stuff to do.
First, my friend Ana really liked being read to when we were bumming around the house in our jammies.
Saturday morning we got up and did some running around outside. A little Ring-Around-The-Rosy and then a tough-guy pose from the three girls.
Before we move on, I just have to comment about how much I love that photo above of the three of us, Mabel Jane in particular. I don't know what it is but to me she looks like a street thug from Philadelphia with Napoleon's complex named Jimmy who the other kids nickname "Shorts" because she's so tiny, but who can lick anyone in town with her nasty left uppercut. Also looks like Shorts is the kind of kid who runs around with Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches in his pocket from morning til night and just takes a bite out of it every once in a while when he's hungry.
Sorry to get off track, just can't look at that picture without thinking of Shorts.
Anyway, after this pow-wow it was off to this place called Dinges Farm, where we checked out the bunnies...
Rode ponies...
Here's me with the pony Mae rode on. I wanted a picture of him because I really liked his name - Pete Willy.
We got into a little corn maze thing, and I probably shouldn't call it little. It took me, Ana, Dad and Colin a solid 20-25 minutes to find our way out... this thing was legit. A little darkness and we woulda been stuck there til New Buffalo gave way to Newest Buffalo.
Here's a stairway (not to Heaven) in the middle that we stumbled upon.
And Mom and I took a sweet train ride, too.
Then, after naps it was off to the apple orchard. I won't waste too much time with narration here, you can see we obviously loved this place...
Oh, and Mae got herself into about 18 apples. She would pick one off the tree, just nibble a circle around the edge of it, taking off the skin, and then throw it on the ground. After we left, the place probably thought they had a beaver problem.
Lastly, we headed to the beach where Mabel was introduced to her shadow. We decided she probably only weighed about four more pounds than it.
