You Know You’re a Parent in Grand Rapids When…

1) You never put away seasonal clothing – yes it’s April, but you’re going to need the gloves, sweater, those shorts AND the rain boots… today.

2) Your children have amazing opportunities like a children’s museum, presidential museum, public museum, art museum, zoo, Meijer Gardens, and Millennium Park that other cities would be lucky to have just 1 of!

3) You know who Sandy the Pony is and you save your pennies for trips to Meijer.

4) You know what FMG stands for.

5) You have to buy Halloween costumes big enough to wear layers underneath.

6) It snows and you haven’t gotten boots for your kids yet!

7) You can’t pick which activity to take your kids to because there are so many fun things to do around here.

8) You have memberships to every museum, kid activity place, zoo, and things of the sort and space the membership fees out far enough that they aren’t due at the same time.

9) Your friends say “let’s go to the Lake” and you know exactly what they mean.

10) You can teach your kids where they live by pointing to it on your hand!

11) You follow grkids.com.

 

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