Chris and I think we are pretty funny. We get a kick out of ourselves, actually. Maybe we’re the only ones, but never mind that! This is perhaps why we find so much amusement in bringing along one more traveler to our family adventures. We have officially decided to keep a record of Windmill and his travels right here! But, first I should give a little background of how Windmill came into being and ask myself why I tend to give identity, ie. gender, to inanimate objects?

For a very long time now, we and our next door neighbor friends, have found humor in the idea of leveling off our two front yards that come together in the front quite perfectly in a sort of dip, adding a retaining wall in the front and building a miniature golf course. And, it would have to include a windmill in honor of Chris’s Dutch heritage. Just an on-going joke between us. Well, back in January this year, Chris and I and the kids were shopping at Lowes one Saturday and came across a building kit of a small, wooden windmill. Without hesitation, we bought it with the intention of building it for our neighbors as a going away present, should their house sell, and they decide to move.

They had decided they would only leave their house on the market until July 31 and if it didn’t sell, they would take it off and stay. In our impatience, and certainty that they weren’t going anywhere, on July 16 – just two weeks before they were to remove the “for sale” sign from the lawn – we decided to take the thing out and build it. We did, and realizing what a very small, very flimsy piece of craft this was, we kept it in our front rock bed for our own amusement – and theirs when they saw it sitting out there. It was then that I knew this little wooden thing would become our version of Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome and be known as the Wayward Windmill. Or the Wandering Windmill? Which do you think sounds better?

So, without further ado, I will now unveil photographic proof of Windmill’s travels here. Maybe you’ve already seen them through Twitter upon them happening, but if not, this will be the actual collection! Enjoy!