It's On!

We love our annual Easter present...Lagoon Passes.  Going to Lagoon in the spring and fall are the best.  We try to get all much time in as we can before it gets too hot.  We've already had so many great, carefree days filled with fun rides and good times.  We even had our best day ever with a combined ride total of 102 rides.  Now that's something to be proud of! ;)

 

 This video was my favorite part of the day.  Somehow we have started the tradition of making up funny names for each other when we are saying goodbye or goodnight, so I thought this was as good a time as ever to see what my kids could come up with... :)

 He's some shots from our record breaking day.  Chloe helped out a lot by riding her favorite ride, Dino Drop/Ladybug Bop 6 times!

 

Picnic Season

 We had a blast today having Natalie and Presley over for a craft and a picnic.  The kids had fun playing together and were so excited to go on their first picnic of the year.

 We of course had to bring all the best foods and trust me, we didn't leave anything out!

 We have the perfect park just a few blocks away.  It is right by the lake.  It was a fun slide, swings, and lots of fun things to climb.  We also love going down to the docks and throwing rocks in the lake.

 Snuggles snuck into the lake and had a nice refreshing swim.  We are learning that she loves water and tries to get in it anytime she can.

 Cindy and her kids joined us a little later on for all the fun.

All in all it was a very great day filled with beautiful weather and great family.

Bomb's Away!

We have had so much fun the last few days with our bridge and pillow pile.  The kids have come up with some cool moves.  I think their favorite part about the whole thing was that we let them keep it for a few days and they got to wake up to it each morning. 

Sometimes just staying at home is the most fun you can have.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

I have Charlie Brown to thank for a lot of things my kids get interested in.  The latest being Kite Flying.  We went and got a kite and had a fun afternoon at the park and gained a new appreciation for how much wind we get around here.  Our kite was soring and we had a blast seeing how high it could go.  What a beautiful sky we had as a back drop to our gorgeous kite.

Goggles

The kids have been begging us for goggles.  I'm not sure what got them on to them, but we finally got them some and boy were they happy.  They were wearing them everywhere and looked so cute.

Swimming anyone? 

Middle Earth

Anyone who has ever been to our house knows there are Legos everywhere, but what they don't realize is that they are strategically placed around the house by Sam.  For example, this past week our basement was "Middle Earth" and everything was placed where it needed to be location-wise according to the Lord of the Rings map.

Nerd! ;)  I love that kid.  He is just like his dad! :)

Techy Chloe

Chloe is one amazing little girl.  She catches on to things very quickly, and if no one is around to ask for help she usually just goes ahead and tries to figure things out for herself.  She is amazing on my phone and is great at the games.
Today when I got my phone back from her she showed me this picture she had made.  I LOVE IT.  It is so beautiful I can't stand it.  I printed it out and framed it and she is very proud of herself.  She's a little digital artist at 2! :)

What a Character

This boy makes me smile every day.  He never ceases to surprise me with the outfits he comes up with.  Since he has gotten his goggles he has been wearing them everywhere and now that he watched a Charlie Brown show and learned about "night caps" he has been wearing this Santa hats anywhere he goes. 

Conference Weekend

We had a fun conference weekend.  I have been working on some fun play-doh mats for the kids to play with while we watch and I am pleased to announce that they were a huge hit.  They also worked with markers so that was double the fun.

 I got a little crafting in myself and had fun cross stitching our Monogram.

 I am also pleased to announce that Chloe was the only one who slept through a session.  (That's a huge accomplishment in this house) :)

Speedy Sam

Sam is amazing.  He was so determined to ride a "two-wheeler" (his bike without training wheels) that all I literally had to do was take his training wheels off and let him go.  It was amazing.  He is so coordinated and has great balance. 

Sam has a great smile, but it was even better today as he grinned ear to ear at his accomplishment.  We had fun zooming up and down the alley, because that's what two-wheelers do, you know. :)

 

 Now that he can ride a two-wheeler I caught him trying to ride my bike, but I think he still has a few more years for that one! :)

Chipmunk Chloe

Chloe loves gumballs.  If ever she is praised for something or eats all her food she immediately asks if she can have a gumball. 

Love this face!  My little chipmunk.

Jonah Came to Visit

We were so happy we got to have Jonah over for a play date.  We've missed him.  At lunch the kids decided they wanted to eat crazy and take pictures...so we did.  Fun times.

Camping (our way)

I kept watching Sam running in and out of the house grabbing "supplies" so I decided to go check out what he was doing.  I had to laugh as I saw his "camp site" and we talked.  He was pretending to be "Sam-wise" from Lord of the Rings and needed food, a pan, matches (toothpicks), utensils, a sword and a shovel.

 As soon as James woke up he jumped right in and they had fun "camping" in the back yard.  I love watching their like imaginations take off.