Magical Monday

 Feeling the wind in her hair :)

 Sorting real trash for recycling!

 Posing with friends and a very large bunny!

Holding hands at the Ring-around-the-Rosie statue.

Our little girl always has fun playing at the children's museum in town, especially when we have some friends along! The place was packed since some schools are on spring break but luckily the place is big so it is still enjoyable. 

Cool Shades on a Cool Kid

This girl makes shopping more fun.  It is very hard to pass up a rack of sunglasses, even if you do have an Easter dress to find! The good news is that we found an Easter dress for her, one that coordinates beautifully with the one her sister has - our family will be doing a navy color scheme this year! That sort of fell into place, normally we just try to make sure everyone has something nice to wear.  Now getting to church on time will be the next thing to accomplish!

Nothing Says Birthday Like Fried Dough

Mouthfuls of chocolatey birthday doughnuts!

When ARM was little we began a tradition of getting birthday doughnuts.  It was something we did not do often so it was a treat and there was a neat little place we could walk to so that made it a fun thing to do.  We "donut" have the neat place to walk to anymore, but that does not mean these kids do not want to give up getting doughnuts on birthdays - because who doesn't like doughnuts!?!

One of the nearby grocery stores has a little loft where you can eat if you want so we camped out up there for EMM's birthday breakfast. The funny story from this morning was that our debit card transaction did not go through so we had actually walked off without paying for anything without them realizing it until we were gone. Luckily for them, we had told them we were going to have our morning meal upstairs and they knew where to find us so they could actually have us pay for the groceries we bought!

Happy Birthday to our little guy...who is getting too big on us! How we love him!

A Cousin Stopped By

Well look who we have here - Cousin It! Our kids did not know who this famous member of the Addams Family was so we had to enlighten them!  They want to watch the movie on one of our upcoming movie nights, pretty sure they will love it.

Enthusiastically Participating

At school, instead of regular homework, EMM's class has sheets with projects that they can complete and submit to their teacher on their own time.  One thing kids like about "enthusiastic participation" is the variety of activities there are to choose from.  In this picture, EMM is posing with a cabbage as part of some homework at the grocery store - finding a piece of produce that weighs in at exactly two and a half pounds.

Be My Jiggly Valentine

Nothing says love like red jello hearts! These guys definitely love them, that is for sure. It was just us hanging out while dad was on a business trip, but we kept in touch over the phone and sent Dad our love.  We even made him a Valentine's photo scavenger hunt he could do on his trip, but he did not have a lot of time to get it in.

Cute Hair, Don't Care!

These ponytails lasted about 4 minutes...this girl is NOT a fan of hairdos, as her facial expression shows. She definitely looks adorable with ponytails but, sigh...the world will never know!

Derby Day...in January

Here is our race car driver! This year we had a little more involvement in the Pinewood Derby, Dad was in charge of the whole thing! That meant we had the scouts over to our garage on a cold night to work on their cars to get ready for the big race, Dad had to order the trophies and run the computer during the race (hardest part!).  This year our guy did not get in the top ten so he did not go on to the regional competition, but making the car and racing was a fun experience.

Getting Steps In

A little chilly, yes, but it was still a good day to head out on the trail with Dad.  A phrase around our house since April, when Dad won the Fitbit, is "getting steps in" - he shoots for 10,000 steps daily. Of course, these kids have plenty of energy to burn and are great companions if anyone ever needs company getting any steps in, they can help!

New Year, New Arrangement

For a while, ARM has been asking that we "bonk" the beds...and her wish came true to start off 2016. It is nice to see how happy she is about this change - ahh, the small joys of life! We are just worried she will climb up there with her new book light and a stack of books and we will never see her again.