Children's Museum

Last Saturday we took the boys to the Children's Museum in Mankato. They had a great time! The main attraction is a tape maze type thing. It's pretty cool. That is where they spent most of their time. They would venture off and try something else for a few minutes, but they always came back to the tape thing. They could run, bounce and slide all around. It was a fun way to start out a Saturday!

100

Today is Ethan's 100th day of school. Their project was to bring 100 of something to school. So we used cheerios. He counted out 100 cheerios and then we glued them to a peice of paper. I just thought it was so cool that he could count to 100 by himself! He was pretty proud of his little project. :)

Sickly

Is it spring yet? This last week has been long. The kids have been sick and we haven't really been anywhere or been able to get outside. We had been really fortunate for most of the winter and no one had really been sick. So I guess we must have had it coming! I haven't been taking any pictures or had anything new to post! This picture is from awhile back, but it represents what the kids have mostly been doing for the past week/weekend! Can't wait until we can get outside to play at night after work and on the weekends to burn off some of the crazy kid energy that our two sweet boys have. :)

Friends

Shortly after Christmas Margo and April came over to hang out at our house. It was a fun afternoon, the girls got to catch up and the boys (and dogs) got to play together! We learned that our cat Peppy really does not appreciate having dogs in his house and that April likes to encourage my kids to put her dog Bailey in small spaces (like Ethan's barn and laundry basket). Carson, Owen and Ethan had fun playing trains and watching Toy Story. It was a good day, I wish we all got to hang out more often!

Family Fun

We went to a family night at the WOW Zone with the kids this week. They got to play video games, eat supper and bowl. Carson had never bowled before, and he did a pretty good job. They have ramps for little kids to push the ball down. Although he did get a little overly excited a few times and tried to run across the bowling alley, in front of all the bowlers. :) Ethan loves bowling and he even got a strike! We bowled with the Will family. It was a very fun night! It was a good way for the kids to burn off some energy and do something fun. We needed a little fun too break up this snowy, cold winter!

Basketball

Ethan started basketball last Saturday at the St. Clair School. He had a lot of fun and did really well! Hopefully we can get a basketball hoop up in our driveway this summer so he can do some practicing.

Family

Over Thanksgiving Shannon, Steve & Keisha came home. We went down to Fairmont Tuesday-Saturday night of that week. It was nice to spend time together! It was a full house. :) Wish we could see them more often!

Ethan with Benji & Stewart...Ethan kept closing his eyes in the pictures, so I told him to keep his eyes wide open...and he sure did!

I would love to post the whole series of pictures from when we tried to get the kids with grandma and grandpa. It is quite funny. There isn't one where everyone is looking, it's impossible to get Ethan and Carson to sit still. I can't tell if Carson is crying or laughing in this one! Oh well, we will try again next time. :)