Prison Party of 5

Jake really wanted to check out the Old Penitentiary -- so here we are! I'm a little concerned that Lucas can pull the perfect thug picture so easily...

 We had come here years ago, when Emma was a toddler. It was a bit more uncomfortable this time with two readers asking what some of the listed crimes were... And then the solitary confinement cells and hanging room. Yikes!

We enjoyed walking around the WW2 museum there and checking out all the weaponry. 

 Bunch of rebels...

 I think we sufficiently scared the kids of prison.

 March 2019

March

Brad's got a friend that is working on improving his photography, and asked if he could come practice on us. I grabbed some selfie's with the kids while he was setting up. Cute kids!

Lucas had a graduation from his library Kindergarten All-stars program.

 He has loved this class, and calls it his "school". He was so excited that they gave him a shirt, and he wears it any chance he gets. This kid and the faces he pulls when a camera comes out... LOL. 

 Our first day of Spring break was super windy, so it was a perfect day to fly kites! All the kids were able to get them up and flying!

    

 March 2019

Slim Sledding

There was very little snow for us in Meridian this winter, but we made the best with what we had. Brad couldn't make it, as we went in the middle of a work day before the snow had a chance to melt completely. We tried out Kleiner Park's sledding hill, which wasn't spectacular, but the kids had fun -- even though they were partly just sledding on grass... 

 I took Luke down the hill with me where the bigger kids were sledding, and he didn't appreciate the speed much at all, so he and I stuck to the smaller end of the hill, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

February 2019

February Fun

Another season of basketball done! They both made some baskets and improved their ball handling skills, defense, and had a lot of fun! 

 The kids loved holding and petting Grandpa Bill's cat Furball. They're trying to convince me again on a cat. Not gonna happen, but love that they can get a cat fix elsewhere!

     

We got Brad another toy for his birthday. We started with aiming at the kids' Valentine balloons at the end of the hallway, and then moved on to a few friendly fires on each other. Always grateful for another year with this awesome husband/father in our family -- even if he doesn't like celebrating birthdays.   

 It was fire safety day at Luke's library group, so the firefighters came and showed the kids their fire suits and fire truck. Luke got in for a picture, but spent the rest of the time finding slushy snow piles and puddles to splash in.

      

 February 2019

One year older!

Happy 11th birthday Emma!! Love my sweet, snugly, intelligent, and caring daughter and the beautiful young lady she is becoming! Lego's are still "the big thing," and even though I'm running out of room to put them, we couldn't pass up a Harry Potter Lego set! Apparently "squishie's" are a thing, too, so we rounded up a few of those. 

 Strawberry swirl cheesecake was her treat of choice for the second year in a row. No complaints here. Yum! And the Lego building begins. 

 Bedroom streamers! 

Emma wanted to have a game-themed birthday with pizza at home, so she pulled out some of her favorite games, and we added in some minute-to-win-it games. 

 Moving M&M's from one place to another with a straw, getting an oreo on your forehead into your mouth without hands, picking up rigatoni noodles with a spaghetti noodle in your mouth -- no hands, bucket head, hula hoops rolled to catch water bottles, etc. She didn't want to try some of the funny ones for fear of embarrassment -- maybe next time. They all seemed to have a good time and left with candy trophy's and smiles.   

 

 

 February 2019