Children's Museum

We took advantage of our last day of spring break and hit up the Children's museum on Friday.

The girls had the most fun hitting up the ant tunnels, art studio, and water works.

A couple cute turtles if I do say so myself!

Brynn could have spent all day painting...with her creepy eyes!

It's a sure bet we'll spent at least 45 minutes at Water Works!

And that concludes our spring break...sigh :(

MN Zoo

The girls and I met two of my teacher friends at zoo on Thursday. We had so much fun with our six kiddos! A little different than the 'book clubs' (aka happy hour) we used to attend, but still really fun!

Matthew and Cara hit it off right away and spent almost the entire day going to each exhibit with each other. Super cute!

Making honey!

Bird show!

The cute couple :)

Charlie was sooo tuckered out by the time we left :(

The crew: Mathew and Charlie, Olivia, Brynn, Sawyer, and Cara.

I just had to throw this one in...I caught Cara mid-fall!

MOA with the Berlings

Since Darren and I were on spring break and Pete and Jen were on maternity/paternity leave we decided to hit up the MOA for Toddler Tuesday. Super fun!

We started the day off with a carousel ride.
We hit up the roller coaster. Can you tell Cara just might be our party animal...just maybe!

The girls all loved the Frog Jumper!

After a few rides the girls played limbo in the rotunda.

Then did some hula hooping!

I can't wait until summer!

We like to call him McHandy!

Although we love the layout of our house, it has needed some updates to make it look a little less 1996ish. Our fireplace had this lovely green marble surrounding it that I have hated (yes, hate it a strong word, but I truly did hate it) since we moved in almost 4 years ago. Finally Darren decided he was tired of it too...THANK GOODNESS!

To start the process off we hired Brynn to number all the marble so when we put the new tile on we would know the correct sizing of each. She was so proud of herself that she was able to help!

The ugly marble...

The marble came off very nicely...with the sheetrock.

With the new sheetrock.

Primed.

The finished product!

Darren amazes me with his skills...in between putting a new alternator in the Escape he tiled our fireplace! He is a Jack of all trades!

SPRING BREAK!

Darren and I both have spring break this week. We had talked about going some where but with Ollie's ailments we decided it would be best if we stayed home so we could keep an eye on him. So, instead we are having a staycation.

Initially I was a little disappointed that we didn't/couldn't go any where...then I saw the weather forecast and thought it might not be so bad staying here in MN. I was right, we are breaking records left and right around here!

Sunday it was a balmy 79 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Just gorgeous! We took advantage of it and spent 2 hours at a nearby park riding bikes, playing on the equipment, and flying kites. The PERFECT way to start a staycation if you ask me!

Brynn got a chance to get her balance bike out and give it a whirl. A few more times out and I predict she'll be riding her 2 wheeler without training wheels :)
Cara perfected her skills on the trike!

Brynn was so proud she climbed to the top of the spider!

It was super windy out so we brought Cara's kite along she received for her second birthday that hadn't made it out of the packaging yet. It was a perfect day for flying kites!

Darren was able to get out kite up on the first try!

Brynn could not wait until it was her time to hold the kite string. I am pretty sure she asked 15 times (in a 5 minute period) before Darren handed it to her.

It was so windy I had to hold Brynn by the hips to make sure she didn't fly away with the kite!

Sweet Cara :)

Brynn was worried Cara was going to fly away so she grabbed hold of her. Super sweet, but Cara only tolerated it for about 5 seconds.

Every little girl needs a crown...

Brynn created her own crown when she and Darren attended the Daddy/Daughter dance. Ever since then she and Cara have been fighting over it. Brynn decided she would make Cara one so she wouldn't have to share hers any more. Worked like a charm!

What a good big sister she is!

Tuckered Out!

Ollie was exhausted from all the St. Patty's Day activities!

St. Patrick's Day 2012

I LOVE celebrating holidays. It doesn't matter which holiday, I just love to celebrate. It could be due to the fact that I LOVE to see the reaction of the girls when fun occassions happen to us.

This morning the girls woke up to quite the sight. Brynn and Cara made their way down stairs before I did this morning and they found quite the mess. The leprechaun did quite the number on our house last night.

He tipped over couches,
turned our toilet water green in ALL the toilets,

knocked over all the babies in the playroom,

knocked over Henry's (as Brynn calls it) high chair,

put Cara's meow meow on the lights and

Brynn's puppy on the lamp,

and turned our milk green!

Cara was quite confused with all that happened in our house, but Brynn couldn't stop talking about it. She even had to call Grandma and Auntie Key to see if the leprechaun visited their house!

We had the Berlings over for a St. Patrick's Day dinner. It was so much fun to have a brand new baby in our house!

Dinner consisted of lots of green food: salad with green onions, green peppers, and cucumbers; green garlic bread; key lime yogurt; green grapes; and fettuccini alfredo with chicken, green noodles and broccoli. YUMMY!

Finally we had dessert...rice crispy bars with green M&Ms and green sprinkles.

Yeah, we do St. Patrick's Day right!