Spring Break 2013- the 1st half

Jeff's spring break is this upcoming week. We had full intensions of taking a few days & heading out of town. Great Wolf Lodge, or something of the sort. I took 2 days of vacation from work. Then after Jeff's car broke down way back when, we decided rather to just stay home, do some fun things, spend some relaxing time together & get some things done. Friday was just a 1/2 day for Jeff, so we started our fun that day. The kids started out my morning with a laugh.

I ran in to see what was going on when all 3 of them went sprinting in different directions screaming in terror. Turns out Livi found a Lady Bug on the potty, Hayden got some TP & cleaned it up, was carrying it to the trash can, stopped to show it to Logan & it started to crawl up his arm. Then entered panic! Over a Lady Bug! Not sure where the poor thing disappeared to in all the chaos! But they spent the rest if the morning all carrying around a toy dinasour so if that Lady Bug reappears, "it can say "Rawr" & scare that Lady bug away." Good thing we have a toy dinasour security system!

Since Jeff was off early & the weather was BEAUTIFUL, we joined seemingly 1/2 of the city & took a trip to the zoo, or "slew" as Livi says. We had a blast.  I just wish I could find the perfect stroller/wagon solution.  We have owned 9 wagon/strollers between singles, doubles & triples & nothing is the right fit for 3 kids this age.  Too big & bulky to lug around for as much as they walk.  But too small to hold all 3 of them for the brief times they all 3 are too tired to walk.  Or they have no storage what so ever, which isn't cool either.  I've sold a bunch of them, but I'd ditch them all if I could find one that worked great.  Since both Jeff & I went, we just took a little double & 2 could ride & we could carry one... but it limits my ability to go by myself with them, which is not going to fly.

The more they watch Finding Nemo, the more they enjoy the Aquarium.  They point out different animals & this time they especially loved the Rays.

Upside down JellyFish.  Not sure why, but I love to watch the jelly fish.

Butterfly house

This bird probably would have let Hayden pet him.  They just stood there this close & watched eachother for a long time.

Gorillas :)

Logan didn't want to sit on them.  He rather just walked around all the rocks & tried not to fall off.

Stopped for a quick snack.

There was a peacock under the bench next to us eating up old snacks on the ground.  Hayden got a little concerned he was going to come get his.  Too funny!!

What a beautiful day!!

 

The kiddos & I spent the weekend cleaning & doing laundry.

 

While daddy started in on our big project of building a wall of floor to ceiling shelves in the toy room. I can not wait to have them done!! Imagine, puzzles up on a tip top shelf that can't be strewn out into every corner of the world without adult assistance in getting them down. But stored away in the toy room instead of on top of the kitchen cabinets. Sounds like a dream!

 

From this:

To this so far:

 

I made some yummy strawberry banana bread with greek yogurt.

 

The kids made some pieces of pizza.  Seriously, what can't one do with crescent rolls.  They are an essential part of our week.

 

On a side note, this came home from school with Logan.

You have got to be kidding me.  His fine motor skills are amazing!!

 

They are doing so well at school.  Our Livi pee issues are over.  She always pees there now, sometime twice.  They have been splitting them up for centers & that has been going well.  And this week when they had to choose one of 2 activities, Olivia actually picked to go off & do the opposite thing from the boys.  Makes me hopeful that we will successfully be able to seperate them in school someday.

 

And Monday we went out for lunch with Grandma GG, Great Grandma Siebert, Molly & Analeigh.  We played, ate ice cream,

 

and...

Saw the Easter Bunny.  It went over real well...

 

Then we went home & watched a movie & snacked on popcorn.  Before bed, after such a fun filled day I asked Olivia what her favorite part of the day was.  Her answer, "snuggling with you mom."  She melts my heart & puts the world into perspective.  I love to see the world through their eyes.