Janet visit!

We had a great weekend with cousin Janet!  Trinity had a bye weekend in lacrosse which meant we could actually entertain visitors!  We hit up the children's museum on Saturday and then went to a local farm on Sunday to pet the animals.  Here are some pics from the weekend!

 Alice loves going inside the big whale outside the museum!

 Coloring in the lizard room!

 Alice and Dana love racing the lego cars! 

 Janet was really good at posing in the shadow room!  She loved it.  Dana had a little different pose going on her...

 The girls loved learning about the lizard that the staff brought out to show kids.  Dana was the first to step up and pet it!

 Tinker toy interactive play station. Auntie Kristi had fun helping out with this one!

 Alice loved watching the globe float in the air.  She was not happy when we informed her it was time to go!

 Great to be getting use out of our playground again.  Janet loved it too, although there were some tears over who was getting the baby swing!  She and Dana are getting better but I would say it's a little of a love-hate relationship!

 Janet sure knows how to pose for the camera!

 Janet finally agreed (or her mother did for her) that she would join Dana on the two person swing.  She didn't love it but Dana was very pleased!

 Sunday morning at Flamig Farm!  We had a blast feeding all the animals.  It was finally a nice day to be outside!

 Alice next to one of the donkeys.  Dana was very uneasy around the really loud animals, especially the sheep!

 Alice had no fear when it came to petting the animals.

 That being said, I can't believe she enjoyed feeding this snout! Holy moly...800 lbs.

 Not one giant pig but TWO!

 Gorgeous day.

 Janet was also growing tired of how loud some of the animals were!

 Tried for a group photo but this was the best they offered me.  

 And that's a wrap!

We finished the weekend off by going swimming at Trinity on Sunday afternoon.  I had practice right afterwards so the girls had a chance to say hi to Diss and Steph!  They love their Trinity buddies!

April Update

 The spring is always a crazy time where pictures never get taken.  Here are a few exceptions from the last couple of weeks.  Alice and Dana the "hip" princesses.  Nothing like a little sisterly love!

 Love their peace signs!

 Most of you have seen this on facebook.  I picked these shirts up over spring break at universal studios in Dr. Seuss land.  I can't wait to meet "thing 3" in June!

 A few morning cuddles with a new toy - tuxedo sam - won by Diss at universal. Diss, Steph and I battled it out at the squirt gun table to see who would be the lucky winner.  I thought I had it in the bag but Diss is apparently a pretty good shot with a water gun!  She was nice enough to gift her prize to Alice and Dana!

 And this picture does no justice to the current state of our dining room.  Our dining room has been taken over by the "Magic School Bus" recreation and is now home to a good portion of our stuffed animals.  The chairs actually wrap around the corner of the room and the girls sit in the front and press imaginary buttons on the wall.  Alice is OBSESSED with the magic school bus show and this has been the outlet of her obsession when not actually watching it.

 Sunday was a really nice day at home.  Dana took a long nap and Alice and Reeves got a quality cuddle in while I was at the grocery store.  Alice and Dana have transitioned to sleeping in the same room at night, but we haven't been brave enough to have them both nap in the same room.  Thus, Alice often resorts to couch cat naps.

And lastly, we had a very successful Coaches vs Cancer fundraising game last night. It's the first time that we have partnered with the American Cancer Society to help raise money for cancer research and it was a huge success.  Each player wore the names of people who have battled cancer on the back of their warm up shirts.  It was pretty humbling to see all the names of family members and friends on the backs of 30+ individuals.  A really special night for the team - and we won which was great!

Art Show Fun!

Spring Break has been a blast this year.  The girls enjoyed their time in Hilton Head and I had a great week with the team in Florida!  Upon our return, the girls had an art show planned with their school.  It was fantastic.  Art displayed all over the lobby of the KO auditorium.  It was a really special event.  Here are a few pics!

 Alice making her masterpiece!

 Dana's fabulous artwork!

 My "little" big foot!

 Alice's seahorse.  The only one of her classmates who opted for the horizontal orientation!

 Watching a wonderful slideshow of the school at work producing their art pieces!

 Dana checking out her new binoculars from Universal Studios.  On the couch next to her are shirts for the THREE kids! Thing 1, Thing 2 and soon to be THING 3!

 An office pic after one of our early games.

The girls love markers that they don't recognize as "washable."  Highlighters are a big hit!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day morning.  We got the girls up early so they could come in and watch our team run at 7am! Alice loves blowing mommy's whistle so she helped start the team on their push ups and sit ups.  Afterwards we went to breakfast with Diss and Steph.  It was a really fun way to celebrate not only Valentine's Day but the start of the season! And lucky Daddy is home for a second snow day all by himself!  That's probably the best Valentine's Day present he could have asked for!

CRAZY PRINCESS DANA!

Museum fun!

We had a wonderful adventure at the Children's Museum today!  We arrived a little before they opened but that allowed us to walk around the KO fields on a beautiful Sunday morning. The sun was shining and the temperature was working it's way up to the low fifties.  Once we were finally allowed in the building our fun really began.  Alice got to touch a live snake and they both learned about and touched an iguana.  It was tons of fun! We are so thankful for our membership to the museum, as I anticipate many more fun filled visits.  Thank you, Santa!

 

 Lego Exhibit!

 Turtle Town!