Monday, April 23, 2012

A Week or Two in Pictures: 4/9/12-4/23/12


 Fun times at Paradise Park


 Grandpa is home from his sailing adventures!

 Anna's new wheels....little safer for our little lady who kept toppling off her tricycle!

 Helping mommy plant flowers


Our little guy who lives under our deck
 Fun at US Toys...buying our dollar toys

 Those are some BIG bracelets!

 Celebrating Slugger's birthday with CAKE!

 Meeting Slugger....


 Eli said this chalk drawing is me :)

Eli's new way of swinging
Quicksand experiment
Science experiment gone wrong!!

Learning about George Owens

Love this picture!

This picture pretty much sums up their personalities ;)

Smelling our flowers


Visiting the fountain at the end our street

"HI!!!"

Eli created symmetrical block creations one day last week
Our "safe spot"

Dinner outside...it's so nice these days!

Eli is a little scientist...here is an "experient" (as he calls it) with some water, jelly beans, & cheerios

Planting some flowers from seeds

Spiders with antennas by Eli
Chillin' with the neighbors

Bump City is FUN




Parks are a weekly outing!



Jelly Bean math


Eli has found another way to play on the play set

"SCORE!!!"

Sunday, April 8, 2012

A week in pictures: 3/29/12 to 4/8/12

Last week, Eli was on Spring Break so we ventured out a little more than usual! It was a beautiful week and we had fun!

Crown Center has a cute exhibit called "Tales and Trails"....FREE! These are great little exhibits and we look forward to the dinosaur one coming up in May!








And because it was close to Easter, we HAD to stop at the chocolate factory for chocolate covered peeps!!


Crown Center will have 2 new exhibits opening soon. An aquarium and Legoland!! Very excited for both!


Blue fountains for the aquarium opening....and the Royals!!


We met friends at Wonderscope Children's Museum and used a Groupon we had! Another great outing for kiddos!











We had a fun playdate with Greta & Coco and afterwards, Eli said he learned from Greta how to pump his legs enough so that he could swing himself without ANY pushing....he was excited!!


Miss Anna strips off her shoes at ANY moment. It seems she will be our nature girl this summer!

We have loved playing with all the helicopters in our yard!! SO many of them!!

I made Rice Krispie treat eggs....a little harder than it sounds to make an egg shape!!


We participated in the Easter Egg hunt put on by the church Eli's preschool is run by. The hunt took place inside due to pending rain. They had fun games, crafts, snacks, Easter bunny, and even a raffle!






The Easter Bunny visits our house overnight (similar to Santa) and leaves little gifts around the house. Eli enjoys finding what he leaves him!

Anna got some bubbles!



And we leave out food for him....cause he is gonna be hungry, of course!!


Anna's loot:


Eli's loot:

Dyeing Easter eggs!




The finished product....like the monster eggs??

We celebrated Easter with a wonderful meal and Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Clarksons:




Hopscotch (and yes, her hair is getting so long!!! I hope she learns to like ponies or piggies or she may have a hot summer!!)


Rockin' with Grandma:

Chasin' cousin Sammie:


Hope your Easter was a good one!!