Spring Break

We enjoyed our week with the girls home. In some ways it was low key: we stayed in Lockport and we spent zero pennies. In others, not so much! We giggled and laughed and got really loud. We spent a lot of time with friends. We got out all of the toys they hadn't played with in a very very long time. Everyone was in a good mood for the week (even Mommy--well for the most part) and there were very few fights. Much better than I expected! Here are some highlights: Homemade playdough is always a big hit at our house! This is Annika's favorite meal: shrimp, pork chop, homemade french fries, and mashed potatoes. I let Tanner made prints of his toes. Notice we are still in jammies, it was noon. ;)

Phoebe made an assortment of animals. I loved this little squirrel.

We went to Pilcher Park for hike to find spring. Even though Phoebe hated leaving the house, she was soon won over along with the other kids. They love a good trek!

We found bugs, chickadees, bark, beaver bitten trees, holes for critters, you know all the good stuff.

We found lots of long logs to climb.

And we discovered the nature center with more critters and the greenhouse. Definitely headed back! And we hear they have backpacks for real trails with compasses, binoculars and all sorts of good stuff.

One of the sets of toys that came out of storage was the Thomas train stuff. I swear they prefer to set up the track more than anything. We also got out ALL the Barbies and ALL the stuffed animals. And some other stuff. It was a mess around here, but they were actually quite good about putting it away.

We played a lot of games. Jenga is always a fave. Tanner is quite the daredevil at this one, but also quite good at it amazingly enough.

We got the movie Bedtime Stories from the library and they watched it 3 times and are quoting whole sections of the movie now. Mommy even laughed during this movie and agreed to 3 showings, so obviously I give this one a thumb's up.

There you go. Hope you have had good times this spring too!