A Day at the Aquarium

So I picked the kids up early one Friday afternoon and took them to the aquarium. Niko had been talking about it and when I told him that there was a new exhibit with piranhas in it he was even more excited!! J They had a great time doing the scavenger hunt through the entire Aquarium, and learning about all the different things that live under water. I tried to get Sam to touch a stingray but her hand went about two inches into the water (the stingrays were about a foot and a half down there) and she got freaked out and wouldn’t do it. The best was when we got to the electric eels, there is a machine that shocks you when you touch it, and I didn’t tell them what it did, just told them to touch it. Priceless child torture! Niko thought it was funny and kept shocking himself, Samantha wasn’t so amused.. imagine that! ;)

The Tulip Festival - Thanksgiving Point

So I decided that fresh air and beautiful flowers were in order before the upcoming four, five.. six?! Days of rain.. The kids liked being outside, rolling down the hills and smelling the flowers. It was cute to see them playing together, being kind to one another...they even exchanged a few hugs and kisses!!

Good thing I got pictures so I can remind them later on that they really do love each other!! :)

O-U-C-H!!!

So as it is in sports... accidents happen... This time it happened on Niko's face! He had just run down the field and scored yet another goal (one of many) and he was in the center to let the other team kick off. The other team kicked the ball at full force.... right into Niko's nose. The timing of this picture is amazing, too bad we were too busy tending to him so we didn't get any of the blood pouring from his nose. :) Ahhh... It's all for the love of the game.. Right? hehe

Once we stopped the blood he went back in full force. I was so proud of our tough little wee-man. :)

Happy Easter

Easter Egg Hunt (It was a COLD morning!)

Decorating Eggs

Easter Basket Loot!!

Soccer Time is Here Again!

Niko's Team - The Green Robots

This was after his 4th goal of the game! :)

Samantha's Team - The White Diamonds

APRIL FOOLS!!! HAHAHA

So on this day of fun and torment Craig and I decided to take all of the kids stuffed animals from their beds and hide them in our closet, of course what we told them was that we gave them all away to kids who had no toys, because of course-- we have plenty. It didn't go over so well, Niko of course was upset because I didn't keep the 'Steelers Bear' that I brough him from Pittsburgh, and Sam was PISSED I gave away her penguin.

This was the reaction when we told them we were just kidding and they were all safe in our closet. Things were all better after that.

Or were they.....??

Just to add insult to injury... We short-sheeted their beds!!! LOL

And who said being a parent wasn't fun ....hehehheheheheheheh

Sam's 7th Birthday Party

So I searched to find something different to do for birthday parties-- instead of the same old roller skating-Jungle Gyms-nail painting-girl parties that we've all done a million times! What I found was perfect! The Young Chefs Academy! They teach the kids about cooking, letting them all cook for themselves hands on and the employees there are GREAT with the kids. It's a wonderful place and we had a great time making pizza!!

On the way home we asked Sam is she liked it.. Her answer? "Who wouldn't!"
I think that says it all! :)