Can you smell that? Smells like S P R I N G!!

Today was such a nice day albeit still a little chilly but it was nice enough for us to take Baron to the park to play. He had no idea where we were going yet once he spotted the slides he couldn't contain himself. Legs thrashing, constant screaming in excitement, he knew then what was ahead.

It's amazing what some time will do. Last time he wasn't able to climb up by himself without some help and this time he was running around like a champ, going down the big boy slides and even climbing up the rock climbing wall. Amazing and it's only the beginning.

He ran everywhere and once it was time to go, he went along without any fuss. Rob and I looked at each other in amazement. I guess he was tired. By the time we got him to the car and pulled off his hat, I couldn't believe how sweaty he was. His hair was practically all wet and matted down. He downed all the juice we brought him and once home, we put him down for a nap and had to wake him up at 5pm. Nice!

Little Miss Avery

We had such a special treat Saturday as Brian and Avery came over to play. Avery started out a little slow but she definitely warmed up to the little girl we all know her to be. She was such a delight and once downstairs with all the playground equipment she was in heaven. I can't even count the amount of times she went down the slide. It was great.

Baron was pretty good. There were times where he wouldn't wait his turn and was easily much more rough than we would like but Avery didn't have any problems speaking up.

Can't wait to have more play dates with lil Miss Avery!

Hatalla Weekend - Part 5

This is the last of the Hatalla weekend posts. As I said before, Taylyn was kind enough to sit through me trying some things out in the DIY studio.
I think they turned out pretty good...

Hatalla Weekend - Part 4

Since they are were so willing, I made them sit and pose for me. I didn't get that many shots off due to some unknown reason that I can't remember but I did get these. Not too bad.

Taylyn is up next but I have close to 100 shots to go through. She was willing to let me try out my DIY studio in the basement and it's much easier trying on her than Baron. She will actually sit in place and not try to pull the backdrop down.

Hatalla Weekend - Part 3

While Rob took Baron to his class Saturday morning, I stayed home with the kids. I decided we needed to make some desserts. Taylyn and I made a cake while the boys made peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips.
They all did really well and I basically just watched to make sure nothing went in the bowls that wasn't supposed to. Of course, to complete the baking challenge, they all had to cover their faces in flour. I don't know what I was doing but I only snapped one picture of Taylyn. I think it was Griffin that started it and then the rest followed. Taylyn looks like a ghost.

Hatalla Weekend - Part 2

The second night, we took them to a place called Sports Fusion. This is a giant warehouse with several sections of activities. They have:

Laser Tag

Miniature Golf

Rock Climbing

Jumpshot Basketball

Inflatables

Dodgeball

Arcade

This was such a neat place and large enough that Baron could run around without being a pain to others. The general consensus was they liked this place much better than Monkey Joes due to all the different activites. I think that they could have had something for children under the age of 3 but overall it's definitely a place that we will go back to with the older kids.