St. Patrick's Day

Another fun day of our favorite green holiday - Moo talks about green milk all year long in anticipation.

We started the day with our traditional breakfast: green milk and green waffles.  We had dinner with rainbow water (ice cubes). The drinks were a bit cold for these "European-Americans"....but they liked those colors!

Aquarium

 Last weekend we had a rainy Saturday and a desperate need to get out of our apartment. We traveled across the city and found a gorgeous aquarium with different rooms/exhibits for all the surrounding waterways. Mom & Dad loved it and the kids liked the stairs and touch screen interactive computers.

The last room was a tropical rain forest with humidity and everything. It was just like being back in Africa. A fun trip out.

Rainy days or not

 Hide-n-go-seek in Mom and Dad's closets!

And fishing off the top-bunk....what better catch than sleepdog???

Up-close, chores, & sillies

 Testing out the small portion of our park that has been completed. (renovated)...catching some rays....but still cold.

 A daily morning activity: making Mom & Dad's coffee. Lu adds the sugar cubes. Micah adds the flavored syrups. They both get to stir. And Mom & Dad get yummy coffee during our Bible study time.

 Lu and Dolly in their matching PJs - thanks Grandma Ginny! (And a monkey hat - because, why not?)

 Moo showing Lu videos of themselves - they must be pretty funny.

 And - our little Lu - reading a book about construction trucks while wearing a fairy dress and babysitting her baby who is learning to use the potty.

Yummy packages!

 Wow - we keep getting blessed by our family! Check out the looks on these happy fruit-snack-filled smiles! Thanks Grandpa Mike! Yum!

 Check out the kids' latest dress-up additions...super Lu and super Moo to the rescue! Thanks Grandma Jane! Also - check out Lu's crazy hair. It is growing...seemingly around her head and not from her head....or straight out...I don't even know. I think her sleepy hair twiddling is causing the stuff on top to grow. Wild woman!

Applesauce, football, & seasons

 Moo is delighted with our apple peeler, slicer, corer. All of the sudden, he wants to make applesauce every week! Thanks Aunt Sara & Uncle Tim! Moo will be ecstatic when we get to visit GranBon again for her famous applesauce.

  

Cooking and dish-washing has become much more exciting with our new aprons from Grandma Jane! "I want to help Mom!" Music to a momma's ears.

Lu getting some touch football practice in "under-the-lights".

 And the other side of Lu - dresses and fairy wings.

 Moo has been asking about Sunday school every day of the week, so we made a calendar for his door. He knows when holidays or friends are coming and when Sunday School ("my favorite!!!") is coming. Lu likes to draw on the wall under the calendar, so I have to remember to put some blank paper down there too....otherwise brother will be all out of sorts if his calendar gets drawn on by sis!

Lazy Winter Dayz

One of my loves: capturing my kids in little corners of the house reading. I hope they always have that love of discovering the world through books.

One of my other loves...seeing my hubby play with our kids' toys while they read books. Just kidding. He is busy constructing the best train map ever for when those kids get tired of reading.

 Dress up time! Typically Moo likes to sell us all the jewelry and Lu and I wear it. Today he wanted in on the action. I'm sure all the train conductors are this stylish.

 I have no idea why, but both kids love playing behind their play kitchen. I think it is like working at a restaurant. We finally turned it sideways so they could both "cook". They got busy right away.

 Two minutes alone...that's it! I have no idea how she even did this.

 Moo was definitely busy driving Thomas through play doh roads. He is not responsible for his sister's wild antics.

 A sweet moment showing doggy and baby doll all the cars driving by.