Monday, March 29, 2010

Spring Break, 2010

The week of March 15-19 was Spring Break for the kids.

Monday we had a nice picnic at a nearby park and played for hours.
In the later afternoon, we visited the dentist, as the upper front tooth Luken did NOT knock out was discoloring, so we wanted to have it looked over. Good news - it is simply bruised from the impact, and will be just fine until it decides to come out on it's own. In due time, please!! :D

Tuesday, we went roller skating! Keeley and I had gone a few weeks ago, and she LOVED it, so I wanted to let Luken have a chance, too. Silly kiddos - they pooped out after just a little bit, and we spent more time eating and playing at Chick-Fil-A afterwards. Sigh. Oh well... we got to spend a lot of time with our friends, Nina and Hailey, which is always fun!

On Wednesday, we headed up almost all the way to Oklahoma to a small zoo. It was celebrating its late founder's birthday, and offered $1 admission and free cake, woohoo!! It was a lovely day, and we enjoyed all the animals.

Thursday, the kids and I gussied up a bit and headed downtown to visit Daddy for lunch. We took the trolley once again, like we did back in August, before school started. The weather was much more enjoyable this time, and both kids did great on the walk to the office.

Friday, I spent most of the day cleaning up the house. We had been home just enough hours to trash the place, but not long enough to clean up after ourselves, so there was a lot to do. Todd came home early that day, as he and I had plans for a fancy dinner out, which was fabulous, delicious, and had great views!

Anyway, most of those activities were photography-averse, but I did snap some photos at the zoo, so without further ado....

Here is our friend, Hailey, as a giraffe!
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Keeley's turn!
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Now Luken!
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Now, for some REAL giraffes!!
These guys were real characters, and seemed to be dancing to the reggae beat that was playing over the speakers! :D
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They also had a sort of petting zoo, where the kids could feed some goats and give them pats! They LOVED this part the most! :)
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Nina made friends with a deer, and let it lick her fingers. She thought this was cool. I thought it was kind of gross, and pointed her to the nearest hand sanitizer. ;)
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Just outside the zoo was a nice little fenced-in park, where we had a leisurely picnic lunch, and the kids played and played and played! Luken and Hailey had great fun under the turtle.
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Or maybe not so much fun. Looks like Luken was making an escape! :D
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On the way home, we stopped for a nice treat at Sonic, and soon after that, 2 of the 3 kids in the car were conked out! It was a nice, quiet ride home!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Open House

Luken's school recently had Open House!

Here is where he sits in class!
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A scavenger hunt awaited us:
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Luken's writing journal.
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One fabulous entry!
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Some friends!
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Horsing around. :P
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Poetry book.
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His page on cowboys!
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Math kite.
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He said his favorite Center is Science!
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This is posted in the hallway with the other kids who can count to 100!!
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We did visit some other parts of the school, but it was an absolute MADHOUSE, and Keeley was overwhelmed, so I wasn't able to take any other photos.

But, it was great fun to get into his classroom and see all the things he works with every day, and meet some of his friends!

Luken loves his school! :)

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Spring is thinking about springing!!

Yay, the sun has begun peeking out, and we have had some lovely, warm afternoons recently! :)

This year, we are attempting to grow some flowers from seed, so I set the kids up with some supplies and dirt, and let them plant!!

Here is Luken, being a model for me while I got my camera settings dialed in. :)


The kids had received some Bachelor Button seed packets in a birthday party goody bag, so they planted those in some egg cartons I'd been saving.
















Now we wait!! :)

After planting, Luken disappeared into the house to play with a new toy, and Keeley stayed out and entertained me.

First, some jumping!






Then, some dancing! <3








Then, some generally being beautiful! :D










Isn't she gorgeous and sweet?????!!!!!!

My sweet, my lovely...

Keeley took a NAP, believe it or not!!

She had been in her room for some quiet time, and it was UNUSUALLY quiet, so I snuck in for a peek. I found her like this. <3 She was dressed in some ballerina dress-up clothing, and she looked SO cute!!