A Rainy Day in the Kitchen

It’s a rainy cold day, so the boys were having fun helping me in the kitchen.  Love having them home to help me.

Tennis Anyone?

The Easter Bunny was very good to the boys again this year and brought a lot of candy as well as sports equipment.  (Boy, that Bunny always seems to know what the kids need.)  We’ve been talking lately about what activities the boys want to sign up for this summer at the Park District and soccer and tennis seem to be coming up a lot, especially for Hayden.  I think you have to be 5 here (hopefully) to sign up for tennis lessons and Hayden’s really, really excited.  We took him to the tennis courts yesterday for the first time and he loved it.  So, today before his afternoon preschool, I took the boys again and had fun taking their pictures.  Hayden has pretty good form and Bennet just cracks me up.  Like any three year old, he was more interested in playing with the door into the court and trying to hit the balls on the ground like golf balls.  I’m thinking that we now have a new destination other than the playgrounds and dairy queen for our bike rides around town.  Definitely going to be hitting up the tennis courts now.

Finally, Spring is Here!

We’re finally enjoying some nice spring weather, so Jamie, the boys and I have been getting outside as much as possible.  It was definitely a very cold and snowy winter – a tough one to move back to:)  But, like always, spring brings gorgeous weather and fun outdoor time.  I dusted off my camera the other day and took the kids to one of our favorite parks for a picnic lunch and out to Lowes, Menards, and Home Depot.  Poor boys have gone everywhere with me looking for bushes/trees to complete our landscaping. 
The year has gone so quickly and the boys only have a month left of preschool and nursery school at MHS.  They’re ok with that though, because of all of the traveling we plan to do this summer. The two can’t wait for our big plane ride coming up in a month to Orlando.  Bennet mentions it everyday and is so excited to ride the monorail again.  Much to look forward to with all of the nice spring and summer weather!

A Perfect February Vacation

The four of us headed down to Florida on the 15th for a week of sun and fun.  We got really lucky, because the weather was perfect – 70’s and sunny.  It felt so good to be in warm weather again, because it’s been SO cold here this year.  As usual, the boys had a great time swimming in Nana and Papa’s pool.  They’re definitely little fish.  The six of us headed to Disney World for part of Hayden’s 5th birthday present.  They had so much fun and Bennet couldn’t have been funnier.  He got so excited every time the monorail came around.  For him, I don’t even think we needed to go inside the park.  He would have been content just riding the monorail all around the parks and resorts.  Overall, it was such an awesome week!  We can’t wait to go back this summer.




Both boys have no fear when it comes to jumping in.



I think we’ve seen this sky writer every time we’ve been at my parent’s house. This was the first year I actually took a picture.
The boys out grilling.  Could Hayden look anymore tired?      

Bennet’s face when he saw the monorail.  We saw this face several times that day.

 
The boys loved the parade on Main St.

This explains their personalities.  Hayden holding back with his hands in his pockets and Bennet dancing in the street.

This little boy couldn’t have been happier to ride the choo-choo train.


 

Long day for this little guy.
Celebrating his birthday early with a cake by the pool.  His kind of birthday.

Our Boys at 5 and 3

I wanted to get some new individual pictures of the boys since they’re now a year older (how did that happen so fast?).  I took these last week on vacation at my parents.  I can’t believe how big the boys are getting.

Our Valentine’s

Snow Day Fun