Tonight we decided to eat outside since it was 80 with a slight breeze. As can be expected, the kids were relatively loud. As it turns out, they were loud enough to attract the attention of our neighbor’s daughter who is friends with Violet and Hayden. After dinner, I was getting the kids ready to…
As Libby mentioned in the previous blog post, we planted a garden this weekend. In order to get the plants, we went to Wedel's. Along with having a TON of plants (a metric ton to be specific) Wedel's also has a HUGE pond with a river in the middle of their outside nursery. Needless to…
Yesterday afternoon, Hayden, Violet and I went to the park while Mike installed some edging around a new garden in our front yard. We learned that while my help is beneficial, the help of the two kids pretty much negates anything that I could contribute – so we left. We had a great time at…
Since it was a balmy 54 with 20mph wind, we decided to go for a walk around the block after dinner. Our "walk" started by racing to various landmarks down our street. We got to see the UPS truck not once but twice! The first time it drove by and honked as the kids waved….
Some mornings are rough, especially the mornings when I have a deadline to be somewhere. This morning Violet had a dentist appointment so we needed to be at daycare by 7:30ish to get to the dentist on time. Lately the kids have been sleeping in until 6:30 or later. Violet has been sleeping in until…
The other night while I was making dinner, Violet and Hayden were playing in the living room being fairly well behaved. All of a sudden, I heard a blood curdling scream come from Violet followed by, “He’s eating my face!” Having absolutely NO idea what this could be, I ran out to the living room…
Last night, Hayden requested Llamas in Pajamas as his first bedtime story of the night. Since that book was in Violet’s room, we all sat on her bed for story time. Violet LOVES that book and LOVES “reading” it to us – especially to Hayden. She read the whole book to us, even with a…
The weekend at Great Wolf Lodge to celebrate Hayden and Violet’s birthdays was full of ups and downs (literally and figuratively.) You can check out the events leading up to this post in the Prequal, Part 1, and Part 2 of this series. Monday morning everyone got up and had microwave omelets in our room while everyone…
This is part 2 of our series of posts related to our weekend at Great Wolf Lodge. The previous 2 posts can be found here: (Prequel, Part 1) Saturday Hayden woke up before 6. He was at least in a relatively decent mood. I took Hayden upstairs so Violet and Libby could sleep in. Once…
