Best Easter

Or so we were told on the way home from Grandpa and Grandma G's this evening.
Lots of hidden eggs were found today.

Lots of treats were eaten.  Specifically jelly beans.  They are someone's favorite!

Lots of smiling faces.

HAPPY EASTER!

(We got in late last night after being delayed in Kansas City.  I'll try to post a full report about our adventures in Tennessee and Kentucky later this week!)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Levi and his friends at school must have been talking a lot this week about St. Patrick's day.

This week we've been informed that:
"If you don't wear green, you'll get pinched."
"There's a pot of gold at every rainbow."
"Jack, Reece and me were talking about how to trap a leprechaun and my idea was glue!"
"Leprechauns give you gold."

We were really hoping to celebrate with some corned beef for dinner tonight.  But New Seasons was out when we got back into town this afternoon!  So, Irish soda bread will be the extent of our Irish meal festivities this year.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Weekend Adventure: Stub Stewart

Since our "camping" trip got canceled in February, we wanted to get at least one weekend trip in before our spring break vacation.  So, we headed west of town about 30 miles to Stub Stewart State Park.  (It's grown up some since Gabe and I went there back in 2008.)

We did some mountain biking.

Discovered a couple of newts on the trail, which Levi wanted to bring home as pets.

And woke up to a dusting of snow.
This was after breakfast when the snow was starting to melt and was mixing with rain.
Levi was trying to catch the big, wet flakes in his mouth.

And Gabe's big question of the weekend was:

"Why do mountain bikers get such a bad rap on trails when horses leave them looking like this?"

It was terrible.  We had to walk and drag Levi's bike on the side of the trail in the left of the picture.

It was a fun trip.  And it's really nice that we can get home from that park in less than an hour.  (Now getting out there on a Friday after work was another matter...)

Birthday and Bunk Beds

We had cake and opened presents on Tuesday to celebrate Gabe's 34th birthday.
Then my parents fed Levi dinner and put him to bed so Gabe and I could have a nice dinner here.

This morning we put a bed together.  Or should I say two beds?  Levi is thrilled to now be sleeping in his big boy bed.  He really wants to sleep on the top bunk but the rules say boys have to be 6 before they can sleep up there.  So, he'll have to wait a while!

Where has my little boy gone?

More birthday celebrations will occur tomorrow evening.  Tricia and Travis also have early March birthdays!

spelling

Levi is really into the sounds of letters and trying to spell things.
And like most boys, he's into gross body functions.
It's pretty funny when he combines the two.

Overheard from the bathroom on Saturday morning:
Levi: "Dad, toot starts with T right?"
Gabe: "Yes."
Levi: "And poop starts with P right?"

Gotta love those boys!

Bowling

Can you tell that Levi was really excited to try bowling for the first time?

We headed here on Saturday after breakfast (they open at 10am on Saturday and Sunday).  And we sure did have a great time!  Levi was excited when he knocked those pins down and was pretty impressed with Daddy's strikes.  (Not so impressed with Mommy's gutter balls.  I should have probably put the bumpers up.)
But it was great to have some fun together since Gabe got back from Arizona (third trip in February) on Thursday night.

We get to celebrate a special someone's 34th birthday this week.  The birthday boy (and the little boy) have requested chocolate cake.  I'll see what I can do.  And I'll try to get back on here to share later this week!