A little craftiness with some Easter egg dye colored pasta. ...
A silly Megan ...
Lucas with the model helicopter he made (his first homework assignment!) ...
We finally made it to Monkey Joe's to let the kids expend some energy. Megan wasn't so sure about it ... she loved the slides, but didn't like the unstable walking and bouncing so much. Lucas loved it and had a blast climbing up the ladders to head down the next big slide. Alicia was also hard to keep up with as she loved jumping and climbing on everything as well. The only slide Lucas didn't like so much was a HUGE one ... he had no issues climbing up the 20ish foot ladder/steps, but didn't want to come down. Fortunately, Drew had gone up with him and Alicia and slid down with him.Lucas was happy when he got to the bottom, but he didn't ask to do that one again.
My only issue with the place ... you are hot upon arriving, before the kids even start playing ... which means the kids all left as sweaty little messes. We fixed that issue with a big group bath before bedtime (though, 3 in a tub is getting a bit tight). Oh, and sorry about the blurry kids in the pictures, but it's hard to get a good shot when they are going that fast. :)
It finally stayed warm enough after a snowfall that we were able to make it outside today. Both Lucas and Megan had fun on their new sled from Santa. :)
Megan must have still been cold, because she just wouldn't take off the hat ... (she loves hats).
When Mommy cuts Megan's nails, Lucas always tries to help out by doing a "Dancer Dance" to distract her. Megan decided she should return the favor. Minus a toned down version of dancing, this is exactly what Lucas does.
Just one example of a Mommy-style workout.
Lucas and Alicia enjoy a bedtime story.
Lucas and Megan take advantage of the last night we'll have a kitchen table they can really play under.
Fortunate enough to get a lucky shot ...
Mommy decided to try to break out of the rut of things we do on weekends. With the yucky weather outside keeping us indoors, Lucas and Megan did a little painting. They had a lot of fun doing it and, surprisingly enough, not much mess. They are quite the artists!
We started the day by getting together with some of Megan's friends from school. The photos below show Tyler, Abby (and her mom Stephanie), and (clockwise from Megan) Alex, Ben, Lucas and Morgan. Fortunately for Lucas, he got to hang out with his friend (and classmate) Ben.
Now that the holidays have ended, we've slowed down on the picture taking and crazy schedule of activities. Here are some pics from some calm moments just hanging out.
