Spring break at the Aquarium

Today, we took the kids to the new aquarium with Uncle Scott, Aunt Jenny and their kids. We loved the penguins and sharks. A lot of sea animals aren't there yet so we are excited to go back.

Spring break- learning to shoot

Dad took the day off today so we went to a movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, then took the kids shooting for the first time. They did so well and had a blast running around. As we left it started snowing.

Discovery Kids Museum

Fun day at the children's museum. 

Spring break

Today is the first day of spring break and we spent the morning doing this:

They love mine craft and can sit for hours playing it on the iPads or Xbox. 

Easter Egg Hunt at the Park

This morning in the freezing cold, we ventured out to the Easter Egg Hunt put on by the city. This was our third year going and it was still just as fun. Its at 8:30 in the morning so its usually kind of cold but this year they had to pick up the candy in snow/frost. brr. I was ready to just forget about it this morning but once you tell kids you are going to do something... rain, sleet or snow there is no way to back out! Did I mention that we had to get up, ready and be out the door by 8:10 with 4 kids. Thank goodness for sunglasses and hats because we definitely skimped on getting ready. No one got their hair done, and mom definitely didn't get any makeup on. Yikes! They loved it so it was all worth it. We had fun and that's all that really counts!

Jaxon is not pictured because he was in the baby bjorn and I did not want to be in it. Ha!

Easter Weekend/Spring Break

I've been off since Thursday on a much needed spring break and we've had a ton of fun! Here's a recap of our fantastic weekend.

Thursday: was a boring day. My washer broke so I spent all day researching places to get it fixed vs. buying a new one. I was annoyed. Luckily Paul googled the problem at night and fixed it! What a miracle worker! 

Friday: I have been planning on potty training Blake for months (I've really avoiding it like the plague) but he gave me a kick start this morning. He decided to take off a poopy diaper upstairs hence the poop was everywhere. After I cleaned it up, I was ticked. I put a pull up on him and told him he WAS going to use the potty, no more diapers, no more peeing and pooping in his pants. I even told him I'd get him McDonald's if he did it. An hour later, he peed in the potty and he kept doing it all day! Not a single accident all day! I was absolutely amazed and so proud of my little guy. For a reward, I got the kids McDonalds and we had a picnic at the park! I probably would have taken them to Disneyland, I was so happy! Blake is awesome!

Saturday: We took the kids to the WVC Easter Egg hunt at the park. It was madness but lots of fun. Basically the way it works is they split the place up by age and put candy and eggs all over teh field. They blow a whistle and t

he kids go at it, gathering as much as they can. The whole thing is over in minutes. They all scored on candy and fruit snacks. I never knew Linnie was so aggressive until I saw her getting candy on the field. She doubled Lizzie and Blake in the amount of goods she got! Poor Lizzie and I were trying to keep up with her so I wouldn't lose a kid in the madness. The kids had a ton of fun.

Sunday: Happy Easter! The day started with our smoke alarm going off at 5 in the morning. Luckily there was no fire, and it just beeped for a second. It was a little scary. Then in the morning we ate pancakes,  and searched for goodies from the Easter Bunny. All three kids were pretty excited. The girls each got a new princess barbie and Blake got Legos (He loves legos! He even sleeps with them). 

After Church we had a little egg hunt in the backyard while dinner was cooking...

Then our friends and neighbors  showed up with the EAster bunny! (thanks Cindy!)