Spring Break

We had a very relaxing and fun Spring Break!  We didn't go anywhere (Ryan has no days off what with taking a 2 week trip to China!) so we stayed home and relaxed!  We did a few different playdates, hung out in our pjs at home, and did a few fun activities.

 

We finally got out the volcano kit they got for Christmas.

 

We had to construct it first which is why it took me so long to do it...but it wasn't that bad once we got started.  I actually had fun making it!

 The boys did too.

 It wasn't the most impressive explosion-can you see the yellow coming out of the top and trickling down the volcano?  Jackson was VERY worried to explode the volcano so I think he was relieved it was so tame.

 

I also wanted to make one snacky thing with them.  We decided to make this jello.  Fun to make and cute, but I didn't think it tasted very good.  We probably won't be making it again!

Oops, out of order picture, but this is about as impressive as it gets! :)

 The boys played in the backyard a bit and Jackson climbed the tree for the first time!

 Over SB we went over to Grandma's one day to celebrate an early St. Patrick's Day!  Laura and I went out of town to visit our Grandparents over St. Patty's Day so we did an early celebration.

 Aren't these cute?  My mom just cut up a rainbow popsicle and then poured 7 up in it!  Isn't that a great idea?

 Funny boy.

 Cheers!

 She had a really fun treasure hunt planned for the kids.  The big boys (and Eliz of course) actually read the clues!  They are getting so good at sounding out words!

 Showing off one of the cute clues.

Afterwards we had them pose with their treasure..gold coins and a rainbow!

We had a fun Spring Break! 

St. Patrick's Day

The boys woke up to a silly leprechaun mess. That silly leprechaun also dyed our milk green! Every time Jackson saw the milk he'd say "that silly leprechaun milk!" We also had Lucky Charms for breakfast. Afterwards we had a birthday party to go to, then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a slumber party.

Grandma and Grandpa have bluebonnets right by their house so we had to take pictures by them.

Grandma had a shamrock hunt set up for the kids.

What cute kids!

Jackson's holding the treasure the kids received!

The kids also gave us a puppet show. Peter pan :)

St. Patty's Day

We had a great St. Patrick's Day! We met my friend Tamara and her kids Austin and Amanda at the Science Museum. Tamara and I used to job share together and it has been forever since we've seen eachother, so it was great to get together. Before they arrived we took a few pictures of their St. Patty's Day outfits outside the museum.

Then we had to explore the cool statues they had outside.

Once inside we did tons of fun things! It was hard to take lots of pictures while watching both boys but I did get a few of different activities. Here is Tamara helping the boys do this flying paper activity.

Cooper was able to make his fly! He loved this and wanted to stay for a long time doing this over and over!

We also dug for dinosaur bones. Jackson had fun flinging sand all over.

Three of the four (Amanda was already off running) posing in the alligator mouth.

There were not many cars to go around and Jackson was NOT happy about it!

They did do some grocery shopping for me too which was really nice! :)

It was a really warm day so we were able to go outside and play with the water. Cooper waited (somewhat) patiently for the water gun.

Yes, my turn!

Jackson got really wet and loved it!

We tried to get a group shot of the four of them, I think this was the best we got.

I had to get one of me and the boys in their cute outfits!

Cooper took this one of me and Tamara. He almost got us in!

Awww, Jackson made a new friend!

I made rainbow cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day. It kind of all melted together so it didn't look much like the picture, but Cooper thought it was cool.

That evening Cooper had his first soccer practice! He's playing on his first official team and he's really excited about it. He actually had his first game on Saturday and he did so well. He played most of the game and had a great time. He was tired and sweaty when he was done though!

Showing off his "stopping" skills. We took a soccer class at the local rec center a month ago so that was fun to now practice those skills on his team.

So serious.

He's one of only two boys on his team, it's pretty cute. Some of the little girls are really good!

Our last St. Patty's Day activity was a four leaf clover hunt. Apparently it was way too easy because it took him all of 5 seconds to find it. Then he had to hunt for the rainbow and the pot of gold at the end of it.

Oooh, I found it!

Yes, I worked all day on that rainbow, don't be jealous! :) I am a last minute person for sure!

A busy but fun day!