Spring has Sprung!

This one finally got to eat the mammoth sucker from his Christmas stocking.  And yes, more ended up ON him than in his mouth!  But he's one happy little boy!

 

Phoebe recently went to a friend's birthday party and was the only girl there.  She had a fabulous time bowling, playing laser tag and winning a puppy in the arcade.

Maverick and Ryan rented their own lane to play while Phoebe partied and then Maverick joined in the festivities at the arcade as well.  They both want to come back for their own party!

We had a few nice weather days and took advantage of getting outside.  That of course means getting to a playground as fast as possible.

Phoebe had our neighbors sign up for a "Pie Class."  It was a very impromptu get together so we got out some oreos to make a crust and chocolate pudding and luckily, we had some cool whip to top their masterpieces off.

They had a blast getting creative in the kitchen together!

We had some friends in town last weekend and met up at Conner Prairie for the re-opening of their outdoor park for the season.  We were very grateful for all the indoor activities as it felt like winter this weekend!

Sid the Science Kid was there to kick off their balloon launch as well.

Phoebe was most excited about seeing her baby goat from last year.  Luckily there were plenty of babies to take its place!

Being silly in our coats in the spring.  That's a very hard concept for a first grader to grasp.  "It's Spring so it should be WARM."  I agree, Phoebe...I agree.

Sunday after church, we met up with Auntie Kate for lunch.  Maverick was SO excited!  

After a quick rain shower, we headed over to the annual neighborhood egg hunt.  At least the Easter Bunny was warm this year!  Brrrrr!

After consuming some candy, it was time to burn off the sugar and warm up with Auntie!  She's such a good sport!  We can't wait to celebrate all our April birthdays next month!

Winter Catch-Up

Hallelujah Spring is around the corner!  Not sure how much more of this cold stuff we can handle!  However, it is NOT slowing us down!  We celebrated grandpa's birthday in February.  Went to church with them in Anderson and then out to Cracker Barrel.  

What a great man to celebrate!  

The following weekend, Nana and Papa came up to celebrate Bailey's birthday.  Maverick was SO excited for Papa to arrive.  There was a lot of Hulk hands!

Saturday evening we were in Kokomo to party.  The kids burned ALL their energy!

They left bright and early Sunday morning after we got about six inches of snow!  Even church was cancelled that morning.  The following weekend, Auntie came to our house to celebrate a couple more birthdays.  Maverick loved her TMNT shirt, too!  

We finally got some warmer weather and sunshine so we headed downtown to the canal.

We made a brief pit stop at the State Museum.

Next time we'll bring duck food as they followed us everywhere and were apparently starving!

After our stroll, we headed towards Fountain Square for some duck pin bowling.  We'd tried "real" bowling with bumpers last year but still found the balls to be a bit heavy for our kiddos little hands.  

This worked much better for everyone involved!

Check out that fine form!

We just signed this big girl for recreational soccer!  She's already picked out pink cleats and pink shin guards!  She's so very excited!

Bowling was followed by Greek food at Santorini's.  While waiting to place our order, Maverick tried out his photography skills with my phone.  The monkey seems to go everywhere with us these days...

Sunday after church and a ridiculous time change, we hosted lunch at our house. Our kids suffered through the meal and couldn't wait to help open presents!

The Hulk hands made another appearance during the celebration.  Grandpas are great sports about this little obsession of Maverick's!

Doesn't this uncle look SO much older this year?  Hard to believe we're 35 and 37 but oh-so-glad to have another year to celebrate!  Here's to health, happiness and sunshine!