Papa's Birthday

On April 22nd, we wished Papa/Grandpa a very happy birthday!! His birthday happened to fall on a Wednesday, so lucky him, Aunt Sheri made supper and Hudson and I picked up a Dairy Queen cake for dessert. We love you Papa/Grandpa/Dad!!

FROZEN!!

With every other young child in Minnesota it seems, we hit up Frozen on Ice a couple weeks ago. The day had finally arrived, after Grandma purchased the tickets almost a year ago! The kids were very excited, especially Harlow! Although, when she heard we were also staying at a hotel, I think she would've been just fine skipping any and all other activities....until.....we got to Frozen and Mickey and Minnie came out onto the ice......

She was in awe. She waved and yelled, "Hi Mickey, Hi Minnie!!" I teared up immediately. The boys have been to many Disney shows, they were more into how things were made, what was real and not real, parts of the movie that were missed, and how many snacks they could eat. 

And at the hotel, they spent every second possible in the pool. Harlow was brave and kicked herself all over the pool with this floatie. We thought it was the hotel's floatie (Because other Hampton Inn's do supply toys to play with, but after about an hour, a mommy and daughter came in and asked for it back. Come on Maddi, get your hotel with it and supply some pool toys!) We let the boys pick the activity for the day and Hudson was insistent on going to Sea Life. He even picked that over the rides at Nickelodeon Universe. Us adults don't find Sea Life to be that interesting anymore, but the boys still love it. This was Grandma's first trip so she was a little more amused too.

It was a great weekend, and in the end, they all got eaten by a shark! 

easter

So Easter came and went a few weeks ago- better late than never for a brief update. As usual the kids were excited to get downstairs Easter morning and find what the bunny had left them. Right now, the minions from Despicable Me (both the naughty ones and nice) are a big hit in our house, so the boys got stuffed animals, underwear, socks, lunch box, wallet, and shirts all with those characters on. Harlow got a book, Minnie Mouse matching game, flip flops, a new tea set, and her most favorite thing of all- playdoh. Grandma and Grandpa came with a truck full of presents, the biggest being brand new bikes for each of them! Lucky kids these three! They had 2 more egg hunts, one at home and one at Uncle Lon and Vicky's. Not to mention more presents from their godparents. We have candy overflowing in the house, literally!  

egg dyeing

Like the tradition in most families, we dyed Easter eggs again this year. Three partially naked kids say at the kitchen table, Hudson with rubber gloves on (no surprise there!) and colored the eggs to their hearts delight. They dropped, plopped, stirred, and glittered. 

The following day we went to Grandma Sharon's to celebrate Easter and dyed more eggs. Aunt Lori tried a new technique- shaving cream and food coloring. The kids got to dive in with their hands and get messy, so obviously it was a big hit!