Tuscora Park

Well this weekend we celebrated another first in the life of our daughters. Their first 'amusement' park. Not too far from our house lies the neatest little park. It has a huge swimming pool (which is always packed in the summer), your traditional playground equipment (spread out over a few acres of land), a very large duck pond and one very exciting, child-based amusement park. It's neat. Tickets are $.75/each with each ride costing on ticket. Cheap entertainment. It costs nothing to get in, and food and drink are reasonable (ice cream, $1). Saturday my MIL, FIL, Greg and I packed up the girls and hit the road. The peanuts were totally excited and even got to go on their very first solo ride. They're growing up, and it's making me sad. Where did my babies go?

Playdate: Nolan and Brennan

A few weeks ago the girls and I went on a playdate at a friend's house. Here are a few pics of our adventure.

Squealing like a teenager ...

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer

Season Finale

I hate cliffhangers.

Mother's Day, New Kicks and Art Projects

What a fine day it's been. My lovely husband pulled out all the stops, proudly presenting me with a dozen white roses and a new pair of Adidas Bounce running shoes. No I don't run exactly, but I do chase kids for a living. 'nuff said. The girls and I spent this past week working on a project for the grandma's. 10x10 pre-stretched canvases which they painted and I put some handprints on. They turned out fantastic, the picture truly doesn't do them justice. Lastly I spent the weekend with my girls. It was fun and relaxing, just the way I like it.

 

 

 

 

The Couch

One of the 'treasures' my husband discovered cleaning out his uncles house, was a 1970's child-sized sofa. It was in great shape structurally, but needed a bit of an update. Yesterday he braved the city traffic and hit JoAnn Fabrics (how cute is that?), in order to reupholster it. He did a great job!

Spring Fever!

It's been a long time since I've blogged. We've been really busy the past few months and I'll admit I've been lazy about it. I sit down at night with thoughts of catching up and as my body winds down from the day, so does my energy. The girls are good. Great in fact! They are so verbal and expressive. Payton is very imaginative and girly. Addison is loud and direct. They compliment each other well.
Last weekend we took a trip to the zoo, but this weekend was spent at home. We're getting some very nice weather (in between the rain) we're all trying to enjoy as much as possible. Here are a few pics from our afternoon enjoying the outdoors.

My little speed racers-






One of our dogs, Bug, who for some reason loves to climb trees-


Sadly a few weekends ago my husband's Uncle Ron passed away. In helping clean out his garage he came across an old mower, it's called a Flymo. Incredibly it's a hover-mower and this evening he got it running. It's so cool! You can push it, pull it, even swing it side-to-side. I've never seen anything like it before, but it's awesome.