PreSchoolers!

My boys turned 4!  Evan still coping with the aging..... maybe that's because he isn't fully potty trained... yet!  (we're still working on it).

Camping

We survived another camping trip with the kids this year!  It was quite a trip - we went to Devils Lake State Park like we do every year.  We spent the first day at the Circus World Museum and all three kids were in the show.  This was the first time we took them on the Bluffs for a hike.  Evan re-created history by getting too close to the edge which is something Steve did to his father around 4 years old.  Our tent was right by a steep little trail that the kids ran up over and over again.  It was 100 degree weather so we showered every night and used our battery operated fans to fall asleep.  There a lot of pictures here if you're interested! 

Lover Boy

Coughing Monkey

Sean's photo was used in an internet article about whooping cough.  He didn't have whooping cough at the time but he was sick.  Here is a link to the article:  http://www.mindfulmum.co.uk/news/2012/whooping-cough-on-the-increase/

Happiness is a Warm Pool

June hasn't proved to be hot quite yet but the pool we had at our hotel in St Louis was warm.  We gave the kids a choice of going back to Six Flags or stay in the pool.  The pool won hands down... Hee

Rough Summer

Ferris Wheel at Six Flags St Louis

Sean and Evan's height difference persists and this summer it is changing some things.  Namely it is changing how we do amusement parks.  As I wrote on Gretchen's blog, both Gretchen and Sean can ride more rides now due to their height while Evan needs to grow two more inches to move up to more rides.  We have to split up a lot or find something for me and Evan to do while Steve, Sean and Gretchen are riding something exciting.  It was especially hard this month when we went to Six Flags in St Louis where there were NO roller coasters for Evan to ride.  He was a little bored but he took it in stride (I feed him lots of snacks and chocolate milk).  It's working out fine - Evan is not focusing on it too much but he's no dummy... He is going to notice and understand more clearly why I think by the end of the summer.  Pobrecito....

Can we go swimming yet?

Back in December we took the kids to a indoor water park that they enjoyed immensely.  After a long day swimming, both boys slept 12 hours straight!  We decided to take them to Indianapolis for spring break so we could visit the Indianapolis Zoo and the Children's Museum.   For a week before the trip, Evan kept telling me he wanted to go swimming in 'Napolis....  We didn't disappoint him.  Armed with a Dora life jacket, Evan was our little swimmer.  It always takes him the longest to get into it but then he goes all out once he's comfortable.  Sean also enjoyed the swimming at the hotel but he seemed most happy at the museum's library.  They had a green screen and camera to film the kids with a background.  He must have watched himself for twenty minutes.  The zoo happened to have a little roller coaster that luckily for the weather opened a few days early so we were able to get in our first roller coaster ride of the season.  Look out Six Flags, here we come!!!