8/2/12: Water Park!

Today we moved school outside and met Jenny, Chase, and Kenzie at the water park for some fun and swimming.

We were there for about a half hour before they got there so we started in the kiddie pool.  Elodie immediately went down the mini-water slide and Callen walked me around in the pool.  Then Callen wanted to go down the slide so I had Elodie walk him up and go down with him so I could catch him at the bottom.  Then second time she took him up, she shoved him down by himself and unfortunately, he fell back onto his back and his back got scratched on the way down.  Poor Callen! Then Elodie wanted to move over to the playground, which I told her she had to be super careful on since I didn't want a repeat trip to stitch up her chin.  She played on that while Callen walked me around that pool area.  Then we went swimming.  And then Elodie wanted to go down a water slide so I stood in the water holding Callen up on one side and then Elodie would slide down and I'd reach into the water to grab any Elodie part to hold onto her.  :)  It was much better when Jenny got there because then Jenny took Elodie down all the water slides, while I hung out with Callen.  We walked around in the pool a ton, went swimming (I'd say "weeeee" as I pulled him towards me in the water and he'd repeat "weeeee"), and went down the inter-tube water slide. :)

wrinkly toes!

He was purple and shaking when I took him out of the pool to have lunch and he still didn't want to get out.

Picnicking

mommy was there too :)

cousins!

Sat. 6/19/10...L's family bday party

Today we had the family birthday party. Originally, I was going to just have one party, but the Mayernicks & Uncle Dale couldn't make it the same day (Dale's only in town 3 of the 8 weekend days for the month), but it ended up working out great. We started the party inside, with D making the bbq grub and everyone just hanging out. I made everyone take a family picture. Then we moved outside to grill & eat. L chose to have cupcakes this time so we arranged them all on a platter and stuck the "3" candle in one so she could blow it out. Afterwards, L opened her presents. She got $$ from grandma & grandpa, a super nice scooter from Uncle Dale & Aunt Candy, a sprinkler hose water thing from GG Ethel, a Le@apster2 from Mario, and two tool sets from Auntie Jenny & the kids. Then Chase, Kenzie, & L all changed into their swimsuits and we hooked up the water sprinkler thing that GG got her. Man, can that thing spray far. I got sprayed more than once trying to get a picture and then finally gave up. Then D set up the slip 'n slide and unfortunately after one slide down, the end popped. After that, D & grandma made a T@rget run to get a new one and D held the hose at the top of the old one so the kids could keep using it until they got back with a new one. (We're going to try to return the one that popped since it had only been used once.) They were on and off the slip 'n slide until they were all purple & shaking. Then they'd towel up until they wanted to go back out. They must have been on it for a couple hours. Dale & Candy finally left b/c Dale was so tired (he had come straight from the airport & a really early flight).

The kids all changed out of their wet clothes and drove into the new toys to play with while the adults cleaned up. Jenny & Grandma were able to stay late since they had left a sick grandpa at home. We decided to get P@pa Murphys pizza for the four of us and McDon@alds for the kiddos. By the time we all ate dinner, it was getting late so the WY crowd packed up to go home.

We were all beat. We gave L a bath and she fell asleep in D's lap when he rocked her in the rocking recliner. It was only 7:30pm. No nap and constant action equals one tired 3 year old (and mama!).

Pics will have to come later since I'm still working on getting through the CA trip from last month!

Sunday, 4/11/10...Cheyenne & baby bump

Today we went up to Cheyenne for D's nephew C's 10th birthday. He had 3 friends and some family at the Municipal Pool there. L spent the entire time in the pool w/D and had a ton of fun. I don't think she's ever been in the water that much (they make everyone get out of the pool for 15 min. breaks every hour) and she loved going down the slide with daddy. D was really worn out by the end. After the party, we headed back to D's mom's house with his sister & kids in tow. L had a ball playing with her cousins, especially K. She's 8.5 years old and is great at playing with L. We stayed for dinner and left around 7:45pm. L fell asleep on the way home and we were able to transfer her to her bed with no problem.

Here's the best cousin pics I got (you can see some of the series in the slideshow):

Here's a slideshow of the pics from today:


Videos of L & D going down the slide:


And of course, here's some baby bump pics too: I'm 18 weeks here.

Monday, 12/28/09...laying low

So of course with the Richeys' pending arrival, L came down with a cold on Sunday morning. Then Amanda told me that Cadence was sick too and then Camdyn woke up with a cold this morning. So now there's 3 kids under 3 years old with colds. What that means is that we couldn't really with good conscience go any where fun today like the Children's Museum, etc. So we hung around the house and made a trip to Target to pick up some essentials (with kids confined to carts/stroller) and then ate lunch out. When we got back, Andrew & I took the girls for a little walk around the block before coming back to put L & Cadence down for their naps. Amanda and I then took a walk up the hill with Camdyn but she was fussy the whole time so we didn't go far.

That night, I had a nail appointment so I passed Dave in the street coming home. They had all eaten before I got back (which was kinda nice that I missed the chaos of meal time). The girls all went to bed fairly early and then A & A wanted to spend the evening reading.




The ONLY pic of the cousins from this trip.




Cadence throwing snow at Elodie.






Again, Cadence throwing snow at L.


cousins (only pic of the two of them)




shoving Cadence's car off to her.




Sisters. me & preggo Amanda. The ONLY pic of us from her trip out. This pic was taken while Camdyn managed to open the door (or her cousin/sister opened it for her) and took a tumble down the stairs. :( We were super careful about making sure that door was locked after that much to the elder girls' disappointment!