Beer Guy

We took the kids to the Zoo in Madison today. They all wanted to play on the playground there. I let Zia start climbing this rope ladder. I never thought she would go up the whole thing. I really thought she'd get a few steps and her feet would fall through or she'd tumble down to me. Nope. She did the whole thing, making me pretty nervous the higher she got.

After the zoo, we went to the union. Only in Madison does the beer guy (the one carrying all the empty plastic pitchers) get cheered on when he keeps stacking pitchers, and gets booed when another worker tells him he can't try picking all of these up at once. He did have the original stack by himself, but those few extra on the top made it really unstable.

Baby

Spring Break, Day 8, we spent 4 hours today at an indoor kid playground. The girls had a blast and were not ready to leave when it was time. We had to get to the library though and it was getting late. I was sure they would all fall asleep early, but I was wrong. It was another late night for them.

I was reading to them today and one of them obviously farted. It smelled so bad. I asked Eiley and she denied it. I asked Arya and she denied it. I said "I know one of you farted." Zia then yells "baby", grabs her butt, and laughs. I'm glad we cleared that up.

Hiding Zia

Spring Break, Day 6. We had another friend over today. She was here about 5 hours. We got a lot of time outside during that time, despite it being cool. The girls all played down the street with our neighbor's kids and had a blast. Later, we went to the library and picked up a bunch of new books. One of those was a Strawberry Shortcake book. In it, some of the characters give each other gifts. For an adult, it is very evident at the end of the story what will be in two surprise boxes. I asked the twins what they thought would be in the boxes. They both yelled out "twins" at the same time.

Zia started hiding today. I was cooking and she kept yelling for me. I went to check on her and she was like this. How cute.

Kid Approved

Spring Break, Day 5. The girls had a friend over today for about 6 hours. We got an extra seat from her mom and were able to go to a park. We also had a shaking party and made butter.

After our shaking party, we made some pretty awesome whole wheat blueberry muffins. Everyone approved.

Easter 2014

We had a long fun filled day today. We were to church just before 8:00 for a breakfast, the kids sang at both services, but since there was no Sunday school, we were able to leave by about 10:40.

We came home, did a few little things and then let the kids hunt for eggs in the back yard. Then they did a hunt with some neighbor kids and we hung out outside for hours. It was so nice and warm today. I did not cook a big dinner since no one was coming over. Instead, we went out to a pub type place downtown and had burgers for dinner. We were the only people there, so the kids were allowed to do whatever they wanted. Cork ordered some fried pickles for an appetizer. He asked the girls if they wanted more. Arya told him "I haven't finished mine yet. I am still deciding if I like it."

Arya drew this picture today of her walking a dog.

Zoo Easter

Day three, and we took the kids to the Zoo. It was cold this morning. The Easter activities were a lot of fun, but it was cold. We really need it to warm up. We were all chilly and didn't have enough clothes with us.

We Have a Runner

Day two of spring break started with an Easter Egg hunt at a local grocery store. I wanted to get a good pic of the kids after. The twins picked the location. Zia had other plans. In the time it took me to focus, she was gone.