Just Like Old Times

I loved taking the kiddos to COSI in Ohio when they were little.  The children's section was so much fun, and I honestly can pretty much measure their childhood through pictures taken over the years while we were there.  Little Guy was only 6 months old when we moved, so he didn't really have that same experience as the older kids, and we never really loved the Science museum in Oklahoma the same way as COSI.  The pandemic hit and we stopped going places completely.  I've been feeling bad that I don't do a lot of the fun things with my youngest as I did with my older children.  It hit me that in a few short  months he'll be in school full time.  Kansas City just barely opened up a newly renovated Children's Museum called Wonderscope, so I decided to take Little Guy this week.  He absolutely loved it.

Little Guy went for all of his favorite foods.  It's zero surprise that he ended up with a watermelon or two in his basket.

He spent almost an entire hour at the water station.  It was bringing back all the memories of COSI.  The water table is a revered place in our family. 

You can tell by his shirt just how much he enjoyed himself!

He had such a great time.  He can't wait to go back.  I'm glad I get a little bit more time with him before he's off to school with the big kids.

Game Day

Spring season has been up and running for a couple of weeks now.  Little Lady and BB had their first games on Saturday.  

Both are on the same teams again from the Fall.  Little Lady's team is working on overhanded serves and setting.  It's fun to see the girls improving and learning new skills.  Little Lady had a couple of really great overhanded serves. 

Saturday was picture perfect weather for a soccer game.  BB is most excited about his bright, new cleats.  He went up another shoe size over the winter months.  He keeps growing so quickly!

Little Man also started track this week.  His first track meet is next week. 

Easter Crafting

 

Little Guy had a whole week of Easter theme at preschool.  He loved it!

We also had some crafting fun Easter weekend.  

We dyed Easter eggs while listening to Music of the Spoken Word Sunday morning. A bunch of the eggs were cracked, so we're going to have some very colorful egg salad this week.

The kiddos also did a bunch of activity pages while during General Conference.  We had a couple over for Easter dinner.   It was a lovely day.

Searching for Eggs

Saturday we had our Easter egg hunt first thing in the morning before I headed to work and the kiddos had their games.  Joel had quite a bit of fun hiding them.  The kiddos were looking in all the really hard places, so they missed a few in plain sight.

My personal favorites were BB finding one in the oven, and Little Guy finding one in the bread maker. 

Friend Time

We've been grateful that even though Little Man is typically a very solitary being that he's been enjoying time with other members of his Deacon's Quorum at church.  Last week they went to the Arboretum to go for a night walk, and then he had one of them over to hang out this week.  They put together one of his Kiwi Co kits making air cannons.  

We may be the first parents to be excited that their son was talking on the phone with a friend.  Hahaha.  We're happy to see him socializing and truly enjoying himself with others.    

A Day Late

I completed March do.Good Stitches blocks on the first of April.  Oops.  The month got away from me.  Luckily, they are easy blocks.  She wanted white 8" squares with 3" corners of blues, greens, and grays.

A Lovely Milestone

Little Man is old enough to attend the LDS Temple for the first time.  We've been waiting patiently for things to reopen, so we were thrilled when it was announced that the Kansas City Temple is one of the few temples opening up for baptisms.  Because of regulations, we had the entire baptistry to ourselves for an hour.  It was lovely!  It felt so wonderful to be in the temple after over a year without it.  Such peace!

I can't describe just how wonderful it was to be there with my husband and son. 

Animals, and Ice, and Fun, Oh My!

We squeezed in the Littles' date on the last day of the month.  BB and Little Guy wanted to have their date together again.  Little Guy chose the Zoo and BB chose I Am for dessert.  These two are pretty hilarious to listen to.  They giggled and joked around the entire car ride to the Zoo.  They are so silly and goofy, and there is some definite Little Guy hero worship of his older brother.  He pretty much parrots what BB likes and says. 

They wanted to head to Africa.  I think at least half the animals were not on display, but they didn't seem to mind.  They had a great time.

They particularly loved the carousel and train ride.  

Their Strawberry Limeade Ice was delightful.  (Of course, Little Guy chose the same thing as his brother.  He always waits to see what BB will choose and then he copies it).  These two are so much fun together and have so much energy!  They are quintessential boy!!