Weekend Fun

We had a fun morning with Sam and Tommy at the park. They were full of energy and had a fantastic time climbing, sliding, and just running around. It was a little chilly outside, and we had to take a towel to dry off all the slides, but the boys had fun!

Even daddy did some playing though he was perturbed that he was caught in the act! Really, he was trying to teach Jack how to climb up.

While Jack had his nap, I had some time to do crafts, and then after Jack woke up, he wanted to do an activity so we made some "melting" snowmen that I'd seen on a preschool blog. I made a dough out of baking soda, salt, soap, and water. We built and decorated the little snowman.

Then, we let Jack "melt" it by squirting it with a bottle of vinegar.

He had to dig through the melted snow to find the snowman's parts. He enjoyed playing for awhile. 

Then, we had to do it one more time. 

It was very fun, especially since Jack has been missing snow this winter. He asks for it all the time, but of course there's none to be found. 

San Diego

We had a great, very quick trip to San Diego last week. I didn't take very many pictures, but here's what I had. Jack really enjoyed some time at the park and at the beach. We all enjoyed beautiful, warm sunny weather while we were there. 

 While I was working, Jack and Mike enjoyed touring the Midway Aircraft carrier (no pics) and visiting the beach.

 This is the view from our hotel room on the 18th floor.

 Jack had fun teaching grandma how to play his iPad racing games.

Jack really enjoyed hanging out with his cousins and seeing his Grandmas and Papas.

We got home at midnight Wednesday and then both had to work the next day, so my birthday was pretty quiet. We'd planned to go out to dinner, but decided we were too tired. However, over the weekend, my husband made it up to me by taking me to a lovely dinner and buying me a birthday "slice" of coconut cream pie. Yum...

Northwest Trek

We were terrible about taking pictures at Christmas, though we did a good job calling everyone for a video chat, so I guess that sort of counts.

Today, we went to Northwest Trek just for a quick day outing. It was a fun little zoo. They have a big open area and they drive you through on a tram to see the animals. They just have animals that are native to the region. The weather held off really well until the last 10 minutes, when we got soaked walking back to the car.

 This bobcat had a cute story. A couple found him abandoned as a kitten and took him home, thinking he was really a kitten. Surprise! They gave him to the wildlife park when he started to grow up.

Santa Babysitting

We're either the coolest babysitters or the dumbest. We loaded up all three boys and took them to the Santa Cheer Party at the YMCA. The backseat was very crowded.

The boys got balloon animals, ate a cookie, decorated picture frames...

and even participated in a dance party.

Tommy ran around like a mad man all night...That kid is fast!

Of course, the highlight of the evening was Santa. Tommy did not want to stay on Santa's lap!

Needless to say, Mike and I were very tired by the end of the evening.