We bought a house!

Everyone got to help with the painting before we moved in. All walls were the same before we did some painting.

Sabrina was helping to paint one wall in the living room. Don't EVER walk out of the room while a five year old is painting a wall, not even to just grab something. YES, of course, she decided to help paint a wall we weren't going to paint. Thankfully the curtain covers that spot.

The kids got to choose the color of their rooms for the first time ever. They were super excited. Alex even got to help paint his blue room.

Sabrina's pink room really is that bright. Her room makes the hall glow and it hurts your eyes at night with the overhead light on. Later we may add wainscoting. She loves it.

I love how my laundry closet turned out. It is a softer sage than it looks in the picture.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Goodbye at the airport

We had a great visit. A few tears were shed and my kids immediately wanted to make plans to fly to Florida.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Kids' b-day Party

For the past three years we have had a joint party for the kids that is also a fundraiser for Operation Christmas Child. Like last year only one guest showed up, (besides their grandpa and cousin), but the kids were too excited to notice.

We had a super hero theme this year.

The highlight was destroying the piñata.

The kids had a great time. We did get some stuff for Operation Christmas Child, but we missed the drop off deadline because of our move- we'll save the stuff for next year.

I'm not sure what to think about people who skipped the party after saying they would come. That hurts, but the kids didn't notice and we had cake for days.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Pump It Up

During Wayne and Audrey's visit we went to Pump It Up. Of course we all had a good time.

 And of course I took a bunch of blurry pictures.

Marie-Anne

Playing catch up

I haven't blogged in about a month. We had so much going on that the blog was a low priority.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Clark County Heritage Museum

Today we visited the Clark County Heritage Museum with Wayne and Audrey.

We visited the period homes first. Alex's favorite part is the print shop. However, the kids were impatient to go search for animals.

 

Then we walked some short trails looking for animals. We saw quail, rabbits, a hummingbird, a cool spider, and lizards.

We also spent a few minutes looking at the displays in the main part of the museum.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Wetlands Park and Nature Center

Yesterday, Wayne, Audrey, Alex, Sabrina, and I went to the Wetlands Park and Nature Center.

 

 

First we visited the Nature Center, which is always fun.

 

 

Sabrina and I had fun with magnifying glasses.

Next we hit the trails. Audrey was super excited to see a road runner, quail, American Coot, coyote scat, and bird nests.

 

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's Visit- Game time

 

The cousins and their grandpa played All Around Town.

Marie-Anne

Happy Birthday Sabrina!!!!

Sabrina is now 5 years old!!! She had a very good birthday.

 

 

 She got one present before I took Papa to work. Then Grandpa gave her some money and she got to choose what she wanted- two small stuffed animals and a remote control car. Alex also got to spend his birthday money on Lego, of course. The rest of her presents had to wait until after Papa got home.

 

Her absolute favorite gift is the rabbit that her Aunt Sandy made for her. Sabrina said, “it is the best rabbit in the whole universe,” and that she is “going to sleep with it every night”. (She has so far.)

 

 

We are so glad that Wayne and Audrey got to be here for Sabrina's birthday.

 

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's visit- Barnes and Nobles

 

On Sabrina's birthday, we took the kids to Barnes and Nobles for story-time. Sabrina loves story-time! She told the lady hosting the story-time that it was her birthday so they all sang to her.

 

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's visit- Foxtrot Park

 

Before visiting our new house we took the kids to Foxtrot Park. It is a park not too far from our new neighborhood.

 

 

Frank got to visit with his Dad while I watched the kids.



The kids had fun, but for the most part they looked for trash instead of playing at the playground. Audrey found a pair of discarded sunglasses and the search was on.

 

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's visit- Mission Hills Park

 

The kids were excited to visit a park. They ran around and burned up lots and lots of excess energy. Audrey noticed a girl who was pouting by herself and she coaxed the girl into playing with her- it was real sweet to watch.

Marie-Anne

Wayne and Audrey's visit- Clark County Library

We are excited to have Wayne and Audrey with us this week! The kids are thrilled to be able to spend time with grandpa and their cousin just in time for Sabrina's birthday and their joint party. 

 

 

We took the kids to play at Clark County Library. They thought it was the playground! They were running around playing tag, I think, and hiding the kitchen toys all over the place. We decided to take them to a real playground before we got kicked out.

 

Marie-Anne

Harmony Park

 

On Saturday I took the kids to Harmony Park. There were lots of kids Sabrina's age, but not any Alex's age. Alex and I played Hero Factory and ran around defeating invisible bad guys. It was fun.

 

Marie-Anne