Super Mario Brothers
Donkey Kong?
Our friends Batman and Robin
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
VIDEO: Dryer Dance
Drying our hands in public places often becomes quite a production. Here's a relatively tame peak.
Typically Kellen is dancing around wildly in the warm blast of air. He did manage to eat the air, dry his hair and giggle deviously in this one but it's hardly the hyper reaction I usually witness.
Sucker Snow
On the way home from Iowa Kellen worked his way through a sucker that proved to be a little messy.
His black shirt certainly highlights the powdery sugar remnants well. Time to vacuum the truck!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Bubble Boy
A couple drops of bubbles and the jets in Grammie's whirlpool tub turned Aidan into Bubble Boy.
Eagle Football
I had my first chance to check out my old high school's football team (and their new campus) over the weekend. They look pretty good for a young program ending the regular season with only one loss after being ranked #1 to start the year.
The Eagles led 45-0 at the half and it really wasn't that close.
Aidan got to hang out in the press box at half time. Just the second football game in his young life and he's already getting the royal treatment.
Retail Riot
O.k. it's not riot gear...they're for welding but the boys looked like they were ready in the event that a fight broke out in the aisles.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
"A Good Day"
What prompted Kellen to exclaim that he was having a good day shortly after noon on a Friday? We had already found three of our four geocaches for the day (the first...not so hard to spot...below), we had spotted a very large pile of corn (also below) just before munching on free popcorn at the store and there was the promise of more trampolining at Papa and Nana's house when we got home.
It was such a big day he fell asleep on the way to see his other set of grandparents and woke up only to eat and go back to sleeping.
While he was snoozing Aidan and I (and my mom) hit the Pella Christian football game. It was the first I'd been able to attend and a nail biting affair that saw the Eagles take a slim 45-0 lead into the locker room at the half.
It was a good day for me too!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Around the World
We attended Aidan's school program last night. Each grade (KD through 5th grade) took a different continent and gave facts and sang songs about them.
I was standing in the back of the gym holding a sleeping baby so my pictures are not magazine quality. The first shows the KD (preschool) kids dressed as penguins from Antarctica. Aidan is in the red shirt behind the microphone stand in the second. His class was South America.
I learned that giraffes only need 12 minutes of sleep each day making the event enjoyable and mind blowing.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Camo Fish
Aidan's learning about fish at school (and sharing some strange and interesting facts with me on the car rides home). He had a take home task of creating two fish that were camouflaged.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Caching In
The big boys and I headed out late this afternoon to finish the job on our first geocaching location. Turns out what seemed like the obvious hiding place was not the spot we were supposed to be focusing on. We eventually moved our search and came across the goods.
Our first find!
We then headed to another nearby hiding place and took a nice walk through the woods. When the phone beeped and told us we were down to 10% battery life our pace quickened and as we neared the location...our battery died. Might have to go back tomorrow and finish the job. Next time we'll head out fully charged!
Super Comfy
Kellen got a little too relaxed on the couch yesterday and drifted into an unscheduled nap.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Treasure Hunters
Aidan and I set out on our first geocaching adventure tonight. Equip with Rachel's iPhone and a new application we headed down to the wooded area behind a local park to hunt for our first treasure.
We found the general area...
a shovel someone conveniently left for us to use...
and learned a few things:1. Leave Logan at home--Rachel was not feeling well so we took the little guy along. Rumbling through the woods with an eight month old is tricky though he seemed to be loving the trek as much as his big brother. When it came to digging in the right spot though I was two arms short and not able to assist. We opted to come back another day to finish the job.
2. Dress for the hunt--Not only did I bring the baby...I wore sandals and shorts. I now have two very nice, no longer bleeding, scratches on my right leg. Next time I'll wear better shoes and protect all my parts.
3. Aidan's jacked up for more hunting--There's a ton of hidden caches nearby and back home near the grandparent's house. We will be back on the trail of new hidden goodies very soon.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
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