Monday, December 28, 2015

Rocky Arbor State Park Camping

Our first camping trip of the summer!  With the snow and ice today, I am really looking forward to our next camping trips.  Here we are eating and hanging out in the camper.


It was very mosquitoey (that's a word, right?), so the kids and I watched the fire from the camper.  Colin loooves the fire and stayed up a long time watching it.



We went to the Mackenzie Environmental Center and had a tour of their wildlife.  Everyone agreed the favorite animal that we saw were the wolves.



But by far the most favorite thing we did was net some pond life.  Kayla was talking about all that she found for a long time.  They were even the last ones to be done.  It brought back memories of when I did this in college!  Amazingly, I knew what most of the little critters were too.




Then it was off to Mt. Olympus!  As usual, Kayla wanted to ride on all the roller coasters while Colin kept to the easy rides.





We did manage to convince Colin to go on a kiddie roller coaster and while he looks really excited in this picture, he was absolutely terrified by the time he got off.  It was not the smoothest roller coaster even watching from the sidelines!

Kayla rode her own go-kart for the first time and did an amazing job!  Only 9 very short years left...

Back at the campground one last time.



Monday, December 14, 2015

Colin's Birthday and Early Summer Updates

Last day of school

Forgot to add this pic in from Chicago.  Gotta have a cute one of Mommy and Daddy!


Check out this awesome ninja turtle fruit platter!

Colin sure was excited to open those presents!

More presents!

Clown Nose!

We took the kids to see some spooky dinosaurs.  It took awhile for Colin to realize that they were not real.  But we still had fun.  Especially when it ends with bouncy slides and riding a baby dino!





I love how they both have a not-sure-if-I-trust-this-dino-behind-me look in these pics.

Colin playing soccer at a friend's birthday party.

Kayla's artwork