Spring Break

The kids had a 2 week spring break!

 

 

We went to a fun restaurant where you raise your hand and they'll throw you rolls from across the room.  The rolls were huge and delicious.

We met a ton more kids in our neighborhood and we've been spending a lot of time outside.  Winter ended and spring started almost overnight, it was weird.

We went to this park in Saint Louis and I realized I missed the inner city diversity of my youth.

Having fun and making messes

 

On the Saturday after the first week of spring break we drove up to Chicago to meet Kelsy, Brett, and Riah! Yay!!

  

We went to the zoo in Chicago.  Sadly I didn't get a good picture of everyone together but here are the kids, although Riah is hidden a little by Eliza's hair.

We went to a yummy and famous pizza place in Chicago.  We were very lucky to have aunt pixie come to the zoo and out to dinner with us.  The kids loved that they got to write their names on the walls/chairs.

 

One of the most exciting things for them was staying in a hotel.  It was saint patricks day weekend so we got to see (briefly) the river that they dyed green.

 

Andrew at the bean.

 

I love this picture.  I wish I knew what they were talking about. Kelsy?

The Chicago bean was fun.  I didn't even know it existed before.

 

We went to the aquarium in Chicago, they had some pretty cool sea life including a very large sea turtle and a beluga whale.  They also liked the penguin slide.

We got to take Kelsy and Riah home with us for the week!  The first day was the nicest and we walked to the park next to our house.

Green waffles and lucky charms for saint Patrick's day breakfast.

My camera was dead the day we went to the zoo so I only have a few pictures that I took from Kelsy's camera.

Cute sleeping babies.  Eliza loved having Riah over (we all did).

We went to the arch but the tickets were sold out to go up to the top.  I love my Hannah!

 

There is a large children's museum here called the magic house.  Ethan loved taking this computer apart.  I was happy because I had made him a tinkering kit for his birthday (box with screwdriver and stuff to take apart) so I was glad he enjoyed it.  Daniel brought an old computer home from work and Ethan loved taking it apart.

The girls loved putting things in the wind tunnel with Kelsy.



They had a china exhibit going on.  They are preparing to march in the parade :). 

Cute girls.  I think its funny that all the other kids have cousins that they love and talk about and Eliza always talks about Lucy and Riah. :)

 

Ethan loved the panda bear rescue center.  He loves animals!

 

Andrew helped carry the dragon for the parade.

Happy girls riding bikes.

We celebrated Ethan's birthday at the park.

Eliza loves her daddy.

 

 

Ethan got a soccer ball for his birthday.

I love my Ethan and can't believe he is 4!

Happy Birthday buddy!

 

It was sad to say good-bye to Kelsy and Riah but we had a great time with them and a fun spring break.  Some other things we did were go to the swimming pool and we spent a lot of time playing in the basement and jumping on the trampoline.  I didn't get pictures of those things.