Family Adventures

So, for the past few months we've heard nothing much from Jackson other then "I'm gonna be 4".  In fact, every time we came up to anyone and they would ask Jacks how he was doing, he must have always thought that they were asking him how old he was because he would immediately answer "Hi, I'm Jackson.  I'm almost 4" and then run off.  Yep, that's my boy!. So, ultimately, we wanted to do something at least semi big for him on his birthday.  As we weren't able to do that on his birth day, we decided on the weekend afterward.  We invited family and friends along with their kids to come celebrate it with us.  We had drinks, cooked hot dogs (kudos to you, Joey) and had carnival games for the kids.  I think we were a little too excited for this as none of the kids really cared about doing any of our "fun" activities.  That is, until we hit the jackpot with the "digging for dinosaurs" in our sandbox and playing in the kiddie po...

So we were able to take a day off of our normal routine and head out to baby animal days at the Heritage Center.  I believe it was the last day to do so and we didn't want Jacks or Lily to miss out.  We met Kristina and Hazel there and headed out on our tiny adventure.  I say tiny because well, there wasn't much to look at.  The best thing about it all was the train ride.  And we all know who that was for, right?  On the first go around I believe that all 3 kids liked it but Lily really didn't want to go around a second time.  I think she was just really tired. We stayed for maybe between and hour and two and then headed home.

About 1 or 2 months ago we were invited to go to an indoor carnival for some family support group and decided to take the kids knowing that Jackson would probably love playing the games.  It was just an OK event.  They had maybe 8 activities that kids could do but 10 minutes in to it all they stopped everyone and had a "speaker" talk to everyone for what felt like a half hour.  My only question is "why?" And I really question why they would do anything like that since there were so many kids.  And now all of them would have to sit there and listen.  Any of you that have kids would know that this is a dumb idea since all the kids are going to be thinking about is the game that they could be playing RIGHT NOW!  We nearly got up and left because of it. However, all in all, we were able to play a few games such as bowling and musical chairs (kind of) and throwing a ball in a cup, which was the only thing lily knew how to do. Anyway, it was still a fun exp...

So sorry I didn't post any of the videos from the last post.  Here they are.  Addie and I continue to laugh on a few of them.  Enjoy. The first few are of the kids sledding.  What we like most is the "Weeeee" from Jacks, and the Giggle from Lily.  Make sure your sound is turned up for those.  Plus, we have us singing to Addie for her birthday, and the last one is the best with Jackson and his tongue. Also.  Don't forget to change it to 720p.  Everything is better in HD! :) (If you missed our last post "Winter -> Spring 1", make sure to go there to see update + pics.)

Wow, it's been so long since we've posted anything. There has been so much that has gone on in the last 5-6 months.  Our two kids are growing up so fast.  Lily's language comprehension is pretty high.  I actually think it's higher than Jack's was at the same age, yet Lily is having just as much trouble getting out the words she wants to say.  Every morning I work at it with her but she makes progress at such a slow pace that it makes you wonder if we'll have to do the 'up to three' program with her as we did with her brother. Not many of us, if any, love winter time.  As most of you know, it seemed as though winter was way worse this year than last but in a matter of a couple weeks, all the snow is pretty much gone.  We aren't complaining though! I think Winter is so crappy sometimes that i just don't care for taking pictures.  I think i only took a few during this whole time.  But now that the weather warmed up, we have been to the park a c...