Martin Luther King Day

We had a fun day off of school and stayed warm at the pool, despite it being a very chilly 10 degrees. Camden had no fear of the water and went down the slides all by himself.
Parker reminded me when we got home that we hadn't celebrated Martin Luther King. We read about him after dinner and celebrated him with a frosted brownie cake. We talked about how our family is possible because of his dedication to Civil rights.

Trick or Treat

The kids had a great time trick or treating, Dad took the first half and Mom the second. Camden napped the whole time we were gone and missed out on dressing up this year. Oh well, plenty more years to come and he was festively dressed in a Halloween shirt all day.
Parker and Iris' friend Nora from school who lives one block away came and went trick or treating with us.

Gabe's Preschool Halloween Party

As cute as cute can be a bunch of 3 year olds doing a costume parade and singing Halloween songs.

Haunted House Decorating and Pumpkin Carving

We had a fun weekend getting ready for Halloween, on Saturday we decorated our Haunted House and on Sunday we carved our pumpkins. We are definitely ready for Trick or Treating...more pictures to come!

Go Bananas

I bought a Groupon for Go Bananas, an indoor arcade with rides, and they have gone bananas for the roller coaster which I think they have ridden more than 25 times. They've also had fun playing the games, winning tickets, riding a couple other rides and eating pizza and cotton candy.
We had a great weekend with Dad too. On Saturday we went to a fundraiser for our friend Tommy, who has leukemia. Sunday was fun too with a family hike at Graue Mill.
Lots of playing on the long weekend off of school!

Day at the Zoo

A bit cold at 50 so we found lots of things to do inside, indoor exhibits, dolphin show and our ever favorite Children's play zoo, complete with face painting, pretend vet, plant watering and much more.

Our day at the Museum of Science and Industry

The kids have a 5 day weekend so we are trying to keep ourselves busy. We all enjoyed ourselves at the Museum and time went so quickly. We saw an IMAX movie called born to be wild about orphan elephants and orangutans and 2 women who have been rescuing them for 30 years and raising them and returning them to the wild, it was a great movie. Then we explored the space exhibit, children's play area, did the Coal Mining experience exhibit and finally a quick run through science storms and standing in the tornado vortex. There wasn't too many people there so that made the trip even better. The kids were telling me on the way out all the things we missed doing on this trip.