Treehouse Museum

We went to the Treehouse museum for the kids' Literacy Night. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it for kids ages 1-8. My kids can spend HOURS there. For this event, the teachers were all dressed as fairytale characters and the kids were allowed to dress up too. I didn't let my kids because I'm a mean mom, and also because I didn't want to get their clothes mixed up with the many, MANY dress ups at the museum. All the kids had fun anyway, so I guess I'm forgiven. :)Playing school. Kati is ALWAYS the teacher.

Logan hates playing school.

In the rodeo center you can ride (plaster)horses and a bull!

Checking out some x-rays in the doctor center.

Playing Angry Birds! He was so excited when he turned the corner and saw this game.

All dressed and ready for their play.

In the science center you can look through microscopes at a bunch of different slides. Kati thought the human hair was really cool, and Logan liked the butterfly wing.

Logan's 6th Bday!

Pin the eyes on the Angry Bird

Awesome hat Aunt Trisha gave him

Amazing and delicious cake made by Tammy Porter

Angry Balloons

Playing Angry Birds with friends

Some of the party goers

Gone but not forgotten

I found all these pics on my old phone and in honor of Hailey turning 3 on Sunday, I thought I would share a few. She is so goofy.
Yes, those are gloves on her feet. haha.

Aerospace museum at Hill Air Force Base 7/14/10

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Back to School

Kati started 2nd grade this year and Logan is in Kindergarten. They both love school. Logan had a hard time the first day and came home with a pink slip. Apparently, he didn't want to go in from recess. But now he's got it all figured out and everyday he comes home and says, "Mom! I didn't get a reminder today!" He's so excited to get a smiley face on his report. Kati knows everyone in her class and loves her teacher. Her backpack got stolen on the first day, but it mysteriously appeared back on her hook the next day, so no harm done. She was sure whoever took it must have made a mistake. For two days she kept telling me different scenarios how someone could have thought that her back pack was theirs. She's a sweet girl. I love that our house is back into the routine of school. I love summer, but the hectic lifestyle starts to wear on me after a while. And I am looking forward to all the Fall holidays. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. :)

4th of July

While watching the amazing fireworks last night with my family all around me, I couldn't help but try to imagine how it must have been for the people who witnessed that long night so many years ago, when freedom was finally won. I thought of the emotions those men and women must have experienced; The elation and relief when their men came back to them, the overwhelming grief when they had to gather those lost to them, the numbness that comes when after much time and struggle, you finally win the prize and it doesn't quite seem real. I am so grateful to live in a country where I am free to make choices for me and my family, where I don't have to worry about our safety or jump at every loud noise. So today I say thanks to those men and women that sacrificed so much to win this piece of ground for me, both at the very beginning and every battle since. I offer my sincere gratitude to the men and women of the armed forces, and their loved ones left behind, who sacrifice their time and effort, and sometimes their lives, so that me and the ones I love can sit together on the 4th of July and celebrate this wonderful nation that I was so blessed to be born in. My kids (and my husband, who are we kidding. Haha.) can enjoy the bursts of light and sound that come from explosives being shot high into the air, with no worry of losing their home or loved ones. We have clean water, plentiful food and indoor plumbing and when I disagree with the government, I can express my unhappiness with no fear of retribution. God bless America!