Almost a giggle

 

Treehouse Museuam

Yesterday Jessie and I loaded up the kids and headed to the Treehouse museum, sure glad our kids are pretty good at car travel so we can go on our "adventures". We met up with our cousins Natalie & Jamie, we discovered if you want to actually visit don't meet at a place where there are so many things for kids to run and play.

The twins loved these little costumes, they didn't want to take them off.

 Amelia kept saying "I'm a sheep cowboy!" She wouldn't accept that she was a cow

 We learned there was a traveling Curious George exhibit and since these kids love him it was the perfect time to go visit.

 Amelia & Ruby playing with the animals. 

 Shadow puppets

Two little mommies, they love babies and probably would have taken these home.

 There was a cute diner where the kids could cook the food and serve their parents, Noah and Ruby were very good little chefs.

Back to the George Exhibit, Noah really enjoyed being the doorman in George's lobby.

 Music time! This room was very loud but the kids loved it. 

We love these adventures with our cousins! 

Happy Birthday Opa

Sunday we had the opportunity to travel down and celebrate Opa's birthday which was yesterday. I love that my kids get the special experience of knowing their great grandparents so well. Noah was so excited to see Opa waiting the few hours to leave was like torture to him.'

At one point I didn't know where Noah was and found him with Opa waiting for the cuckoo clock to go off, Opa had changed the time so it would go off for Noah to see.  These memories for him with his great-Opa are precious to me.

"Happy Birthday!" 

Alaina impresses me in heels she carried a lit birthday cake without a second thought, I can't even walk in them. 

 Lily and Opa

 Lily and Oma

 I realize the next photos are basically all the same but the sequence of trying to get a photo was to cute and funny to not share.

Noah had to put his arm around Oma like Opa did, he is always trying to be as big as everyone else. 

Lily was ready for a nap and kept yawning instead of cooperating for a picture

 Lily with Aunt Alaina. Lily loves her aunt Alaina always but when she spoke french to her that night she went nuts with excitment, guess babies like french.

 I love this sweet picture of Lily with her Grandma and Great-Oma

 Alania, Oma and Opa

Happy Birthday Opa, we love you!

Marks birthday weekend

Marks Birthday is tomorrow and due to work schedules we have been celebrating this weekend.

Saturday we went out for Indian food, we crashed Valentine's Day and celebrated birthday with our kids instead. Most people didn't seem to mind, one lady gave us a dirty look but whatever.

Sunday we had dinner with granddad, grandma, aunt Marianne and mom h. 

Grandmas birthday is the day after Marks so we all had cake together 

How do you eat chocolate cake? 

What you mean not like Noah?!? He was bouncing around for hours waiting for this cake to be cut.

Happy early birthdays to great-grandma and Mark!

Noah had to practice for his birthday 

Grandma and Lily :) 

Today we went to Herms for a brunch that after the almost hour wait was actually lunch. We enjoyed the strange February weather and went for a walk while waiting for our table. 

As always germs was well worth the wait. Noah went for breakfast, French toast and he even ordered seconds 

Mark went for the Cuban sandwich and me for a hamburger...YUM!

We spent time running errands than went out to visit Eliza and Amelia, they ask daily for uncle Mark and today it worked out for a visit. We walked to the park Lily enjoyed it until the wind started so we went back inside with Jessie and the guys took the older kids to the park. 

We are ending our celebration with left over chocolate cake and a movie after Noah is in bed. Happy Birthday Mark! We are very blessed you are in our lives.