pump it up!

Little nael attended a double 3rd birthday celebration for Makenzie and Taylor today at Pump It Up and she had tons of fun! She was bouncing around and sliding down with Evan and Mack as well as Makenzie. Afterwards, the kids had some snacks and cupcakes. Little nael wants to go back and we will, one day soon.

sick, sick, sick!

Little nael has been sick the last 2 days so she missed school this week. She has a fever, a cough and a runny nose! This morning I told nael that I had to go to her school today as a helper. She perked up and said that she'd help me set up for snack. Sadly, I had to tell her that she needed to stay home because she was too sick to go to school. I felt bad too because ever since she went back to school from the holiday break, she's been asking me to stay in school with her as a helper. I did tell her that I'd be helping out in school in a few weeks and the day finally comes and she has to stay home, sick! I'm hoping and praying she gets better tomorrow....

park and zoo!

Took little nael to Tanglewood Park this morning to meet up with her friends, Allie and Evan. Then later on in the afternoon, my parents and I took the kids to the zoo. The day started out nice and warm but by the time we got to the zoo, it was windy. The zoo was also a zoo....it was a holiday today and also a free day at the zoo so it was crowded. Thankfully, tons of people were leaving by the time we got there. We saw the giraffes, camels, zebras, sea lions and entered Bird World for the very first time. This was also the first time that we didn't visit the orangutans and gorillas! Little nael rode the carousel and by that time, it was getting too cold so we headed home.

swimming

Snowboarder and I took the kids for a swim at the Apex Center. Unfortunately, it was really busy and the place was crowded so we didn't stay too long. We stayed long enough for nael to play in the kids area and the big pool and for baby j to splash around in the kids area. If I remember correctly, this is baby j's 3rd time to go for a swim. I'm sure he'll be in the water more often this spring and summer!

Children's Museum

Finally took baby J to the Children's Museum for the very first time with big sis nael and it looks like he had fun. He toddled everywhere and even rode on the fish boat with big sis!

Allie's birthday

One of little nael's good friends, Allie, had her 4th birthday party at the rec center this morning. Little nael had fun at the gym, tumbling around, shooting hoops, goofing off with friends from school, and playing with the parachute. Little nael used to take gymnastic classes at this rec center so she was excited to be back. She's been asking me if she can take tumbling classes again so I'll just have to sign her up again soon.

Fire station

Little nael's class won a field trip to a fire station for having the most number of people attend the school auction. So yesterday morning, snowboarder and I took nael to the South Metro Fire Station while my parents stayed home with baby j. Little nael joined her classmates and toured the station. We saw the kitchen, sleeping quarters, fitness room, TV room, the fire poles and the fire trucks. The kids got a kick from seeing the fire pole and tried repeatedly to slide down from it. I don't know about snowboarder but I thought the field trip to the station was fun!