Monkey Bar Fun

"Look, Mom!" and there it was! My three year old mastering the monkey bars. This little monkey is all boy for sure! He has learned to do the monkey bars with little effort and no help from us. He's growing up too fast.

Good Day on theLlake

Well, it was a good day on the lake but a hard lesson to learn for our Thomas. Thomas was thrilled that he caught so many fish on the Winter Park Chain of Lakes. He was more excited that we planned on eating them for dinner. When Ken started to clean them he immediately noticed something wasn't right. The fish had worms. Thomas was so sad that he couldn't keep his fish. He cried for hours and thought it wasn't fair. It's a hard lesson to learn for a seven year old.

Relay for life

This year Relay for Life was held on a Saturday rather than it usually beginning on a Friday night. We went to help support such an important cause. The kids played games and bounced in the bounce house. After we had dinner, I went back up for a few hours to walk and to see the luminary presentation. The lone bag pipe player was especially wonderful.  Next year, I plan to head up Relay again for our school. It was sad not seeing our booth there.

Easter

Here are some pictures of our Easter. Nathan put out carrots for the Easter Bunny and the Bunny almost ate them all. We went to church Easter morning and then hosted Easter lunch at our house.

Ken read to Nathan a book that my grandma gave me. Inside is my name hand written by me when I was Nathan's age.

Easter Egg Hunt #2

Easter Egg Hunt #2 was NOTHING like Hunt #1. Hunt #2 was hosted by a Kindergarten teacher at my school. She has done this for 5 years and boy-oh-boy it must take her an entire year to plan it. It was at Fort Christmas park (which we have never been before). There were games galore! The kids played at the balloon dart board and the balloons were stuffed with dollar bills. There was also a fun egg dunk game using a paper plate and toilet paper tube. We all tried it and only one egg broke. Then there was the egg drop. We had to design a contraption that could be dropped from a ladder and be sure that the egg didn't break. Ours didn't thanks to Ken's design. After a yummy lunch it was time for the Egg Hunt. Each family was given a particular egg to find that contained clues. You had to glue the clues to a worksheet and then visit each location around the park to get a secret message. When I mean secret, I mean secret!  We had to use a decoder pen to see the message. The first one to figure out the message and find the hidden golden egg won 25 gold coins. Well, we didn't' win. It was the most detailed egg hunt I've ever done and each year it's different. I can't wait to see what next year's it like!

Easter Egg Hunt #1

Nathan's school hosted an Easter Egg Hunt but due to rain it was moved indoors. The kids had fun meeting the Easter Bunny (something they no longer desire when we see him in the mall.) They got tons of jellybeans and little prizes. It was very quick but I'm glad that his school hosts fun family events.

Transportation day

Nathan's school has an annual transportation day. This year Ken took the boat to show the kids. Nathan was beyond excited! Ken was there a few hours showing all the kids the boat and even though it was a soggy start due to the rain, it turned out great. Nathan's teacher texted me this picture of him visiting Seminole County Sherriff Hum-V. He's just so happy!