Happy Easter

We had a great easter......easter baskets, church, playing, nap, egg hunt, egg dying and lots of playing and sugar.

Happy 2nd Birthday Andrew!

Birthday Celebrations.
After 3 days of celebrating we are exhausted!
On Friday Andrew celebrated with his friends at school, on Saturday we had a mini party since it was his real bday and then today we had friends over to celebrate. Tons of fun and Andrew loved every minute!

What a great weekend so far.
Andrew and I took the bus to the mall for a cookie and to ride on the little choo choo train. Then we got back on the bus and went to the park. It was so beautiful outside that we called Nelson to bring us a picnic lunch so that we could enjoy being outside a little more. In the afternoon our neighbors invited us over to BBQ and Andrew had a blast with their kids. We ended the day by playing in the sand box in the backyard. I think we are all exhausted.

Zoo Trip

Nelson took Andrew to the zoo today with friends. It couldn't have been a prettier day. His favorite thing was feeding the animals, the goats and the alpacas. The zoo was followed by a trip to McD's, yummy:)

A March warm-up - Spring here we come!

Andrew had a great weekend! The weather warmed up and we were able to ride the bus to the park and to the coffee shop for a cookie. We had a great time. On Monday the weather was great too, so we went to the park again and played in the mud in the backyard. We also went to Backyard Adventures in Urbandale. They sell play equipment but have an area where you can try it all out, it was great. After we ate lunch at a diner and Andrew had a milkshake that they poured into a cup on his head, it was certainly the highlight of the trip.

I can't believe it is March already! Where did February go?

Things have been pretty busy here. Andrew has been enjoying going outside on our few warm days. The snow is all melted and hopefully we won't have anymore, we can but hope.

Happy VDay!

What a great day we all had. The day started very early! Andrew woke up at 4am , went back to bed for a little while and then woke up for good at 5am. We started the morning with blueberry pancakes, Andrew's favorite and then opened our Vday candy and ate some chocolate. Who could ask for a better start to the day!
We played for awhile, Andrew went outside and shoveled snow with Nelson. Then Andrew and I went to Kindermusik class which was tons of fun. After naptime we headed to the big city...Des Moines to get Andrew new shoes. We all ate at Jason's Deli which was a great choice as we were in an out in no time.
Andrew has been a character this week and has been letting it be known what he wants. We have had some interesting mornings getting dressed...but somehow we do make it out the door. Andrew told us yesterday, "Andrew like snow". He is starting to refer to himself by his name. We are really in to train books right now, reading them before bed and right after waking up in the morning. I love it, reading is very relaxing!
I will post pictures soon.

It has been a great weekend here, it hit 50 degrees yesterday. We enjoyed several hours outside in the slushy melting snow, lots of puddles to jump in!
Today Andrew and I rode to the library on the bus. Andrew gets so excited to get on the bus and talked about it all day until we went. Once we were at the library we looked at books for a little while but then he was anxious to get back on the bus to go home.

A new experience

We took Andrew to India Palace to try Indian food tonight. He loved the naan bread dipped in yogurt...yummy....
He has had a great week and even got to go outside and roll in the snow today in the morning and afternoon. We could tell he was able to go out as he was exhauted tonight.
We recently purchased two new train books and Andrew hasn't wanted to read anything else since, we are always talking about them.
When I pulled into the driveway tonight Andrew saw Nelson's truck and said "Daddy's home", it was so cute.
I will be posting more pictures soon.