Spring Break 2012

Yep, that's right. We will always get our Spring Break together, because mommy is a teacher!! :)

This is technically your 2nd Spring Break, but the first one was the last week of my maternity leave, so we didn't really count it as a "spring break"...so we will count this year as your first Spring Break! :) And Boy did we have fun!

We started the week off by heading to Buhler on Friday after school. I packed a HUGE bag of toys and a HUGE bag of snacks to get us through the 2 1/2 hour drive! It worked! We had TWO toys left when we got to Buhler.....I packed Just enough! :)

The first thing you had to do was try out Elijah's bouncy seat! :) Silly girl!

You kids just hung out most of the time! You all three do so well with each other! :)

Elijah turned TWO months old while we were there!! He's getting so big! :)

On St. Patrick's day we made hand-print Shamrocks. You enjoyed the finger paint!!

Such a sweet photo of you two in your green outfits! :)

I had to include this photo - because you two girls are going to be so silly together as you grow up! :)

We went to the park! It was so much fun! You have no fear! You were climbing all the way up to the top of the play center. You loved hanging out in the tunnel, and you went down the slide a couple of times with your mommy!

We cheered on KU in the NCAA tournament! This night you cheered them on to the sweet sixteen! It was a rough, rough 1st half...hence your face! :)

You love your baby Elijah! This is the first time you got to hold him!

Rebekkah went to see her other grandma Monday and Tuesday, so it was just us, Elijah, Jami, Papa, and Mimi. It was slightly quieter. Mimi and Papa caught the flu on Monday, so they didn't really hang out with us. Then Tuesday your Mimi came with us to take pictures in Wichita and to do some shopping! You did so good! You just love other kids so you walked around the photo place saying hi to everyone!! :)

Then, on Wednesday we went and saw Grandma-great and Grandpa -great! You loved seeing them! We went to the pizza place in town for lunch and you ate 2 1/2 pieces of pizza!!! Crazy!! Then we  headed back to Ottawa!

On Thursday your Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Melisa came up! Grandpa and daddy started tearing out our upstairs. We had to do some fixing-up, and us girls headed up to KC to meet Naomi and hang out.

On Thursday we went to Crown Center. You had your first slice of NY styled pizza! You LOVED it! Of course! :) After that we went to this animal exhibit that was free! There were so many kids it was crazy!! But it didn't seem to bother you! You just ran around and joined in teh fun! Here are some photos of your time there:

Climbing stairs with Auntie M

You went into this little cave, and there was another little boy in there making "roaring" sounds like a dinosaur....You FREAKED out and started crying!!! SO....

Aunt Melisa quickly went in to save you and bring you out!

We also went shopping at Crown Center, I'm not sure I've ever been there, it was pretty neat. Here you are reading a story at the Crayola store with your grandma!

That evening your Auntie M stayed the night with us and you guys played and played! I can't believe I didn't take any photos of you and her that night!!

Friday we got up and headed back towards KC and we went to The Legends, an outside shopping center. You did so good, considering you didn't take a name until 5:00 when we headed back towards Ottawa!!

Your Uncle Andrew came and met us for lunch! It was so good to see him!!

After lunch we went shopping! You LOVE purses and bags lately. So at this store you walked around picking up every possible purse!!

Such a cute photo of you with your Auntie M and Auntie Naomi! You loved shopping with them!!

You did pretty good Friday, however, I think you might be teething or not feeling too well. Your entire shirt was soaked with drool by the time we left The Legends. You never drooled with your other teeth, or as a baby, so I'm not sure why you are now. You've been pretty fussy tonight too. I'm worried you might not be feeling too well, hopefully that means lots of snuggles tomorrow!

Tomorrow is Saturday, it's our first day without plans. We're just going to hang out at home. I do have some school stuff I have to get finished! But hopefully I can complete that during your nap time! Then Sunday will come, and then we have to go back to work/daycare on Monday! :( But that's okay, only 8 more weeks and then we have SUMMER!!!!!!! :)

Thanks for spending a great Spring Break with me!!

I love you little girl,

Mommy!