Walking with Dinosaurs

Darin took the boys to see Walking with Dinosaurs this past weekend. It was a hit. The boys learned a lot about dinosaurs and Garrett would like one of the big ones for his birthday....no worries that if you could even buy them they'd be a hundred thousand dollars, plus the storage shed you'd have to buy to store it in!
Here's a couple video clips of the fun.

Manhattan

The kids and Misty went to Manhattan over MLK weekend. We all had a great time seeing our friends. The boys jumped right back in with their friends like they never left. Next time I'm taking a Uhaul and bringing everyone back with us!!

Here's some proof of the fun.....

Chess tournament

Gavin played in his first chess tournament on Saturday. He played 5 rounds of chess and had a great time. He learned a lot and met some nice kids. He won a door prize - two square tupperware containers that he thought were great for putting treasures/markers/random things in. He's hoping to play in more tournaments.

Sock Hop

There was a sock hop at school on Friday night. Garrett came running out of school yelling across the front lawn....."Mommy, can we go to the sock hop???" He was all dressed up and ready to go when Darin got home from work (dummy mom and dad didn't get a picture). He looked super handsome in his rolled up jeans, a sure sign of a special event seeing how Garrett thinks jeans should be "saved for nice events like weddings." He had his hair all slicked back and some special dance moves. Gavin wanted to stay home and play board games. So, Garrett went and boogied the night away with Darin -- who did not share Garrett's enthusiasm, especially after when he returned with a headache from the volume and number of crazy kids.

My Wonders

Garrett's class has been studying poetry lately and Garrett has a new found hobby....he loves to write poems and illustrate them. Here's his latest (and I think his best). I help him physically write them and if he wants to rhyme, I help him spit out a bunch of rhyming words and he picks one, but other than that it's all Garrett!!

My Wonders

I have lots of wonders.
I wonder what is the truth.
Sometimes I wonder about thunder.
I wonder why the sky is blue.
Sometimes I wonder why you get the flu.
I wonder if the dinosaurs were green.
I wonder how you make a laser beam.
I wonder what God looks like.
I wonder about everything.

A violent guy

Garrett went to play at his friend, Ashleigh's, house the other day. When her mom was taking them to school they were talking about their dads in the car. Garrett was saying that his dad got to ride in a tank, but he didn't shoot the gun because that would be kind of dangerous. Then Ashleigh told Garrett that her dad had lots of guns and liked to shoot them. Garrett said, "Why does he do that?" Ashleigh and her mom told him that he likes to hunt alot. Garrett replied, "Hmmmm (as only Garrett can) sounds like he's a pretty violent guy!"

Skiing

Darin took Gavin and Garrett on their first skiing trip this weekend. The night before they left, Darin and I were talking about what we thought it would be like for the kids. Judging from past outings and events, we thought Garrett would be working on flips after an hour on the slopes and that Gavin would be wanting to go home. Well.........we were shockingly wrong!! Gavin was a natural. Darin showed him the ropes and he just took to it. After the first couple of hours, Gavin was riding the lift and skiing down over and over, while Darin worked with Garrett. Garrett had a rough go of it at first, but once he got some lunch in his belly, he did great, but by the end of the day he was exhausted (as you will see in the photos). Garrett fell asleep on the way home (4:00 pm), was still asleep by 8pm and didn't wake up until almost 8 am! Gavin has asked a couple of times if we can buy him some skis and they both want to know when they can go again.








Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Kierstin and I played all day. We played dolls, kitchen, did laundry (real), and had a great girls day. She skipped nap - a regular event for her these days- and was exhausted. The boys didn't get home until about 6:30 pm, so as we were all eating dinner, Kierstin passed out in the living room. This photo is kind of like where's waldo, there are so many toys and laundry that it's hard to find Kierstin!


Where's Kierstin?? Here's the answer!

Gavin's story part 2

Gavin talked about his story and award on the school news with his principal. Here's the footage.

Sledding

We took advantage of our latest snow storm and went sledding. Here's some footage of the fun!







This is Kierstin's latest photo taking pose....everytime you tell her to say cheese she does that!





Garrett making a snow angel.




Gavin and Kierstin sledding.

Chocolate stains

Kierstin was drinking some hot chocolate when some fell out of her mouth and tumbled down her shirt. Garrett looked over at her and then said to me, "Uhhh, mommy there's a problem." I said, "What's wrong?" He replied, "Kierstin spilled hot chocolate on herself." I said, "Oh, it's okay honey let her finish and we'll clean it up in a minute." He looks at me and says, "Uhh, mommy? Chocolate stains."