ZOO

on another cousin escapade we went to the zoo. our little zoo is a bit sad, but you can see the giraffes from the street, and hear the sea lions too! there is a pretty sweet little "dig" where you can find fossils and get sand in all the hiding spots of your little ones body.

Bounce, Bounce then FLLYYY!

more updates from the cousin brigade. the little kids and the babies and the mama's went to a place called roly polies. it's a super fun kid playroom/gymnastics center that has been a hit for a bizzilion birthdays that our kids have partied at. oh, and also the scene of toran's head wound in the fall that required stitches! we all had so much fun, bouncing on this huge long tramp, and climbing on all sorts of things. the babies just loved to walk and be free, and haven loved this little baby rollercoaster. at the end the kids got to go crazy on the zipline! 90 minutes of exhilerating exhaustion, that thanks to toran's injury was FREE!

"Tagging" the Sheets

i found this excellent outdoor craft idea from family fun magazine, and the kids all loved it! crazy and messy which seems to be necessary for good kid fun! cabes had a few moments of sadness when he had to share his green "special color" with the others.

Our Backyardigans

afton and cabes had much fun outside: on the rope swing, picking pine needles off the tree, playing restaurant or as caleb calls it "fooder", digging and digging and more digging. the rest of the kids, especially the babies, loved it too.

Quick, Look It's Niagara Falls

We ventured up to the falls for a very brief visit. the coolest part about for the kids: the bus ride to and from the parking lot!

Looks Good, But Don't Eat It!

liz and i tried hard to find some tasty cupcakes, and other treats during the visit. so far we've come up empty. i think i'll have to explore patisseries with glenn on date nights!

Cousins, Cousins Everywhere

we had a fabulous time with lizzie and afton and abel. we had many adventures, and crazy fun!

Happy "Tin"-th-aversary

so my man and i celebrated our big 1-0 on april 25th. we went out on the town, and had fish. expensive, super tasty, fish. it was delicious, and we also had a spinach loaf. now hold on, its not what you think. take yummy french bread and load it up with butter and garlic and spinach and cheeses. hello! yumm... we finished off with perfect desserts i had a mandarin mousse and glenny had some nut thing that he liked. the kicker was that we were in buffalo, and the way we knew that was because near the end of dinner, there were yells and everyone hustled towards the beautiful bar that had the wonderful pianist to watch THE GAME! waitors included. crazy, but yes supportive of the beloved sabres.

Has Legs Will Travel

haven has found the kitchen drawers and she means business! this girl tosses cups like a crazy person, and has also located the baking ingredient cupboard. that means piles of salt and croutons and flour throwing. baby locks will be up and running asap!

New Belts

Ciela and toran both have moved up in belt levels within the last few weeks. they love tae kwon do! this is ciela breaking a board and sparring during her test. then receiving her new belt.

Caleb Surgery All Done!

it has been awhile since our last update, but i'm trying to catch up!

caleb made it through surgery and was bounding around eventually, after a bit of tears and some morphine, and of course a few thomas toys.










toran wrote a cute little story at school about cabes:

"When is my brother coming home? I can't wait until Caleb comes home. Where is he? 7:00 a.m. No. That's when I go to bed. I hope he's ok. Oh, is he? Time to go to school. I know he's not home yet. It's time to go home is he home? Mom? Yes. Is he happy? Yes. Did he open all the presents? Not yours. Ok. When? At 7:31. Wow.