Arthur's Strawberry Jam

We took the kids to Arthur on Saturday afternoon for their Strawberry Jam. They did have some fun inflatables that Brock thought were the nuts! Jillian on the other hand, not a fan. I did take her down the big slide twice, which I think she thought was fun, but Brock on the other hand just kept going up and down, up and down that slide. He was having a blast! I'm thankful the guy working let him just keep going and going. After playing we of course couldn't leave without a strawberry shake-up and a corn dog! It was a fun Saturday! Here's a super short video of Brock going down the slide.

Tuckered Out

This is what you get at 7:45 pm when you've been out and about all day and have not taken a nap...

They DO Love Each Other!!!

See...I told you that they can be sweet with each other!

LOVE/HATE Relationship

So, I thought I'd be "fun mom" and take the kids out with me while I ran a few errands. I wanted to take them to meijer to get a little swimming pool that I can put on our patio and get me a little beach chair so I can get some sun on my white legs! Well, we made it pretty well through the store, up until check out time. I thought I'd try to do the self-check out for a change and boy, was that a mistake. While checking out, Jillian managed to scratch the puddin' out of poor Brock's face. I guess she was ready to go! I didn't realize at the time how bad it was until we got out to the car. No wonder he was screaming bloody murder in the store. Some days they love each other, other days....well, not so much.

Fun At The Children's Museum

While we were in Indianapolis we had to make a visit to the Children's Museum. It was really fun! It brought back some field trip memories from back in my teaching days. I think that's what had me prepared for the visit, unlike TJ, who thought it was a lot of WORK. The first area we hit was the dinosaur section. I wasn't sure if Brock was going to like it or not since we've been having dinosaur nightmares, but he did! Then it was on to the train section, which he is a HUGE Thomas the Train fan. Getting him out of that section wasn't very pleasant. Then they had some water activities where they could play with little sail boats and see how dams and rivers work. There was just so much other stuff, too. There was one section specifically for kids five and under and that was a big hit, too. It was definitely worth it and I look forward to going back when they are bit older!

Lions, Tigers, and Bears...OH MY!!!

Ready or not...here we come!









This Memorial Day weekend we took a little family vacation to the Indianapolis Zoo. It was super hot outside and yet the kids were little troopers and really loved going through the zoo. We saw lots of animals and actually went through the zoo faster than we thought. Some things were just too hard to see and we weren't about to stop and read every little posting about the animals. I think Brock's favorite thing was the playground we stopped and played at before the dolphin show. It was a long day and they were definitely tuckered out!

Aunt Ashley is a College Graduate!

We drove down to Arkansas for Ashley's Harding University graduation. My baby sister is a college graduate! (Makes me feel a little old, considering I graduated from there 9 years ago!) We had a great time hanging out with Uncle Dustin and Stacy and getting to swim in the hotel pool. Brock loved it and Jillian, well, it took her awhile to warm up to the idea, but they didn't want to get out after they figured out how much fun it was! It was a great weekend. TJ didn't get to make the trip due to work, but I managed pretty well. Brock I think is going to start needing to wear his leash when we go out. For some reason, he feels the need to runaway from me whenever I put him down anywhere we go. Talk about annoying and frustrating! Then he of course got restless during the graduation and ended up dropping his Lightening McQueen car down the bleachers onto the floor. Luckily we got him back when we had to take our own personal intermission. We ended up getting all of Ashley's stuff loaded up in a U-Haul trailer and off we headed back to Illinois. I guess the next Harding trip will be when Brock heads down for college!