Discovery Place, Chick Fil-A and Random Fun ~ February 17th - 28th 2013



It has been over a year since we had passes to the Discovery Place and Nature Museum.  I took the kids and Audrey's friend Jacob.  It is amazing how different Audrey reacted to all the activities a year later.  She still loved it all, but she is much more manageable and her attention is a little longer.  







Their favorite activity is still the assembly line area that you see in these pictures where they get to see how their work affects the work of everyone else.  



The picture of the kids below cracks me up! Look at how they are sitting while watching a movie together.



Winter basketball has been fun for AJ, but we are really ready for spring and love that there are already flowers blooming in our yard!


AJ's physical education teacher asked the kids to dress up for the day that they were square dancing. I think he makes a pretty cute cowboy. He does have Wyoming blood in him! Audrey loves to wear the cowboy hat just as much if not more than AJ does. 





Look at those beautiful pink blossoms in February!!


Just a silly picture of Aaron and me.  I can't remember why I took it but I like it. I happen to think I have a very handsome husband!!


I was impressed with how Audrey colored this airplane with her dot markers and actually semi stayed inside the lines.  She is getting better at coloring and drawing in general. Below AJ made a train track that goes under the couch.  He wanted me to take a picture of it. He rarely plays trains anymore which kid of makes me sad.  


AJ loves it when it rains and prays for it to rain so that he can ride his bike in the mud and make tracks.  In this picture he is showing off all the mud that is on his tires.  I don't enjoy cleaning up the mud from his clothes and shoes, but he is so happy getting dirty!



I took the kids to Chick Fil-A when they were celebrating Dr Seuss's birthday.  They had several activities and crafts that the kids enjoyed.  Audrey is finally not terrified of the cow! They also loved to play on the slide there. A man was walking around making balloon animals and things.  Audrey wanted  a sword and Aaron got a hat.






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