Kindergarten Field Trip to COSI

I was able to chaperone 2 of Colin's field trips this school year.  Toward the end of the year, we went to COSI.  Colin got paired up with his best buddy in class - we wasted no time checking everything out!

We checked out the Crocs exhibit first...

Albino

Replica of one that once lived - he was huge!

Then we checked out the ocean and the kids went in a fake control station of a submarine

This part was my favorite - water everywhere!

After lunch, we checked out the dinosaurs

And went outside for a bit

Progress is always fun to check out

This kid's a nut...

Future NBC4 news crew 😆

They wanted to head back to the submarine and go in before we left!  They were nervous to do it the first time around.

We all had a really good time on the field trip and the boys were so well-behaved!  I didn't get any pictures of the Gadgets exhibit - it was so crowded and had lots going on!  I'm thankful I was able to spend a fun day with the little dude.

Fancy Camera Practice

In early March, I signed up to take a MomTog class through a family friend who has taken our family photos for years (she's also been a friend since before we had kids).  She and her business partner taught an hour long class to help us navigate our "fancy" DSLR cameras.  I don't use my camera much - it's much easier to just snap a photo with my phone.  I've been trying to practice a little here and there. It's like a foreign language - if you don't use it, you forget.  There are so many settings and so many different places to change the settings.  And there's lighting and distance, and yadda yadda.  It's a lot for my little brain to comprehend.  Here are some images I had fun with.

Easter 2019

The kids are big fans of Easter morning and love all of the traditions we have created thus far.  They usually wait until a reasonable time to wake us up (around 7:00 in the morning) - one will wake up before the other, so we hang out in our room until the other wakes up.  This year they decided they would hunt for Easter eggs first and then check out the goodies in their Easter baskets.  It's really cute to watch them look for eggs - they help each other out and will even share to make sure things are somewhat even.  Their excitement is contagious and we have a really good time all morning.

It didn't rain that weekend, so the Easter Bunny hid eggs inside and outside!

The Easter Bunny behaved this year and didn't go overboard on the candy and brought more practical gifts - sunglasses, books, iTunes gift card, LEGOs.  Good job, Easter Bunny.  I played around with my camera a bit, trying to get some decent photos.

We waited to dye Easter eggs with my parents on Easter day.  We had brunch that morning at our house and my brother came and spent the day with us.  He even got Cadence to learn to ride her bike without her training wheels!  It was an awesome day!