Dylan is hiding behind the mask (wearing the blue shirt). This is a rare picture, though, because Dylan broke his mask before the program began. It was nice, though, because we got to see his face and facial expressions throughout the program.
T-Rex Restaurant: I didn't want to take too many pictures at this place because the flash is so obvious in a dark restaurant. However, this was the view above our heads.
Evan wanted me to take his picture while he was coloring. He look so serious!
Dylan stuck his head inside one of the dino's. Do you have any wonder who chose this restaurant, the boys or me?
Different Point of View: Kansas City, Missouri (the zoo) So, I'm wondering what this chimp is thinking?
Perspective Shot: Kansas City, Missouri (the zoo) I'm not sure if the boys are entertained by the gator or if the gator is "entertained" by the boys.
Touch: Evan at the Legends (Kansas City, Kansas)
Taste: Dylan eating Chipotle
Sight: A book
Sound: The Kansas City zoo (We were able to hear his roar from quite a distance!)
Smell: I've spent the last eight Saturdays at The View in Grandview, Missouri. There's nothing quite like spending two hours in an indoor swimming pool for swim lessons. The smell of Chlorine is so strong that I leave with burning eyes, and I'm not the one taking swim lessons!
Sign of Spring: Bike trail in Grandview, Missouri
Flowers: Kansas City, Kansas (The Legends)
Letter in Nature: Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Zoo) Do you know how hard it is to get two hippos to pose for a "V"? :)
Trio: Cabella's in Kansas City, Kansas
Fish: Cabella's in Kansas City, Kansas
Skyward: Kansas City, Missouri
Mother Earth: Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Zoo) I'm an English teacher, and when I teach American Literature we always read Native American Creation Stories. "The World on the Turtle's Back" was the first thing that came to mind for me when I thought "Mother Earth".
Something Rare: My kids vacuuming? Yeah. That's rare. Very rare!
Something Healthy: Can I put a plug in for Chipotle? It's my FAVORITE "fast food". I think you could eat this stuff every day and not gain weight. (Okay, you might have to avoid the chips, the sour cream, the taco shells, etc. to "not gain weight", but the burrito bowl above is healthy!)
Something Colorful: Kansas City Zoo (I never knew there were BLUE frogs. It looks fake, but I promise it's real!)
Something Triangular: Overland Park, Kansas
Last Thursday during Spring Break, Louann and I met at the zoo. It'd been about a year since the boys and I had been there, as we didn't renew our membership last year. (The season pass to Worlds of Fun seemed to be the only season pass we needed last year.) Anyway, the above picture is of the boys with Louann's grandkids. It was a great day to be at the zoo!
Kelly Pittard's wedding was on Saturday. Here's a picture of the ol' team, minus Louann. I haven't seen Heather and Christy in quite some time, so it was nice to catch up with them.
These pictures are from this weekend. The boys and I went out on Saturday when the weather was about 50 degrees. It rained off and on all day, so there were hardly any people there. However, it was a great day for the animals to be out and moving about, so it was a good day to visit the zoo. (And we managed to be there during the two hours when it DIDN'T rain, so all was good.)
This week is Spring Break for both the boys and me. After trying to make plans this week with ideas from everything like a day trip to the Omaha zoo to a day trip to Branson, we decided to stay home. However, staying “home” didn’t mean we have to STAY home. Even though the sun didn’t cooperate a lot this week, here are some pictures of the activities we did do while on break. (Today’s KC zoo outing will be my next blog with pictures.)
Dylan got a new bike this week. His little “training” bike from last year just wasn’t getting the job done anymore. Despite the chilly weather, we took our first bike ride of the season on Tuesday. Dylan picked out this particular bike because his favorite color is blue, which was also the color of my hands when we were finished with this ride.
Yesterday we went to CoCo Key. The boys had a blast at this water resort, although we weren’t the only one’s with this “great” idea. We spent a few hours there, but it got to the point of being just too busy. It’s a great little water park, although it doesn’t compare to the Great Wolf Lodge. CoCo Key does day passes, though, while the Great Wolf Lodge requires a room rental.
Today we went to the KC zoo, but I haven’t downloaded pictures yet. They’re on my camera while the above pictures are from my phone. I’ll post the zoo pictures with Kelly Pittard’s wedding, once I get those pictures taken on Saturday.
Happy Spring Break!
Dylan chose the restaurant to eat at Friday night, and it certainly seemed like a repeat of last year's birthday. We ate at Bob Evan's, the same place as last year. We were even seated at the EXACT same table as last year. I told Grandma that she didn't really need to take pictures; she could just recycle the ones from his 6th birthday.
We even sat in the exact same chairs, too!
And after the meal at Bob Evan's, we stopped by Dairy Queen to pick up a birthday cake. Hmmm, that certainly rings a bell from last year, too! Happy Birthday, Dylan!
Since the weather conditions were so horrible, Grandma and Grandpa left early Saturday morning so they could get back to Nebraska before the next batch of bad weather came through. So, Saturday was spent with Mom, Dylan, Evan and Dylan's friend, Simon. We picked Simon up and took him to Crown Center to eat at Fritz's. Then, the boys created some fun art projects at Hallmark's Kaleidescope. They really had a good time!
This picture is out of order, but here are the boys at Crown Center.
This picture is one of my favorites from the outing. Dylan and Simon are waiting for their artwork to come out of the dryer (water paintings). It was very cute to see two 1st graders arm-and-arm throughout the day. Again, happy birthday to Dylan!
