Spring Break!

It's been spring break around here this week and it has been great! Chuck has been off this week too so it's been increcibly nice to do lots of family fun! We've been so busy and stressed out that we all needed this break to do things.  To spend time as a family.  We never have these many days to spend together. I really couldn't ask for anything better.

For starters, we have been making some serious progress in the potty training department.  We aren't in full fledge underwears yet but we are NOT buying anymore diapers (whew!) and have moved on to pull=ups which are expensive too  but we are getting there.  Evie sits on her princess potty and Presley sits on his McQueen potty.  They do their job and earn M&M's.  Way to go kids!

 

Among organizing and cleaning and going to the movies and eating out, we did make a trip out to see our friends Scotty and Levi.  We went to their library for storytime and some Easter crafts.  The kids made bunnies with thier handprints as the whiskers.  You know me and my handprint crafts.

 

Then after that, it was time to have an Easter egg hunt in the library!  How fun is that?

 

It was so cute and the kids were super excited.

 

After the egg hunt, we went to the Creamery for Weinie Wendnesdays!  Hot dogs and ice cream all around!

 

Yesterday we went to see one of my oldest and dearest friends Carolyn!  She has 2 darling girls, Peyton and Reagan.  The kids hit if off instantly and played so well together.  They even put on a dance party for us complete with decorations!  Thanks for having us Carolyn!  We had so much fun.  The kids were wanting to go back again today.

 

Today we decided to take a train ride to Chicago!  The kids had never been a train before so we built it up thinking it would be sort of like the Polar Express.

 

We boarded the train.

 

The kids thought it was so cool. Of course Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Amy joined us too!

 

We had fun playing games on the train and looking at the different things.

 

We rode all the way to Union Station.

 

We walked around outside to look at the Chicago River.

 

We saw the Sears Tower too.

 

We ate lunch at the train station and boraded the train to come home.

 

On the way home, we rode the upper part of the train and that was just as fun.  I thought the kids may fall asleep but they didn't.

It's been a great week!  I hate to see it end but we do have some Egg-citing Easter fun coming our way too!