Spring Break

Kyra had 10 days off of school (counting the weekends) for spring break so we decided to make the most of it and do lots of fun things. We were all fighting sickness most of the week but we didn't let that slow us down too much. Bree had it the worst-she had a fever of 101 for two days which turned out to be a bad ear infection so once the antibiotic kicked in she felt lots better. So here goes the recap of the week (sorry it is looking like a lengthy post).....

MONDAY:
The girls had slept over at Grandma Linda's the night before and Chaly and Cam were still in town for the morning so we headed up to the outlets for a little bit and then came back to Grandma's for some playtime. Kyra discovered that she likes "shooting hoops" with Bret and Jess. She did that most of the day.

TUESDAY:
The weather was GORGEOUS and warm so we walked over to the park with a group of friends. The kids were so excited to get to ride their bikes over. We had lunch and even got a little sunkissed.

Halle, Adrie, Natalie, Kyra and Emma hanging out at the park.


WEDNESDAY:
The weather was not quite as nice as the day before but the kids didn't mind so we headed to another park with Mary and Julie.

Adrie thought this banana swing was really fun!
Sadie and Kyra relaxing (my camera battery died after this so I missed out on the rest of the crew)

THURSDAY:

We went from playing at the park to waking up to snow on Thursday so we headed to the Discovery Museum for the day. We have always wanted to check it out but it is pretty pricy so when Julie K. had buy one get one free tickets we were thrilled! We went with Julie K, Julie D. and Amy. It is a cute place for the kids to play. They have houses and cars and stores and farms to play in but we laughed because Halle and Kyra played in the little cars the most-which they have at home (except theirs doesn't have this cool two seater).

Adrie gathering vegetables at the farm.
Kyra and Halle shopping. Adrie shopping.

The kids all got to go to the little art class and do finger printing projects. They had a great time!

Adrie was very interested in the magnifying glass.
Kyra and her finger prints
The lab coats were so cute!
They all sang head, shoulders, knees, and toes before the class started.

FRIDAY:

We decided to finish out the week with Build a Bear. The girls had saved some money and wanted to make some new "bear friends". Halle and Aidan joined them and it was a lot of fun! It is such a cute store with so many fun things to choose from-too many!

First they got to help stuff the bears and put a heart inside....

Adrie HATES loud noises (and this wasn't really that loud) so she plugged her ears as she stuffed her puppy.Next they get to give them baths and clean them up......
Then they name them and dress them. Adrie chose to name her puppy Alisia and Kyra named her bear Leis. (Notice how similar the names are--Adrie is getting smarter about copying Kyra-now she just uses part of Kyra's idea so Kyra doesn't realize she is copying her and get mad).
Here they are with their new friends! So Cute!
Friday night we went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks with my family. It was a funny little show-the kids really liked it.

As I was going through pictures of the week I noticed a trend. Every activity we did I had a picture of Bree in the same position in the stroller-just different clothes. It made me laugh! You can tell she didn't feel well most of the week because she isn't near as smily as usual but she was still so good and went along with all the activities.

Although we couldn't go on a vacation because of Kris's busy time of year, it was so nice to just be able to play all week and not have a schedule to keep-especially in the morning. I think Kyra's favorite part was being able to hang out in her PJ"s each morning and watch cartoons instead of rushing out the door to school. She did tell me that she is excited to go back to school tomorrow because she misses her teacher. I am glad she loves school because there are no more breaks until summer.