Beautiful night!

Took this beautiful pic last Friday on a short cruise on a perfect evening!  That is our neighbor girl Sabrina with the boys!  She is a great buffer for them!

Alex is excited about reading anything Mo Willems!  I absolutely LOVE his books too!

 They crack me up!  

April 12th

  Have you checked out the MN DNR eagle cam?  It's awesome!  The eaglets are getting big!  I'm always amazed when I see them flying around but to see inside their nest is amazing!  You will see some gross stuff so it isn't for those that have a weak stomach!  MN Bound also has an eagle cam, but the eaglets were just born so mom and dad spend a lot of time sitting on them.  They will grow fast!  Google it!

Last week was a very gloomy week for us so we had to go enjoy the sunset Friday night.

The kids got these balls for Easter from Grandma Gay and they had fun trying to throw them up on the deck.  The balls are kind of stretchy and look like they have hair and they light up.  They are pretty sturdy!

Friday night we made pierogies and the boys just love them!  The boys were down loading up the boat and I got all the ingredients together and put them in the bread machine!  That worked perfect to mix up the dough!

The boat went in the water Friday morning when it was Snowing!  We were able to take it out yesterday for its first voyage of the season!

We stopped at the island and set up the playground!

We ran into Michael and Mitchell who were there too!  The docks haven't been put in yet so not many people can be out there yet.

Alex helped me make banana bread last night YUMMY!  Trying to teach him how to bake!  I wonder if he'll do it himself someday?  Certainly a little messier than baking on my own

The boys are obsessed with UNO!  We have been playing every night!  They are learning how to lose!  

Evan and Alex Visit the Science Museum with Dad for Spring Break

Last week, the boys had spring break. So, I took a couple days off and we spent one of those days at the Science Museum.  The theme at their school this year is "Out of this World".  Since there was a space exhibit and an IMAX movie about space, I thought it would be a great idea.  Here are some pictures of our fun!

Musical stairs.  Each stair you step on is a different note!

A cool water display with shapes made from bubbles in the different tubes.

A view out of the tugboat that's up on the roof.  No ice on the Mighty Mississippi!

You'd think it would be be busier.  Good thing we got there early.  It did get a lot busier later in the day.

Evan using the tugboat simulator.  It's more difficult than it looks.

Really tall space suit in the main atrium.  I think it's over 50' tall!

Evan and Alex launching rockets in the special space exhibit.  You have to get the right amount of water and compressed air in the spaceship to get it all the way to the top.

Two future astronauts!

They had a "playscape" there that was made completely out of cellophane and packaging tape (from 3M, of course).  They played on it for over 30 minutes.

Alex and his favorite dinosaur.

The helm of the tugboat that they have on the roof.

When we were done at the Science Museum, we walked over to Denise's office and said hi to her and her coworkers (sorry, I forgot to take pictures).

Love

Evan wrote this tonight.  I wasn't home so he did it on his own!

He wrote Denise too!

Oreo Alex at Scotty B's!  

This is how I found Alex at bedtime!  No he wasn't sleeping!  

A few more pictures

Me after my 7K!  It was a perfect day to race!  

The Depot has an arcade so the boys had to play some games.

Jeep had some little jeeps for the kids to ride.

Eating outside before the first day of Spring.

Bike helmet so comfortable you can sweep in it!

Got out for a nice run the other day during lunch.  Ice still covers the lake.

Evan tells me about his day!

Evan helps Alex with his homework.

The kids had a parade with trucks on Sunday.

And then the snow came.  Yard has been clear for a couple weeks and then 5 inches of snow!  The kids had a blast playing in it!

Spring has arrived!

It was so warm a couple weeks ago I was able to wash my car in driveway! The highlight of Evan's morning is seeing the recycling truck before school. More toothbrush goggle shots. Alex tries to comb his hair. We went to the Depot waterpark before my Get Lucky run on the 14th! After the race we went to the auto show land we were able to eat dinner outside.