We still haven’t figured out the formula to slow down time around here so we just constantly play catch up! We had an amazing trip to PA over president’s day weekend. We got to visit with Pop pop and Ruru, Aunt Kim and Uncle B-Rye and half of the Landis cousins. We celebrated Peter’s birthday again, but this time he received the much anticipated dump truck (thank you Landis family! we can not wait for this to become an outside toy!)
The boys completed all their normal tasks: playing marble shoot, ping pong and pool balls, feeding chickens, and playing with the cat. They even added a few new activites to the roster: crossing the new bridge and throwing rocks in the creek and grinding corn to feed to the chickens. We even managed to throw in a scavenger hunt and eat some cupcakes.
We enjoyed a great morning visit with Ashley, Adam and Meredith. We went to a park where Uncle Brad got not one, but two balls stuck in a tree!
Ashley was kind enough to protect Joey from the flying balls.
Brad and Mark worked as a team. Brad threw balls to loosen the stuck balls and Mark shook the tree branch.
When arrived home on Tuesday night and Peter celebrated his birthday at school on Wednesday (are noticing a pattern here?)
We made a poster with pictures of him each year and shared it with the class.
Although Peter thought his dump truck was the best thing on earth, Mark’s present of ‘Jenga’ has been a crowd favorite. Peter does surprising well at this game and gets very mad when his brother crashes his tower. (We’re learning how to take turns.)
And, of course, when the cat is away at school, the mice will play. No, I did not help Joey build this, and yes I know that is sad! I’m sorry we have doomed our children to engineering minds.
And to finish things off, we had a great scavenger hunt last Thursday with friends! (And yes made cupcakes for Peter’s birthday – it’s a wonder the kid didn’t turn 10 by this point!) Small objects had to be found in a box full of shredded newspaper. It got a bit snowy by the end, but the giggles and determination were totally worth it!
Mickey was the cutest one, wanting to eat all the paper.
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