April 7

Super Isaac

Isaac lives his life in a comic book. He races to the rescue, saves the day, and vanquishes bad guys. His imagination is a joy to behold, and his energy is endless.

April 6

Garden Report

My plants are coming up!! Check it out, I will have blooms on these tulips soon. I don't remember what color these are going to be. It will be a surprise.
My seedlings are going to get bigger pots this weekend. The peas and squash are doing really great, the cherry tomatoes and herbs are doing fine, but my tomatoes are not doing very well.

April 5

Alien Invasion!


We went out for lunch today to Space Aliens, a very boy-friendly restaraunt with a space theme, an arcade, and surprisingly yummy grown up food.

Arcade

Brisket Baked Potato. Yum, Yum, Oh, Yeah Yum!
Amelia enjoying her lunch

April 4

Peaceful Sunday

We had a nice quiet Easter Sunday. We watched General Conference, had an Easter feast , and had a Family Home Evening lesson on the Resurrection. I numbered 12 plastic eggs with a scripture and an item pertaining to the Crucifixion and Resurrection inside. I had done this in previous years with six eggs, and this year I decided to do 12. Having all of the Easter Bunny stuff out of the way made for a lovely and peaceful day.

April 3

Easter Eggs!

We celebrated the "Easter Egg" part of Easter today. We had baskets, a community egg hunt and our traditional egg hunt and dinner at Gramie's. Isaac and Amelia both thought that egg hunts were really fun! Ethan is so fast as he races around that I really did not get very good pictures of him, but he got a lot of eggs! I was so happy to watch Alex hunt, there are still some things he is not too old and too cool for, thank goodness.
The boys at the community egg hunt

April 2

Scavenger Hunt at MOA

We headed to the Mall of America today, and I made a scavenger hunt for the big boys. They had a fun time with the camera, and searching for things. Here is a copy of the list they had, and a few of my favorite shots they got.

Mall of America Photo Scavenger Hunt

Take pictures of you with each of these things. Take turns holding the camera so that both of you are in some of the pictures.

A tree

feather
recycling can (like the trash can not a pop can)
Jango Fett
HarryPotter
in front of a fountain
a big fish tank

an alligator
in a photo booth

a person dressed as an animal (can repeat )
a person dressed as a cartoon character (can repeat)
up on a stage doing a funny pose
wearing funny hat

Darth Vader
on an escalator

a choc chip cookie
a dinosaur
with the funniest sign you can find
the tallest Lego tower you can build
the tallest structure you see in the mall
the largest stuffed animal you can find
the biggest car you can find
photo/painting of a famous person

store with a long name
store with a short name

A janitor doing his/her job

a bird

a lily pad

BONUS:

The baseball seat from Metropolitan Stadium that commemorates a 520 foot home run hit by Harmon Killebrew on June 3, 1967
-hint it is mounted on a wall 520 feet from home plate -

And a bonus shot of Isaac at Legoland

April 1

April Fools!

I tricked the boys this morning with this breakfast. I made the "eggs" last night with marshmallows and apricot halves, the "toast" is pound cake, and half their glass of orange juice was frozen solid, so it was "stuck" in the glass!! The fruit is real though, I had to have some nutritional value.