Odds and Ends April 2013

 The kids like to bowl.

 Coryn finished up his wolf, and participated in a flag ceremony.

 Jovey looks like she's eating dirt, but she's not.  I promise.

Coryn gave a farmers market performance.  Good stuff.

Carter's 5th birthday (2013)

 Carter got older.  and he's happy about it, because he had his party at Dennis the Menace.













And its Harry Potter themed!

 He got his own Razor among other things...

cupcakes and friends complete the package.

Carter's 4th

 ARRR!!  Happy Birthday Carter!!  (pirate island with dinosaurs... yeah)

The boys and one of their best friends in NY

SCIENCE! *insert explosion*

 Jefferson Community College holds a science fair each year.  Super Science Saturday.  Its pretty awesome!  Hands-on child-friendly exhibits in several buildings on campus.  Exhibits range from creating a vacuum (can crushing) to titration (make the pink disappear) to maggots (bug art) to building a circuit... and so much more! 

 Coryn has a love of science, likes to look at my college books, and tells me frequently he's going to be a potions scientist (chemistry).  He even started telling me he had a special science teacher at school and told me about all the things he is learning (untrue).  Carter had fun too, but not nearly as much as Coryn, though he was keen on the circuit building and got a 'build your own bubble blower' for Christmas. 

Preschool for Carter

Carter started preschool... they get to do all kinds of of things like play in sand/rice/playdoh (no, not at the same time)









work on letters,

















read books,















lay around on the floor (or dance to songs, this one is about a fish)














and run around like crazies!

And Then Came....

Parents left,













Jovey's still cute...















Coryn started 1st grade











boys like building stuff at Lowes









And Carter likes crazy hats.

Water Safari!

Water Safari... strangest water park you'll find... half water park half carnival rides/storybook village (must be the 'enchanted forest' part) and it has its own circus show. It was supposed to be a warm day... but started out quite chilly, everyone 'wore' their towels around as we toured the section filled with storybook things like the pumpkin house from that mother goose rhyme and Pinocchio.


It did warm up enough to get in the water, and the boys had fun doing so. they even got to go on one of the big rides since we were there with our FRG group I volunteered to laze around with everyone's stuff and Jovey while they got in the water, etc.
Jovey is quite good at lazing... and hydrating.









Here's some of the ladies from our group...









Jovey really enjoyed the train ride, look she's racing!

instrument petting zoo

they tried more than I could snap pictures of, and they have descent chops for being so young :D

more summer fun

Go-karts! Coryn is possibly the safest 5 year old driver ever, super slow! although to be fair I think they rig it so it can't go any faster than maybe 5 mph lol





smithsonian set #2~ archaeology! they treasure the little shiny rocks they pulled out.

























sword-play! I mean... mini golf!









and playing with friends, or borrowing their toys at least... hello iron man.

the CRAAAZIES

yup, just a bunch of silly photos of the kids :D