Spring Break & Easter

Spring Break was wonderfully quiet and not overly scheduled. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best so we didn't have a lot of outdoor time, but we still managed a few fun activities such as...
...saw How To Train Your Dragon - very fun and entertaining movie, though definitely intense and could be scary for some kids. My kids don't seem to be bothered much by that stuff so they loved it.
...I spent an afternoon helping a friend get her house ready for her soon-to-be-adopted little girl, and my kids had fun playing with all the other kids that were there. Good downtime for them and a quiet house for a work day for Dan. :)

...spent a day at Northwest Trek. Not great weather, in fact once we arrived it started pouring rain then hailing! So we had an early lunch and ate in the car and by the time we were done it had stopped. Because of the cool weather, the animals were out and actually quite active - it was a fun day. No pictures other than this tiny little screech owl. He was just too cute to not photograph! We saw elk, mountain goats, trumpeter swans, deer, bighorn sheep, bison, moose, caribou, bears, wolves, wolverines, opossums, cougars, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, beavers, otter, raccoons, eagles...and we even saw a slug. Ewww. One of the workers was holding one and teaching about them. They are quite disgusting.
...went to Kids Quest Museum at the Factoria Mall. We had one a one-year membership so we thought we'd take advantage of it. Fun place! Probably won't go back many more times as Hayley is probably getting a little too old for it, but they have some great hands-on science stuff. We had lunch at Goldberg's Famous Deli (yum!) - they bring a dish of kosher pickles to each table and Ainsley and I enjoyed that...although she combined hers with her chocolate chip pancakes - not so appetizing but she loved it.

 

...we planned to go ice-skating but I came down with a cold and the girls weren't feeling great so we didn't do that - another day.
...lots and lots of Wii and movies and crafts and sleeping in late and just plain old PLAY. It was great!

We celebrated Easter at Grandma and Papa's house and of course had lots of fantastic food!!!! Actually were able to have the egg hunt outdoors before the weather got crazy. Here are the girls in their Easter attire - notice the high heels on Hayley? This is the closest she gets to wearing a dress - Mom was pretty happy to actually get her into leggings. :) She is just looking SO OLD. Yikes. And a photo with the cousins Ella and Anna - this was the closest we got to having all 4 looking at the camera. Speaking of cameras, I need a new one! Argh. My SLR has been doing wonky things and my point & shoot...well you can see how terrible the pictures are. Any suggestions? The one I WANT is almost $2000 so that is NOT going to happen.