Random schoolwork from Kindergarten!

Cole's research paper. His topic? Jellyfish! (Am I the only one amazed that the kid is doing research projects in KINDERGARTEN???)

















All About Me...by Cole




Science. Learning the parts of a plant.



Art project.

The boys' first game of miniature golf!

Today was just...one of those days! You know, when you wake up with a plan of how you think the day will play out. And, then suddenly your entire plan is tossed out the window? Yeah...It all started when we dropped the boys off with Nana and Papa this morning.

Daddy had scheduled an class out at the Kansas Speedway for a NASCAR driving school and then actually compete in a 10-lap race against the other members of his class. So, we drop off the kids and drive ALL the way out to the Speedway (a good hour from home...at least!) only to find out from the track security that the racing school was not even at the track that day!!! And, apparently we weren't the only ones who had been duped that day as others were being turned away at the gate. (But...that's a whole other story in itself...)

Anyway, since we had driven that far, we decided to check out The Legends and walk around a little bit. Seeing as we have absolultely no life these days, we had never been out there! (I know...we're social losers!) Anyway, after spending 30 minutes walking around, we decided it would be more fun to go pick up the boys and take them miniature golfing!



A few months earlier, Cole borrowed Aunt Mary's Mario Golf Wii game and has been a mini golf fool ever since! (Sorry, Mary. If you want it back, you may have to pry it from his cold, dead hands...) And, he has asked a few times if we could "golf for real" so we figured this was as good a time as any! So, we picked the boys up and headed out to Paradise Park.

The boys LOVED miniature golfing! It took a few holes to get the hang of it, but once he figured it out, there was no stopping Cole!









Chase, on the other hand, had more fun running the ball up to the hold and dropping it in. He was much more interested in picking up sticks and rocks to throw in the ponds and water features! But, whatever makes him happy! :)

Sometimes they can be soooo sweet!

The boys were all fed (the little boys AND the big boy) and they were all outside playing. It was a rare treat that I got to spend 10 minutes ALONE in the house. Aaahhhh....the quiet. Anyway, as I was cleaning up the kitchen from dinner, the doorbell rang. I opened the door to find two little boys holding flowers! They had both gone around the yard, collecting little bits of this and that (with a little help from Daddy!) to make a cute little bouquet of flowers! What a nice surprise!

Happy Spring!

And, speaking of bunnies...

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I read what Cole had written about Peter Rabbit!! Seriously, what Kindergartner uses the word "exclusive"?? :)

Easter!

Last night, before the boys went to bed, they had the most fun dying eggs! Mommy had only boiled a dozen, and if the boys had their way, I could have made at least 3 times that many! But....they had to settle for 6 eggs each. And, really, considering the hour at which we finally got the task accomplished, any longer and they would have been falling asleep with their faces in the dye anyway!














On Easter morning, Chase was the first one up. The boys had been given strict instructions to get Mommy and Daddy before heading downstairs to see if the Easter Bunny had been here. So, after following his instructions, and waking up Cole too, the boys anxiously headed down the stairs. Lo and behold, he HAD been here...as there were 2 eggs right in plain view!



































Not only had the Easter Bunny hidden eggs (which the boys found pretty quickly!), he also left Easter baskets! Oh, they were thrilled to see piles of candy, plus a new ball and a Zhu Zhu Pet for each of them!!! But, I think at 7:30am, the candy was the clear winner! And, they ate WAAAAYYYY too much. Even just sampling a little here and there meant that they were too full for a real breakfast. "No, thanks, Mom. This Reese's peanut butter cup filled me up." Ugh... And, after the initial excitement wore off, and the sugar kicked in....oh boy. Let's not even re-cap the events. It sendes chills up my spine to even think about the way they acted. Next year, I hope the Easter Bunny brings a nice bowl of oatmeal instead. :)




















Anyway...the boys also received Easter cards with money inside from Nonnie, Baby Grandad, and Grandma Nee Nee. And, MomMom, Big Grandad, Nana, and PaPa all came down with more baskets of candy! (Did I mention they were on a sugar high ALL day?)















Easter was fun and the boys thoroughly enjoyed the free-for-all they had with the candy. And, after they went to bed, Mom spent the evening hiding the evidence! :)

Hoppy Easter...Love, Cole & Chase

Cole's Easter card:

I love you so much
Dear Mom and Dad,
Thank you for letting me live.
I love you!!
Love, Cole

















Chase's Easter Bunny. (Notice the bunny is the outline of Chase's shoe and the head is Chase's hand!)

Tearing down the deck

Our deck was in really bad shape. Sort of like the rest of this house was when we bought it! We spent all last year fixing up the inside. So, the outside projects are on the list for this year. And, the first big spring project is tearing off the old deck and building a new one. And, a little rain never stops Daddy!



The next day, after the rain stopped, Daddy and Cole got on the Bobcat and finished the tear off!

Cole...having the time of his life!




Up...and off...goes the rotten deck!



Now...if we could ever get this rain to stop long enough to build the new one...