Fun at the Park...

Yesterday, I decided to stop waiting for the weather to clear and just go have fun!!! I picked the kids up from school and took them to a brand new park that was just opened last week. They had the coolest new toys!

They had a special swing:

They had a merry go round that had a climbing structure inside of it. But don't try this:

And wasn't I just an awful mom to take the time to take a picture before I rescued him?

And they had a big huge climbing ball that looked almost like you could trap the kids inside, but not quite:

Some kids stayed at the bottom of the structures:

And some stayed at the top:

It was a very cold and windy day, but the kids had a blast!!! I just loved watching them and finally getting to take some more pictures. There hasn't been much time for that lately:(

The Girls' Birthday Cake

I've been promising to post pictures of the cake we bought for the girls' birthday and here it is...

It was beautiful!!! The pink flower the fairy is sitting on is all made of frosting. We bought another set of this cake topper package (fairy and flowers) and used the flowers for Nate's Easter Basket Cake.

Cub Scout Cake Auction

We held our third annual Cub Scout Bakery Auction on Wednesday night and it was a huge success!!! We made more than we've ever made before. Nate made an Easter Basket cake with John's help.

The Pack made so much money from this auction that it totally covered the remaining costs of this summer's day camp fees. What a great event!!!

Our kids...the carpenters:)

Nate designed this tool box and put the girls to work building it. It was a great project for them to work on together. They have since painted it, and I'll have to post a pic of the painted version later.

Since the toolbox is for the girls they painted it pink and purple:)

Finally, time to update my blog!!!

This past two weeks have been even busier than normal for us. After we picked up the Girl Scout cookies, we went through the neighborhoods around us and sold about 70 boxes of cookies. Last Saturday, we had nine girls over for the girls' sleepover birthday party. Only six girls spent the night (including our two) and they all had a wonderful time. They fell asleep by 11pm and didn't get up until 9am the next morning.

Our first cookie site sale on Monday gave Amanda the opportunity to sell 131 boxes of cookies!!Nicole was next at a different grocery store, and she sold all the rest of the cookies (about 55 boxes).

Wednesday and Thursday were filled with Cub Scout events, and Friday was a night for all three of our kids to go to other houses for sleepovers. Yesterday was a Brownie event and the girls each received 12 patches in the midst of a big snowstorm. This week should be a little better, but we'll just have to see. I honestly don't know if I could handle very many weeks like this one!!!

Bikes, Cookies, and more...

Today we went to pick up Girl Scout cookies for our troop and delivered them to our cookie mom.. We were able to pick up our 300 boxes of cookies (of which we've only sold about 50 boxes) while we were there. We're going to be very busy over the next few weeks selling cookies:)

After we picked up our cookies, we went to Grandma's and Geri's house to deliver cookies and pick up the girls big birthday presents. Then we went back home to give the girls their big birthday presents: And then we met a friend to try out their new birthday presents:Then I brought them all home to play the Wii because today was Flea Market Day (whatever that means...). Anyway, we all had a wonderful day and we're looking forward to more of the same tomorrow!!!

We're back!!!

We had a wonderful time at Great Wolf Lodge!!! The kids are finally old enough and can swim well enough that I didn't have to chase after all of them at once. They were pretty independent and loved every moment of our vacation there. They were even on their best behavior!!!

I'll post pictures later. I have to cook a yummy dinner for my poor starving hubby. He has been home alone for the past few days and hasn't eaten as well as we have...