Spring Break at Centennial Park

Daniel didn't/couldn't take off work the whole week, so we chose a couple days to explore Nashville and the other days we played at home, went to soccer practice and bible study and had friends over (I even got a ladies night out). Next up, Centennial Park.

After exploring the Parthenon (which the kids were not impressed with) and the park, we went to Five Points Pizza to eat lunch. Daniel's family owns this building- his mom's maternal grandfather was a butcher and then grocer at the building, but it remains in the family today. His grandfather's picture is hung up at the pizza parlor, we actually sat in the booth near his photo, so a little bit of personal history for the kids today as well.
We finished the day out with good friends at James' birthday party yesterday evening.

Spring Break at the Zoo!

We decided to have some fun for spring break this year. Since Kindergarten, Will has spent nearly every spring and fall break in Canada for some if not all of the break. We considered taking a trip, even one close to home, but it wasn't going to work so we chose some fun activities in and around Nashville. First up, the zoo.

The kids really enjoyed our trip, it was a good day! We went in the morning but not first thing and spent a few hours there. I'm glad we went yesterday too 'cause a few of my friends went today and it was crow-ded. 

Our Spring Break

 I've mentioned that Will is on spring break this week, as were his cousins, who visited a few days. I've blogged about St. Patrick's Day and the crafts we worked on, but we did lots of other stuff! We went to the park a lot...at least once a day, sometimes twice. We rode bikes, played on the swing set, took walks, went to the library, colored, played "house" at the play kitchen, ate popcorn while watching movies and went out to eat a couple times. Plus Will shared his room with the girls while they were here-- sleepovers are always fun! We've had a great time. :)

Taryn just LOVES Maggie. She held her as much as

possible, probably more than Maggie wanted :)

 big girl!

 Will and Olivia found hats in his room and both came

out sporting them...they each had a ball too, it was cute

 Maggie feeling the grass between her toes

 I cannot get enough pictures of her doing this!!

Lots of pictures, I know, but I was choosy! I could've added many more. I hope you enjoyed your spring break as much as we did!

Kids Crafts

Since my nieces were down visiting over the weekend and first part of the week, I decided having some crafts to keep the kids occupied was in order. I thought of several different ideas, but in the end, bought a puppet kit from WalMart and ingredients for a bird feeder. All three kids loved them!
On Saturday we made the puppets- everyone made one of each animal (monkey, lion & elephant)- then the kids just had to put on a puppet show! Good times.

 At first Will didn't understand he had to hide and only show the puppets

 Then Thor's hammer attacked and he had to defend the animals!

 And then they all chased down a zebra

Last night we decided to do the bird feeders. It's the same thing Will did for Valentines' Day. I promised Will we could make one again so I thought his cousins being down was a good time for it. The girls loved the idea and Will was excited too, of course. This is a really inexpensive craft - bird seed and bagels are each only a couple bucks and I always have peanut butter on hand. The bag of seed can make at least 30 of these....maybe one day I'll brave it and try to make a feeder house! Anyway, I filled a little bowl with peanut butter and gave each kid a cheese knife-- very kid friendly-- and away they went! After I tied on the string, we hung them outside.

Maggie just eats a bagel :)

Will & Olivia

Taryn

Then this morning I was able to catch some of the birds on camera! Last time Will made one, we woke up the following morning and string was all that remained so I figured either a squirrel or a really big bird got it. These fellas were just nibbling.