Holes

Colin's friend Nolan saw the movie Holes and they got the idea to dig a bunch of holes in the back yard. Fortunately, we have a mulched area that they could attack. Colin stayed focused for over an hour and dug himself a 2 foot hole. He was annoyed that I made him fill it in the next day.

Big Kid Bike

Bill dusted off the scooter bike we had from when Colin was little. We thought Syd would be ready for it this spring. Turns out she's too tall for it to work well. Who knew? So, Bill and Syd cleaned up the big kid bike he picked up 2nd hand, and a pink unicorn helmet to boot. She's quite proud and a little freaked out. She'll take a spin for a little bit and then head back to her trike.

Faces

These two are becoming professional face paint models. We were at the Art Center open house over the weekend to check out some activities.

The kids played with clay and made small copper medallion necklaces.

Ice Castles 2016

This was the 2nd year for the Ice Castles in Eden Prairie. Nana and Papa Guitar took Colin for some icy fun. There was even a slide made of ice. The artists use blocks of ice, lights, and spray water to create the frozen effects.

Sydisms

Sydney's preschool class has a quote of the day chalk board. At least once a week, she has something to say. We've included several for the blog.

Kid Activities

Colin is still very involved in EP lacrosse and has recruited a few friends to the game. He also took some snow boarding lessons this winter and decided he liked it.

Sydney started ballet classes this winter. She looked adorable and was always twirling around all week in between lessons. Then, like her other group activities, the fun wore off and she's not that into going. She likes to be the center of attention and in a group setting that is hard. And she's not a fan of the pony tail. So, we have two lessons left and she doesn't want to go. Last lesson, the teacher asked her to leave the room since she didn't want to participate. This mamma's so proud. Thinking maybe soccer next time and she can just run around.

Happy 8th Birthday!

Celebrated Colin's 8th birthday at Jake and Shya's house in between Super Bowl commercials. A Star Wars themed party, he was happy to receive the Kylo Ren lego figure, several Star Wars themed gifts, and a Target gift card to buy Pokemon cards - which are big ...again.

Then we had left over cake and ice cream on his birthday where he got to open more gifts from Weiher family members including several Star Wars t-shirts that he wears every day.

Colin really wanted a big friends birthday party at Adventure Peak since he didn't have one last year. Not sure if you can tell from the photos, but Colin ended up spending the last half hour of his party in Shannon's lap, exhausted. Ended up that he had strep and a strep rash developed. Oops!


 Colin was actually embarrassed because his friends were SCREAMING "Happy Birthday!"