March

is almost gone and looking back it was a full month too. Aside from the every day goings on we got to see Miss Kate again for a week. We've scored this year on seeing her (and her Daddy and Mommy) once every month so far which is pretty good since they live 5 hours away.

While she and her mommy were in town Mr. Tech had to go to Alaska for most of that same week so we decided to do something fun. We tried out the OMSI Science Center for toddlers and it was a blast. They have so much to do it kept little minds busy exploring, trying, and creating for hours, it was fun to watch them have so much fun.

This was a very large squirrel den (those are the acorns) and it kept these little men busy for a while as mr. organized (Phi) kept putting the acorns back in the holes and other kids kept pulling them out. Leroy just enjoyed the put em' in pull em' out process.

A creativity room were they could do a craft or just play play dough with all sorts of shapes and utensils.

And a water exhibit the most exciting for little people. You could splash, dump it out on the floor, and pretty much everything you wouldn't be allowed to do at home and it didn't matter cause they had water proof aprons and rubber boots on and the system just keeps recycling the water.

One side was a stream with pretend water critters.

The 1 and under area was divided from the other areas partly with this fish tank .

Leroy had never felt sand before and this sand was so clean and white he kept running it through little fingers and thankful didn't attempt to taste it.

Grandma and Leroy

Hhmm what next..

It was a great place to spend an afternoon and the kids would have stayed hours more. Even with the three or four hours spent there they didn't do everything there was to do.


Back at Bumpa' and Gramma's a pile of cousins

We spent several afternoons there since Daddy was out of town.
Playing in the sand box and keeping an eye on Ferguson the dog.
This photo cracks me up because of the opposite expressions on the boys faces,
Phi's look of anxiety and Leroy's of glee.

Leroy playing in the sand and dirt and loving it.

Phi was excited enough to use his shovel and wheel barrow that he endured for awhile being outside with Ferguson running around. Hopefully with time he'll come to realize dogs aren't that bad.

Leroy and Ferg saying "Hi"

We got A. Susie for the week Daddy was gone much to Phi's delight and she has been helping out often since I hadn't been feeling so well. Now he wakes up expecting to see A. TeTe walk in the door every morning.
So that was the first half the month, the last half we've spent around the house recouping, looking forward to spring weather, which so far has been mostly rain but at least we have daffodils!