Love the Weather Here!

With a high of 86 degress today, we spent a lot of time outside.  What beautiful weather!  I hung out with Janet while the girls played on the playground.  It was so nice that I wanted to just pull up a quilt and lay down outside.  Is it Spring yet?

Did you get your "short stack" yesterday?

IHOP had a charity event on Tuesday. I had forgotten all about it because I had so many other things on my mind (one of which was a job interview). Aunt Janet was meeting up with us at a place near the airport, so that I could do my interview that morning. There was, also, talk of snow headed our way. We met up, I did my interview, and I was headed home (several miles to go) when I spoke with my brother Jeff. He reminded me of the pancake event, and the girls and I were starved at that point. We stopped at an IHOP on our way home. We all got 3 pancakes with delicious berry syrup on them, all FREE! Then, as we headed out, there was a clown set up for the fundraising part. Jaden put in the dollars I gave her, and Jaden & Morgan both got an animal balloon bracelet. They had a blast, and it hardly cost me a thing (plus the money went to a good cause)!

Christmas a few days early

We always head out to another town a few miles from us a few days before Christmas. We spend time with Aunt Janet & exchange gifts. We spent the whole day, and we all had a blast! Jaden got the play-doh desk she wanted & Morgan got a Barbie~ They were elated (as you can see by the pictures)

The Lure of a Playground

These days almost every city has a play ground. These new play grounds are nothing like the ones of the "goold old days", they are MEGA-playgrounds!

Meeting in the middle

We got together with Aunt Janet to play and hang out. It was a lot of fun... I think the girls wore Aunt Janet out, though! They had her climbing through the tunnels and sliding down the slides.

Making a birthday present for Aunt Janet

For Aunt Janet's birthday, we decided to do something homemade. The girls got some of the stuff that Grandma Leslie gave them to make lunch bags with her name on them! We just used white lunch bags, sponge letters, and washable paint.

More fun with Aunt Janet

Morgan riding with one of her favorite characters- ELMO!!

Jaden & Morgan riding at the same time.

Jaden & Aunt Janet playing "Deal or No Deal"

This is a car racing game. Morgan sat on Janet's lap & Jaden on mine. Janet & I did the pedals, and the girls did the steeering. It was fun racing & watching them trying to stay on the track.

Jaden LOVES this game for some reason. Her and Janet played a round.

This is one of their new games (they change out some of the games every few weeks/months). This one is bowling. The girls liked playing it, but there was a line behind us of other kids waiting to play.

WOW!!! We had fun playing for two hours here. It was sad when Aunt Janet had to leave.