Chuck E. Cheese Hell

Ok, I know that is not the real name of the restaurant, but it's what I call it, so this post just had to have that title. We finally gave in yesterday and took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese Hell. It's not that I don't want my kids to have a good time, it's just that there are always other kids there that are mean and obnoxious and they run around with absolutely no parental supervision. Why do parents think it's ok for their kids to be completely unsupervised in a public place, especially when their kids are rude and constantly take things away from other children just because they want to? I mean really, our kids are definitely not the best kids ever, but they do have manners and they know how to take turns. So clearly this is not a hard concept to teach your kids. And if I ever caught my kids acting like some other kids there, people would be calling DCF on me for spanking my kids. Anyway, our experience wasn't too terrible yesterday and the kids thought it was the coolest place ever.

Sean also had a good time "teaching" Nathan how to play whack-a-mole.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there! We had a pretty fun day yesterday. The kids and I got Sean a new golf bag that is very light weight and has a stand, since he's been playing on Tuesdays and usually walks the course. He was very excited. Then we went to Grant's Farm. While riding the tram we saw more animals than I've ever seen at Grant's Farm. Almost all the animals were close enough to get a good look at them.

Once we got off the tram Emma fed the goats.

and then we saw this huge turtle,

and a duck,

and then we got our picture taken by the Anheuser-Busch beer wagon.

Cheers to you dad!

a wanna be

Today I went to the fabric store to get a pattern and some fabric for something I'm going to attempt to make, and I realized I wish I were talented enough to make some of the really cute things they have in those catalogs. I often think that I somehow missed out on the domestic gene that my mother clearly has. She can cook and bake better than a lot of people, plus she can sew. I don't just mean mend a pair of pants, but she used to make dance costumes for me when I was a kid. I see so many cute things and think, "hey it comes with a pattern, I could do that." Then reality sets in and I know I'm better off just buying whatever I want, because the amount of money I would spend on the pattern and numerous attempts at actually making it would be much more than just buying the dang thing in the first place. I'm beginning to wonder if sewing well is something people can actually learn to do, or if it's just one of those talents you are born with, like being an artist. I'm definitely leaning toward the latter.

back to the zoo

We are zoo crazy lately, and we'll be going again in a week. We joined the membership thing they have that allows us to park for free and we also get discounts on stuff, and free train rides and all kinds of other fun stuff, so we go a lot. Anyway, here are a couple of cool pictures.


Then we went to Lone Elk park, which is a park that has deer and elk and bison just roaming around and you can drive through and sometimes see the animals up close. This time right as we entered the park there was an elk about 20 feet from the van.

Happy Birthday Nathan

Nathan had his third birthday on Sunday. Time is going by way too fast. Here are some pictures from the past 3 years of our litle boy!
When he was born

His first birthday

His second birthday

This year

Memorial Day weekend

We took the kids to the park on Sunday of memorial weekend. They are becoming quite the little monkeys climbing all over everything. At least they haven't started climbing onto things too much at home yet.

Happy Birthday to me!

Sean is so great. For my birthday he got me a really cute Bud Light Beach bag I'd been eying in the Bud Shop Catalog. He also got me a huge gift certificate to Seasons Spa, so I can disappear to the spa for several hours. I can't wait to go! On the crappy side, Nathan is sick today. Sean took him to the Urgent Care center because I think he has an ear infection. Hopefully that's all it is and after 24 hours of antibiotics he'll be feeling much better.