Sunday, March 23, 2014

Throwback Thursday



While skiing with the boys this year, Kari and I would often recount to them how we were in ski school/club together when were kids. They weren't particularly impressed but we dug up this old photo from Roadrunners' ski club to prove it to them anyway. Kari is on the left in the blue jacket and I'm just right of the middle in the green.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Jewel system day

 The boys have what they call a "jewel system".  Every few months we choose a few things for the kids to work on (bringing home your coat from school each day, getting ready in the morning without problems, cleaning up after themselves without being asked etc).  They get jewels for the tasks and try to fill up a cup.  When the cup is filled they get a reward.  The first time they each got to choose a new toy and this time they got to choose a place they wanted to go.  As the cups were getting closer to being filled, the boys decided they would like to go to Chucky Cheese.  We actually ended up going to the Children's museum also because we were in the area and had a few extra minutes.  It was a fun day!
 Adler loves building at the Children's museum and yesterday was no exception.  I'm not sure what he built, but it consisted of several plastic tops with nails sticking through.
 The fire truck and make believe play is always a hit for these two also.
 Landon has mastered ski ball.  He realized he's pretty good at it and its the best way to get the most tickets to buy the most junk.  As you can see, he took his cup of coins and played until they were gone, tickets piling up to the side of him.
Adler insisted we go to the Chucky Cheese that's further away, but has Scoop.  He rode it once and then realized it didn't give tickets and "used to be much bigger".  

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Watching Wesley

Adler and I got to watch my newest nephew and Adler's newest cousin a few days ago.  Adler was so excited, he had piles of books chosen weeks in advance to read to him :)

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Breck Weekend!

 Last week, Adler didn't have school and Brian was in London for the week.  Shawn and I decided to take the big boys out of school and head to Breckenridge for a ski/boarding mom/boy weekend.  Adler has come really far with his skiing and was able to ski with Landon and I, which make things much easier.
 As usual, minecraft was a big hit during our short times in the condo.  Shawn and I gave them limits with screen time though.  When they weren't playing mine craft on the screen, they were acting it out running around the condo.

 We took them to the ice castles one night after dinner.  It was snowing pretty hard, but these three had a blast running around and crawling through the tunnels and slides.
 Landon fit through this really small tunnel/slide to get Zacks glove he had dropped.









 Landon and I had a few hours one day to ski (we had Adler's ski teacher give him a private lesson).  Landon and I did his first bump run.  I couldn't take a picture until we were finished, but the run was narrow and really bumpy, he did great!

Winter fun with cousin Nicholas

 These pictures are from a few months ago, but I didn't want to forget to post them.  Scott, Ying and Nicholas came to Denver for about a week over the winter break.  The cousins had so much fun playing together!  We went to the aquarium, White Fence Farm, the Colorado History Museum and just played a lot at Grandma and Papas house and our house.
 Panning for gems.



Ski jumping at the Colorado History Museum.

 





Saturday, March 8, 2014

Maybe next year


 


Like most everyone in Denver this NFL season, we got caught up in the excitement around the Broncos' run to the Super Bowl. Unfortunately the big game was a pretty big let down. Maybe next year.

You can also kind of see that LT is missing both of his front teeth! We've had a lot of visits from the Tooth Fairy recently.