Spring!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day! We first went to Crystal Bridges museum to see the Norman Rockwell exhibit. And I have to say it was amazing and very interesting. We only stayed for about 20 mins and in that 20 mins the kids were very well behaved. We then came home and Andrew installed our new ceiling fan. The motor blew out on our fan last summer but the light worked so it wasn't a huge priority for us. Then Saturday night Andrew went to turn off the light and pulled the little chain and it ALL broke off. We took that as a sign to replace the stinkin thing. But I am very pleased with the new one! And it is so nice to have the breeze and circulation from the fan. Kids rode bikes while Andrew was doing that. As soon as he was done we headed to Springdale park. I LOVE that park. Its always so busy, people feeding ducks, grilling out or just playing. So nice. We stayed for quite a while and Hayden just took off on his bike! Then we came home and still didn't want to go inside so we grilled out and sat outside until it was time for kids bath. Such a fun relaxing day.

 Ignore the gumballs...ha! Kids are fascinated by this bird and her nest.

 We have so many tulips and I love it!! We go out everyday to see what new ones have sprouted.

 My big boy with no training wheels. I am so proud of him. Never imagined he would be without training wheels before his 5th birthday!

 Sweet little girl.

 Love this park and everything about it.

 Typical Olivia having to pet, literally, every dog she sees.

 Kids like to roll down hills. I see it as itchy but they enjoy themselves.

 Oh, the sand. Boy do they love sand. They played in the sand for quite sometime and Andrew and I just got to relax. 

Another picture of my favorite park. We go to this park at least once a week. For sure, every single Thursday when Hayden gets out of school. We check out books and feed the ducks. Just a great time.

First Friday

 I have to say I love First Friday at the Bentonville Square. The atmosphere reminds me so much of my hometowns' beloved Dogwood Festival. Except that just happens once a year and First Friday lasts 7 or 8 months a year! 

 It is finally garage sale season! And Hayden spotted these shoes, which looked brand new before he got to them, and just had to have them. And for .50 cents...SURE! (It was much better than the motorcycle helmet he was trying to convince me into buying. Gah) They are a size too big but he does not care and has worn them since we got them.

 The kids favorite part of the square. The huge fountain.

 People dressed up in costumes does not phase Hayden one bit. Olivia runs and hides to make sure she is not seen.

 It was a BEAUTIFUL day on Friday and was a little warm so we stopped to get a drink.....hand squeezed lemonade....$5! I was sure I was going to get a skinny tiny cup but nope. Got a huge cup and even a pink and green straw perfect for the kids. Best part......not much sugar at all.

 They couldn't get enough of it. It was pretty tasty.

 Here is just a small glimpse at what its all about.

 Play doh station.

 The kids watching balloon animals being made for them. Will NOT do that again.....the balloons popped or deflated within about 5 minutes of getting them. Luckily, kids could of cared less.

 This lady was very...umm....interesting. And that guy was just from the crowd. A very good sport and pretty entertaining to watch.

 Yay!!

We stayed a little over 2 hours and just had so much fun. We will for sure be back...multiple times.

A little bit of this....and a little bit of that.

We are pretty boring. We don't do a whole lot....at least not enough that justifies updating the blog. Ha. We just kind of play around the house, play outside or doing some sort of home improvement (no matter how small it may be).

Andrew's birthday was this past Friday and we got to go see the Queen tribute band. They were pretty good and very entertaining. The lead singer was obviously losing his voice but he pushed through and did great. We have been planning a trip to Silver Dollar City for about 2 weeks.....they opened for the season on Mar 15th and we were going to go on the 17th. The weather was BEAUTIFUL up until the day we were to go to SDC. Ugh. Just our luck. Because the kids were looking forward to it for literally 2 weeks (counting down the days Every. Single. Day.) we decided we needed to come up with something else for them to do. We decided on Little Rock. (We planned on just doing SDC this coming Sunday the 23rd but the forecast.....rain/snow showers! Gah!!) The weather was supposed to be partly cloudy and 65 down there. Perfect.....nope, that nasty weather followed us to LR. Fortunately, the kids loved the Discovery Museum and were just happy as could be hanging out with Steve and BeBe.

 This is how Olivia plays Hungry Hungry Hippos....pj top, undies and a tutu....seems appropriate.

 I loved these two finds at RL. Matching Batman shirts. :)

 Hayden loves Lili. and Lili loves the fact that she is in a bed.

 I came home late the other night and found Cooper where Olivia sometimes sleeps....

 Olivia hogging up our whole bed.....

 And these 3 squished on the couch.....haha.

 Discovery Museum. Dinosaur bones.

 Kids loved this part....sucked up fabric and blew it around these tubes and spit it out.

 Just relaxing with Grover and reading a book.

 Hayden and Olivia putting on a show. :) Steve helped Olivia get dressed.

 Hayden climbed this wall with ease.

 'How many lobsters do you want BeBe?'

 This part was neat but very gross. It even grossed out Hayden.

 Olivia laying on a bed of nails.

Piecing together a skeleton. We had a fun Sunday and the kids forgot all about going to Silver Dollar City. :)