Spring Break, WOOHOO!

The week before Easter, William had Spring Break! And break it down we did.

There is nothing like having your little ones in school to make you realize how much fun you have when they are home. I was a little worried that they would only fight the entire week, but it turned out better than I expected. So, we made some plans and did almost all of them.

We made our gingerbread train! We have had the stuff since Christmas and Finally got it finished. William was excited to have it done and him and Lily had a lot of fun with the decorations (and eating some too).

We also painted a birdhouse that my dad had. We were supposed to do it last summer, but that too was pushed to Spring Break. Lily painted the roof and William got the sides. They picked whatever color they wanted. I painted the trim.

 Once it was dry, Grandpa hung it on the tree in our backyard.

We also went to the zoo with some cousins. (Thank you Keaven for the picture I took off of Facebook!)We went to the farm part and we learned about some of the animals there. I didn't know that a mule is a mix of a horse and a donkey. There was also a goat there that had one full horn and a horn that was growing back because she lost it while headbutting another goat. William and Lily loved hearing these stories and were talking about these animals by name (Hank and Brownie) for the rest of the day and still bring them up.

 The kiddies were sad because on Friday night, Matthew had a Young Men's camp out. So, we decided to have a camp out of our own. We...and by "we" I mean "I"... made this little tent. William and Lily watched a movie and had some popcorn in their tent, but still wanted to sleep in their beds. I hung the blanket from the top bunk and both of these little ones slept on the bottom bunk in their make-shift tent.

And last minute, we decided to go to Chuck E. Cheese one day. William and Lily are still afraid of Chuck, but they love playing the games and winning tickets. They actually got like 220 tickets this time. It was a fun trip and they picked some goodies and had cotton candy to top it off.

We were also able to go to the park and go see Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked at the $2 theater. AND we had Easter over their Spring Break. I took them to the temple to take Annual Easter Pictures. I'll have those pictures up soon!

We had such a fun week. I'm sad that it had to come to an end, but I am SO excited to have both of my babies home for the summer.