SWING SET!! Day 2

So today the fence company came and finished up the fence, which looks fab (Affordable Fence for a good price and great quality). And after they left, what did the kiddos want to do? You guessed it.... SWING & SLIDE!!!

Swing set!!

Wednesday (April 23) we went and bought a swing set. Thursday (April 24) I spent a few hours in the afternoon putting it together, and after it was done... it was kiddo time! They seem to REALLY love the swing set, which is a good thing. You can also see the beginnings of our fence in the background.

Stylist Taisim?!?

Taisim was so inspired by Taipan getting a haircut, she wanted to try it too. Taipan was crazy enough to agree to it, and so she snipped a few hairs!
Everyone came out okay... no blood... no irreparable haircut damage.

Some more trains

Today we're playing with trains at our house! We'll be in the basement playing with the Lionel trains soon I'm sure. Hopefully we'll get outside today, as it's a gorgeous 76 degrees and sunny!

Spring has finally sprung!

The weather's still being quite nice, so off to the Broadview Hts park we went!

Tax Day

Having had our taxes done months in advance, we decided Tax Day would be Train Day for us, so off we went to Train-O-Rama!






As you can see in that last pic, Taisim is still getting the hang of taking photos.

Out and About

The weather has actually been turning very Spring-like as of late, so we've been outside a bit more. Today (April 8) we went to the neighborhood playground, and Karen took the kids for a walk down the nature path by our old house. I took the van home :)

Taisim & Yuta

Easter Egg Hunt!

So this year we decided to introduce a new Easter tradition and have an Easter Egg Hunt! Of course, you need eggs for an egg hunt, and we had that in spades (as you can see from my previous post). I had to work during the day, but before I left I hid the eggs in fairly obvious hiding spots throughout the house. Karen was thoughtful enough to call me while I was on my way to work so I could hear the fun that was had by all! Makes me wish I was there, but here are the pics!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Every year we color Easter Eggs with my parents. Unfortunately, with Easter being so early they're in Taiwan this year, but we wouldn't let that dampen our spirits too much. This year, we bought some special coloring kits... a Star Wars kit and a Disney Princess kit, and as you can see... the results were quite colorful! Of course, the kids then wanted to eat them.

Happy Birthday, Yuta!

Yuta turned 37 yesterday.  It was a low-key celebration with the four of us.  Yuta requested a steak dinner, which we made at home rather late in the evening.  Then we at our yummy Nutter Butter Pecan ice cream cake.

The kids enjoyed lighting and blowing out the candles, and lighting the candles and blowing them out again and again and again.  

Taipan wanted to learn how to use the lighter, and we showed him - his hands aren't quite strong enough to push the button down and pull the trigger at the same time, so I'd push the button and he'd pull the trigger (with some help).  Eventually he wanted to light the fireplace.... I was helping with the lighter and we both jumped at the whoosh of the fire starting (it's a gas fireplace).

Fruit bouquet

My mom sent us a wonderful Easter present - a fresh fruit bouquet! I was working when it was delivered, but I Yuta said that the kids were very excited about it.

Here are some pictures of it - I'm glad Yuta snapped some quick pics, because the kids have eaten a good bit of it already.