Monday night, we got to go watch the firemen work on the house down the street again. They had the trucks and firehoses out, and when we were watching, there was smoke POURING out of the roof! A firewoman drove up in her truck and gave us stickers, pencils and coloring books, and said it wasn't a real fire- it was just a smoke machine. But it looked real! Firemen went in with their hoses to put out the fake fire twice while we watched.

It was cold, so we didn't stick around long. We had to go home and shower. Yes, we decided to take showers instead of baths. We put on our goggles and showered like big kids! Mommy was proud of us and Daddy was excited that we took showers instead of baths.

Wednesday, Mommy picked us up from Sue's, so she took us to soo bahk do! I was so excited to have mommy there - daddy is always the one to bring us. I tried so hard to be good because mommy was watching. I did only a little bit of "extra stuff". But, we got to pretend fight with each other - and Ms. Laura even brought us over to punch pads with partners! I got to fight with a class helper, which was cool.

Friday, Daddy picked us up and stayed around Sue's house long enough to talk to Grayson's Mom. He asked if we could bring Grayson to a movie on Saturday. That was sure something to look forward to!

Saturday, we got up early and cleaned up our room a little bit. It looked really good after Mommy & Daddy helped. Then we got ready to go play volleyball! It is easier for us now that we're five, though there are still some hard parts that I didn't want to do. But, I was really looking forward to The Lorax movie with my friend in the afternoon!

We laid down for a little while, then got our shoes on and went to pick up Grayson! We all sat in the back seat together - Grayson got to use my car seat from Mommy's car. When we got to the Cinema Grill, we sat at a long table and ordered popcorn and lemonade. Mommy & Daddy stacked up 2 chairs to make us higher so we could see the movie better. It was such a good movie! We really liked it - and we loved the popcorn and lemonade!

After the movie, we got to bring Grayson back to our house to see our room and toys! We were not happy with Mom & Dad because they kept stopping at boring places on the way home - the bank and gas station - when we could have been playing with our friend, but we were able to show him our place and play Legos with him a little bit. Hannah wanted us to play Barbies with her, but we just wanted to play Legos. Daddy had her help him with some stuff on the computer so she wasn't too disappointed that we didn't want to play Barbies.

I decided I didn't want to bring Grayson home, so Hannah went with Mom to take him home. But, when they left, I changed my mind. I cried because they were gone when I changed my mind, but Daddy said it was too late. He did help comfort me, but I was still sad. I love Grayson. He's my best friend!

This morning, Daddy had sad news. Spike, our fish that we've had for 2 years, died today. We said goodbye and said a little prayer. Poor Spike. Hannah cried and Daddy said when fish die, their spirits go to fishy heaven and we flush his body down the toilet. It's sad. But, we still have Cheyenne. Hannah helped Mommy give Cheyenne a bath yesterday, so she's nice and soft.

After that, we went to Sunday School. We got to color visors and learn about how David became king of Israel. After Sunday School, we hung out in the senior high youth room while Mom & Dad talked, then they decided to go to Cub Foods instead of home. We got to ride in an airplane cart - which is our favorite mode of transportation at Cub! Then we came home, but I was so tired, I went to lay down instead.

I couldn't fall asleep, and Hannah wasn't tired so Mom and Dad told us to change our clothes and put on our shoes because we had to go to Ron & Carol's. We were pretty excited, even though we didn't know who would be there. We were the only kids, but we had our chance to play in the sand (we practiced our volleyball skills from Saturday morning classes) and run around the secret trails. We even got to see Carol's fairy garden! She said the fairies come out to play during the day but freeze when people watch them, then they go home in the night. I want to go back tomorrow to see if they've moved! We tried to secretly watch them before we left, but they were too clever. They KNEW we were watching them!

Mom and Dad said it's going to be a very busy week. We get to visit Beacon Academy this week! That's where we might go to kindergarten. I really want to go to Northport for kindergarten but Mom said the rules say we can't go to Northport if we live in our area. I think the rules are stupid, but the main reason i want to go to Northport is because Joey goes there, and Mom said my friend Joey will be at a different school next year anyway. So, I guess it's OK if I go to a different school. I want to go to Forest but Mom and Dad said they have other schools they like better, so I guess I'll have to wait  and trust them.

Hannah's dance recital is next week. She's very excited for her dance recital. After that is spring sing week! Yay!

Have  a good week!
Noah

Happy Easter!

Wow. We've been a little busy lately and haven't had time to update our blog.

It's been 3 weeks now since we helped Mommy & Daddy put on the circus!
They helped put together a circus party with a murder mystery theme at the church. We got to play with our friends Kendra & Jaxson while Daddy & Mommy helped decorate on Friday night. We even dressed up in costumes, ran around and put on a parade for our parents. It was fun! Saturday was more of the same. Mommy had a volleyball tournament, but we helped Daddy shop for the food (with Jaxson and his daddy and aunt). We helped him decorate for a while, then went home because Megan was coming! We got to show her our favorite movie (Cars2). We love Megan!

The next morning, we got to the church and the circus was still up from Saturday. It was so awesome! We got to play games, eat circus food (popcorn, licorice, donuts), have balloon animals (I got a hat instead) and even take photos in silly costumes. It was so great. We were going to go out to eat afterwords, but Noah did a naughty thing (he stuck a balloon sword in daddy's face while Daddy was driving) so Daddy made him go home. I got to go to Burger King alone with Mommy because I was still good. It was pretty cool. We sat by the window and waved at cars as they went through the drive through.

The next week we had to look forward to Easter. We were going to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house on Friday. We told Sue and all our friends all about it.

Monday night, we went to Cub and got some groceries. We got apples at Cub, so I saved my apple seed and planted it when we got home. I hope it grows into an apple tree! I've been watering it every night since then.

We also had some fun playing in the backyard. It was a nice night.

Tuesday, we found some really cool toys in our birthday party favors from Dylan! They were little guys whose feet & hands stuck to the wall, and when you threw them against the wall or window, they kind of "walked" down the wall. It was really cool, except we kept getting them stuck too high on the wall (or ceiling).

Friday finally came - we didn't have daycare so we hung out with Mom while Daddy worked at home. We went to the car dealership to have mom's car oil changed. The girl who helped Mommy had her dog at work, so we got to pet him. His name was Paco (he was a shih tzu) and he loved us petting him. When we went in the waiting room, a woman brought us coloring books and little cars. She also brought us a table so we could color. Noah used the table to do a puzzle, and I went to play in the kids area for a while before I went back and colored by Mommy.

On our way home, we stopped at Target to pick up a few Easter things (some treats for the egg hunt Saturday!) and headed home. We ate, had some quiet time, packed up the car and left for Grandma's house.

We stopped in Willmar at the motorcycle shop so Daddy could pick up his motorcycle. We got to go in and check out the bikes and snowmobiles and jet skis, though Mommy made us spend most of our time trying on helmets. They kind of hurt our ears when we tried them on, but we found one that didn't hurt our ears as much. Daddy said he'd buy one for us so we could ride on the motorcycle with him. Noah was so excited, but I was scared by it.

After we picked up the bike, we went to Pizza Ranch for supper. We love pizza ranch - it is our favorite place to eat! Their Cactus bread is the best. I love it the best!

We made one more stop on the way to Grandma's...We stopped at Aunt Dani's house. We were already playing with our cousins before Mommy & Daddy even got into the house. They decided to leave Daddy's motorcycle in Uncle Jason's shed so Daddy could ride home with us. We had a lot of fun with Ben & Lauren but were excited to go see Grandma and Grandpa, too.

Saturday I got up REALLY early - Grandpa said it was 4:45. Grandma got me to fall back asleep but Grandpa woke me up when he made breakfast, so I was up for the day. We spent most of the day at Great Grandma Leona's. We only had a few cousins there. After dinner, we played for a while, then went to the shop for an Easter Egg Hunt. We normally like to go outside to hunt for all those eggs, but it was SO windy the Easter Bunny hid all our eggs in the shop so our stuff didn't blow away! After we found all our eggs & treats, we got to ride up and down on the vehicle lift. Jimmy uses it to lift tractors & trucks off the ground and see under them when they need to be fixed.

Saturday night, we got back to Grandma's and Grandpa's and opened Easter gifts from Grandma, Grandpa and Angie. we got some fun stuff! New outfits, bug nets, a big scavenger hunt book, nail polish (for me) and Legos (for Noah), activity books, silly putty.

Sunday morning, we got up and opened our Easter gifts from Mommy & Daddy. They gave us each a VTech Innotab. It is a really fun toy - kind of like Mommy & Daddy's iPads. They reminded us that the Easter Bunny may have been to Grandma's house and hidden baskets for us. He hid a new basket for each of us. There were jellybeans, batteries and games for our Innotabs. We were so excited to play our new toys that we didn't even remember to eat Breakfast!

Before dinner, we made Cookies with Grandma & Grandpa. Noah made chocolate chip cookies. I don't like chocolate chip cookies so I made plain cookies and added marshmallows to them. They were so yummy!

We had Easter dinner with Great Grandma Marita, Cathy & Jimmy, then went to ride our bikes for a while before we left. Unfortunately, the batteries in our Innotabs didn't last the whole trip home. We watched a movie for the last couple of hours. Before my tablet died, though I realized I had to go potty - I had to go so bad I almost didn't make it to the next town to go! But I made it. I REALLY had to go.

Monday night Mommy picked us up from daycare and we drove up to St. Michael to have dinner at Perkins with aunt Angie. (Mommy forgot something at Grandma's house, so Grandma gave it to Angie on Monday so Angie could give it to us.) It was so great to see Angie! We love her so much.

Tuesday, we decided we needed to change our sheets so we took all the blankets, toys and sheets off our beds while Daddy made dinner. It was a big mess, but so much fun! We like to take all the sheets & blankets off our beds and make a big pile on our floor and jump onto the pile of blankets. But, when Mommy went through all the blankets, she found about five or six pairs of pajamas of Noah's in his bed! We picked out clean sheets for our beds and Mommy helped us make our beds before going to bed in nice clean sheets.

Wednesday was a big day. We had dentist appointments in the morning. Our regular doctor wasn't there, so we saw a new doctor. We liked Dr. Bobbi better, but she was on a big ship on vacation so we'll see her next time. We were hungry on our way to daycare, so we got to have pancakes from McDonald's when we got to Sue's house. They were so good! We've never had McDonald's pancakes before.
At school, we had field trip day. We went to the library. We were there last year, too, but were excited to go again. Unfortunately, Noah was naughty after we got home from school. He got in trouble at daycare and didn't even put his gi on for Soo Bahk Do. I got a tattoo and stickers from the teachers for participating.

Thursday night was a busy night down the street. The firemen were at a vacant home practicing getting it ready to burn. We didn't get to see any fire, but we did walk down and saw them using a chain saw to do some training. I waved at the fireman. It was pretty cool but we had to leave quickly when we saw Cheyenne had gotten out of the fence and was bothering dog walkers down by our house. We got her put in the house just in time to brush our teeth before bed.

Friday night, we went with Mommy & Daddy when Mommy brought some of our old stuff to her MOM sale. Daddy helped her bring stuff in and set up then took us to Perkins for supper. Yum! I didn't finish my food, but Noah helped finish mine. We were so good, Daddy even let us get a prize from the machines in Perkins. I got a sticky hand in my little egg.

Saturday, we got up and cleaned up our room a little before our volleyball class. We are doing better at volleyball this year (since we're five now.) We had Mac & Cheese for dinner, then we got to go on a playdate. Grayson's mom asked if we could come play, so we went there for the afternoon. We had a mask party (we got to choose a mask on the computer, cut them out and wear them). We also made cookies and ate them right before Mommy picked us up. We were sad to go, but can't wait to see our friend Monday! Hopefully we can have a playdate with him again.

After supper, Mommy asked us if we wanted to take Cheyenne for a walk. So, I asked Daddy if he wanted to come with us. He asked if we wanted to go for a motorcycle ride instead. I was a little hesitant, but once Mommy showed me she had a leather jacket for me to wear on the bike, I was excited! She had a Harley Davidson coat that Noah could wear, and he was so giddy when she handed him that coat!

After Daddy gave us a lesson on riding motorcycles, I got to take a ride first. I put on the new helmet and held on tight. We went up to the park & back, and I LOVED IT! It was so much fun.

Noah was excited to ride, too. He started to sway back & forth when he got on, but Daddy told him it was not OK to move around like that. He loved the ride, too. We wanted to go again, but it was bedtime, so we put on our pajamas.

Today was Sunday School - Mommy & Daddy worked in the nursery after Sunday School, so we got to play in the nursery with our friend Ryan while Mommy & Daddy talked to their friends Amy & Ryan.

The afternoon was quiet - we played with our Innotabs and colored, then the weather got nasty. Daddy said there was a tornado watch which scared me. But, he assured me that we would be safe. We did go down to the basement to watch TV instead of taking baths tonight, but there was no tornado. Just a little bit of hail.

Have a good week! We hope you had a good easter.
Hannah

Driving lessons

What a busy week!
Monday was nice outside, so we got to play outside when we got home from daycare.

Tuesday, daddy picked us up and he had braces on his teetch! We knew he was getting them, but we still have to get used to Daddy with braces on his teeth. After daddy picked us up from daycare, we went to visit our friend Jaxson, ate pizza and had a good time while Daddy worked with Jaxson's dad on a church meeting. It was a fun night to play with a friend (and his legos!)

Wednesday morning, we both got quarters for being good and getting ready in the morning without being hounded. Daddy gave us the option of saving our quarters in our piggy bank or taking them to soo bahk do and using them for a gumball. I chose to save mine so I can buy legos! Hannah chose to use hers for a gumball, so Daddy told her to put it in her pocket and save it. By the time Daddy picked us up from Sue's, Hannah had lost her quarter. She was very sad - she even cried, but Daddy said it was her responsibility to hang on to it, and she lost it. Neither of us got gumballs after Soo Bahk Do but we did get McDonald's because Daddy had to help with something for a little while at church. We played while he worked, then I got to ride back to our house with Daddy's friend Ryan.

Friday when mommy picked us up, Hannah asked if we could go to Angie's on Saturday. She said that Angie had to work, so Hannah asked if we could go to Grandma's. She said "OK." On our way home, she said maybe we should go tonight so we're just there tomorrow. When we pulled up to the front of the house, our suitcases were waiting on the step! Hannah was so impressed. She asked Mommy how she got our stuff ready so fast! Mom and Dad are GOOD. So, we packed up and drove out to Grandma & Grandpa's house. We even got to stop at the Pizza Ranch for pizza on the way there. It was delicious, but Daddy is still having a hard time eating most foods. Poor Daddy.

Saturday, we got to drive Grandpa's skid steer. It's just like a bobcat. We were excited just to get a ride, but getting to drive it was awesome! We've been admiring those since they re-did the road in front of our house a couple of years ago. I loved driving it.

Daddy had to take his bike to be fixed, so we stayed home with Grandma, Grandpa & Mommy. After we had quiet time, Grandpa took us into town in his cool car. We got to roll down the windows, feel the wind in our hair (it was a little too windy for us - especially Hannah) and ride through town. It was so fun. Mommy even drove us back home in Grandpa's Mustang.

Great Grandma Marita came for supper, then when grandpa brought her home, we got to see her new apartment. She lives really close to Grandma & Grandpa now. Her apartment is really small, but she really likes it there. She even took us to see her friend down the hall to show us off and say hi to her.

This morning, Hannah and I both got up early so we could have breakfast with grandpa, then I put on my shoes and told Grandpa I wanted to drive the skid-steer again. Daddy asked Grandpa if he was going to let me do that to him, but Grandpa just laughed and said "yes." So, I got to drive the skid steer again! Hannah drove for a little while, but it was cold, so she went in the house and had Mommy do her nails.

Great Grandma Marita, Great Grandma Leona & Great Aunt Dee came for dinner, so we had a lot of people at dinner! Mommy's uncle Roger & Aunt Trish stopped to say hi but they didn't stay to eat.

It was a long drive home. We were tired and getting crabby. We were very ready to go to bed when it was bedtime. We're looking forward to catching up on our sleep this week. It's spring break, though we will still be going to Sue's and keeping busy with everything we have going on.
Noah

According to Noah's dream the other night: Mommy, Noah, Hannah and I won the Super Bowl last night. We were Playing for the Giants. We were the only for people on the team. We beat the Packers and had to use teamwork to lift the trophy after the game because it was so big.

Minnesota reports - done!

We had the best surprise today!

We both helped with reader's theater in Sunday School, then had class. After class, we got to go to the nursery while Mom & Dad had a murder mystery meeting. They keep talking about Murder Mystery stuff - we really want to see this murder mystery that they've been talking about, but Mom & Dad said it's a party at church. They said we can help set up but the party is at night and it's too late at night for us.

After nursery, we got in the car & drove to a Perkins far away from our house. It was kind of chilly in there, so Mom went to get a jacket for us, and when she came back, Angie was in front of her! We got to see Angie, Grandma & Grandpa for lunch. I was so excited I RAN to Angie to give her the biggest hug. Noah was so excited to see them, too. He was really happy to see Grandma & Grandpa and Angie, too.

On our way home, we stopped at the store near our place bought new shoes. Mommy said she wants us to have really good shoes that won't fall apart this summer. They tie, so Mom said we aren't allowed to wear them until we learn to tie. These are our first tie shoes since we've started putting our own shoes on.

Yesterday, we had a busy day. We wore our green for St. Patrick's Day. Mommy & Daddy took us to eat at a new restaurant. They were playing irish music, and we danced to it while we waited for our food since we sat near the dance floor. It was pretty good, but we got so much food, we couldn't finish.

After eating, we went to Target to pick out a birthday party for Dylan. Noah picked a water gun, so I helped choose which gun to get. Then we went home to wrap it and left for the party. It was a long drive, but it was pretty fun when we got there. It was a martial arts party! I was too shy to go out on the mat with the boys at first since I was the only girl, but Mommy wanted to see me do my kicks & punches, so I went out and showed her. They instructors running the party showed everyone some blocks, kicks & punches, let us hit & kick some noisy paper, then we did a couple of obstacle courses before cake & juice. It was awesome! We were so tired when we got home, though, that we had supper and went to bed early.

Friday was a big day for us. We had our Minnesota reports! We've been practicing and getting excited all week. When we got off the bus, Mrs. Hanks walked us onto the grass and showed us signs of spring - flowers! They were purple and just poking through the grass near the school building.

Mom & Dad came to watch us do our reports. We did our circle time, crafts and gym time. (We had an uneven number of people when we paired up to play with balls, so I chose Mommy to play ball with me. A bunch of other girls wanted to join our group because I had mommy, but Mrs. Bodin said to say with our partners so I had Mommy all to myself! Noah played ball with Nicholas.) After gym time, we got to do our reports. Noah went first, then I went.

When we did our reports, we looked for information, then told Mommy what we wanted to say, she typed it on the computer and we read our reports. We made boards with pictures on them so we could point to pictures as we talked.

Noah lost his place just once when he read his report. Mrs. Bodin asked him some questions that he answered, but then he found his place and finished his report. Mom & Dad said he sounded like a politician when he answered classmates questions. Whenever anyone asked a question, he said "That's a very good question" and pointed at the person who asked.

Here's a link to Noah's report: http://youtu.be/oQsBC9HNe8k

He got to bring Honeycrisp apples to share with everyone. We ate them during our special St. Patrick's Day movie, and a lot of our friends thanked Noah for the yummy snack that he brought for his report. Daddy & Mommy searched 3 different stores before finally finding Honeycrisp apples, and Noah really appreciated it.

When it was my turn, I started shy & quiet, but I started getting louder after I started and gained confidence. I didn't lose my place when I read. And, Mrs. Bodin helped me answer questions - it turns out she saw Paul Bunyan and sat on his boot when SHE was a little girl, too. He knew HER name, too. Wow.

Here's a link to my report: http://youtu.be/0NoJt_jBW3Y

After we did our reports, we each got a Minnesota lisence plate with our name on it, a Minnesota report certificate and a Minnesota state shaped card saying that we did our reports. Yay!

After school, Mommy drove us to Sue's to find out if she caught the leprechaun. We've always tried to catch him using a box, but today Sue used Megan's laCrosse net. We thought that would work! She caught his leg, but he escaped. He did leave us green beads and chocolate gold coins! That naughty leprechaun!

Friday night, we went to the new Menards. It was pretty nice! It has elevators, cart escalators and lots of cool stuff. We can't wait to go back.

Wednesday morning, Mommy & Daddy got us up early and we got to Sue's early. Mommy & Daddy had to go visit a different school. They said they liked it, so they said they have 2 schools to choose from for us to go to kindergarten. We can't wait to see what school we'll attend next year!

Monday night, we got to go to Daddy's volleyball game. Daddy picked us up from daycare, brought us to his volleyball game and met Mommy there! We got to play iPad while they played volleyball. Then Mommy took us home to bed. We were still pretty worn out from the time change over the weekend.

It was a pretty busy week. We're working on being good kids in the morning. Daddy has started a new incentive program - if we get up, get ready and get through our morning list without Dad or Mom hounding us, we get a quarter! We love getting to put that quarter in our piggy banks!

It's been a busy week. We're looking forward to a less busy week this week before Spring Break next week. Mom said Sue won't take a spring break - just school.

Have a good week!
Hannah

We've had really warm days this week. We've been able to go outside at school and at Sue's, so we've been happy!

We've had a pretty normal couple of weeks.

Two weeks ago, after our trip to Ikea, daddy put up our new dining room table. We now get to sit on a bench. It takes up less room in the dining room, so Mom & Dad are happy about that. They gave our old table to our neighbors' niece and she was happy to have our old table. Our new table is pretty cool!

We even got some snow, too. The snow was so heavy, our neighbors' tree branch fell down in the middle of the night. When we started to walk out to our car, a tree branch fell RIGHT on our powerline and garage, so we couldn't even get to Mommy's car to get to daycare. Good thing Daddy was shoveling snow on the other side of the garage, so he drove the car around to the front of the house for us to get to Sue's. It was still hanging on the powerline when we got home from daycare that day. We were getting ready for bed when the guys from the power company came to fix it. They cut down the branches then they got into a bucket on their truck that lifted them up to cut the branches of the trees. That was so cool to watch! It's kind of like Grandpa's scissor lift.

Last weekend, Mommy had another tournament with the Divas. We got to go play for most of the afternoon while Mommy played and Daddy watched her with the videocamera. I played iPad games with Deion while Hannah played girl stuff with the girls. Mommy finished early, so we got to go out to eat with the kids. We went to Green Mill and had yummy Mac & Cheese! It was fun.

Wednesday after soo bahk do, we went back to school so Mommy & Daddy could talk to Mrs. Bodin about us. We finished our peanut butter sandwiches while they talked, then we went to Target to get my snack for school next week. I got to pick out Cars 2 Cheez-its. I wanted fruit snacks, but Mom & Dad said no. I decided the Cheez-its were better than a tantrum in Target.

Thursday, Hannah had pictures for dance. Mommy did her hair while I got to play LeapPad games. She was so excited to wear her costume and take pictures! Daddy came to get me so I didn't have to sit and watch girls take pictures. We went and got pizza for supper! It was delicious.

I started reading a chapter book this week. When I got done with the first chapter, I got upset because the book was too long, but Sue gave me a bookmark and told me I could stop whenever I wanted to, and pick up the book later when I wanted to read again. That's pretty cool! She gave one to Hannah, too, but she was not comprehending the book as much so she lost interest quickly.

We had a very fun weekend this weekend, too!

Saturday morning, we got up and daddy and mommy brought us to a surprise. We went to SkyZone. It's a trampoline park - there were different trampolines on the walls, a pit of foam blocks to jump into, different courts of trampolines - it was so awesome! We had so much fun. We loved it! We bounced for an hour. It started to get busy about the time we left, but we loved it when we were there! We can't wait to go back.

After that, we went to Red Robin for dinner. I got to have a strawberry smoothie and Hannah had lemonade. What a special treat! After dinner, we went to look for a chair for Cheyenne to sit on (we got rid of the chair she sits on in the living room, so we need to find her someplace to sit now) and to the hardware store so Daddy could put up a shelf. When we got home, we played outside while Mom & Dad put up a new shelf. We even got to go for a bike ride for a few blocks. It was such a beautiful day! Daddy grilled a delicious steak dinner for supper. It was really a great day.

Today was a little more lazy. We got to wear crowns, eat goldfish and drink koolaid while we talked about Deborah the judge in Sunday School. Then we went home for Mac & Cheese. We played outside for a little while then upstairs while Mommy & Daddy worked on organizing some things around the house.

We're getting excited about our Minnesota reports. We will give them on Friday! Mommy printed out pictures for us, so we made nice boards to show our pictures while we talk. We have our speeches written out so we can give them to our class. We're so excited, but Mom & Dad are frustrated with us because they say we need to practice more. Hopefully we can practice enough and do a really good job on Friday!

Have a good week. We're not only looking forward to our Minnesota reports on Friday, but it's also GREEN DAY at school.

Noah

We finally got SNOW!

It was a fun week, though it had its ups and downs.

Monday, daycare and school were both closed. We stayed home with Daddy while he worked from home. Since we were good in the morning, we got to go to Target at lunchtime to take a little break. We had earned $10 Target cards a few weeks earlier helping out in a kids study at the U, so we got to pick out a toy to spend our $10 on. Noah picked a lego set with a policeman, prisoner, 2 vehicles and a police station. I got a Barbie purse that I could color myself and a magic reveal coloring book. I spent the whole afternoon coloring my new purse and my coloring book, while Noah spent the rest of the afternoon putting together his Legos.

Tuesday, we got SNOW! We were SO excited when we got up and found snow on the ground. After school, we helped daddy shovel the snow and got to play, make snow angels and slide down the hill in the frontyard.

Wednesday was "N" day at school, so we got to bring something that started with the letter "N". I bought a NOAH! Just kidding. I also wore my necklace with my name on it. Noah brought our nightlight. Unfortunately he forgot his backpack on the bus, so we didn't get our nightlight back for bedtime! We're big kids, though, so we didn't even fuss. Thursday, Sue went out and got the backpack from the bus driver in the morning so he got his backpack back, and we got our nightlight back.

Saturday, Mommy had a volleyball tournament, so after hanging out at home in the morning, we got to go see her and the Divas play. All the kids were there, so I got to play with Abbey, Piper, Aubrey, Anika and the rest of the kids. Noah didn't want to stay after ate our lunchables, so he went home after watching Mommy play and I got to stay with all the kids! It was so much fun. We watched Mommy play, played ball, watched some videos, played some games and decorated signs for the Divas. I even got a new headband made for me out of duct tape. Noah got to help Daddy grocery shop. They bought kabobs for a party that night, and a mango. He was so excited about trying mango - he loved it and was excited for me to try it!

After volleyball, Mommy and I went to Lars & Juanita's for a party. Daddy & Noah were already there. We had a good time playing and running around with the boys. But, when Mommy & Daddy asked us if we wanted to sleep there or come home, we both wanted to come home. When we put on our jammies and got ready to leave, Lars played one of Noah's favorite songs on his TV! It was so cool. They were singing the Star Wars song by Weird Al, dancing and singing along. It was pretty funny! We got home really late. I pretended to fall asleep on the way home while Mommy talked to Noah. I fooled her! She unbuckled me and then I opened my eyes and laughed at her. I did fall asleep fast when we got home, though.

Today, I tried a mango for breakfast, but I didn't like it. Noah was happy to eat the rest of mine for me. We got to church really early, so we made a card for a sick kid at the Ronald McDonald house before class. After Sunday School, Noah went into the nursery & I went to church and colored at the back table. My friend Ryan from Sunday school sat next to me and we colored pictures for our parents together.

After lunch, we were all tired, so we rested for a short time. I fell asleep! When we all woke up, daddy told us he would take us to Ikea. We were SO EXCITED!
We were really bummed when we got there and found out the playland was full and we couldn't go play. We had a hard time not having a tantrum & pouting, but we made the best of it shopping with Mommy & Daddy. We got to try out all the chairs, play on the couches, and sit at the tables. We had a fun time, but ran out of time to play in the kids stuff area. Maybe if the playland is full next time we go, we can spend some time playing in the kids room area.
After Ikea, we ate at Sunshine factory! We were so busy we didn't even have time for baths. But, we had a fun day!

We're looking forward to some snow this week. We've missed having it this weekend, so we hope the weather men are right when they say we'll get snow this week.
Have a good week.

Hannah