Awwwoooooo!

A visit from the German cousins means we get to some extra special stuff!  One of them being letting the kids skip a tiny bit of school to adventure at the Great Wolf Lodge.  I think all 4 kiddos had a great time and made some lasting memories!  These are mostly pictures from the Water Park portion of our trip! :)  

sweet Julie

Angie traversing the log bridge

Leo was too short to use the ropes so he used the hop across method

Angie, Julie and Sophia

water, water everywhere!

Oli, Julie and Sophia

had to get an action shot of Leo and me on one of the slides

Cousins Reunited!

Julie, Molly, and Sophia all working on a puzzle!

Sophia and Leo had a sleepover with the German cousins right away!  Grandma hosted them the night after they arrived.  On Saturday night we had fun attending German Night at the Knights Hall, very apropos! Plus, Charlie organized a cute little gathering for my birthday and I was happily surprised to see my family and get a DQ ice cream cake!

ugh, number candles, but at least the cake was yum!

Sophia and Angie could not get enough of each other!  Or dancing!

a Leo/Leo high five

LIttle Dancer

Sophia is happy to attend another semester of ballet.  She's having a great time and we are slowly taking over the class with all our friends...mwhahahahaha!  These pictures are from Watch Week and the recital is in just over a week!  

Pool Time!

All the kids were off school one day so I took Sarah and Jacob to the pool with us and then they all had a sleepover at Meredith's!  It was a pretty fun day.  It had been a while since we'd hit the pool and I think all the kids had fun!  I got some great pics too!

I love this picture of Sarah and Leo! :)

So photogenic, even underwater!

It's blurry :( but you can tell how much fun she's having!
Look at that smile!

a boat made for 3

Kaleidoscope Time Again

We went to Kaleidoscope with some of Leo's preschool friends.  I was happy that Sophia was able to join us as well since she loves her art projects so much!  Thankfully it wasn't very buys the day we went and so we got to stay as long as we wanted, which absolutely put Sophia in Heaven! (generally they kick you out after 40 mins) Leo even did more art than he did last time.  I think they enjoy the freedom to wander and create.  Both of them enjoyed the melty crayon room a lot this time too.