Day 56--Bad Hair Day

Today we had Ellie's friends over for the day. Avery and Lincoln are sweet and easygoing and all together they had a blast giggling the day away. Avery and Ellie's favorite past-time (as usual) was trying on dresses. They pulled out every long lost Easter dress we've ever owned, tried it on, then took it off 5 minutes later, to start over with a new dress.

Their only break from dress-ups and dolls was a trip outside to the trampoline where they enjoyed a gorgeous afternoon.

Day 55--Girls' Night Out!

Using the excuse of Becca having a baby any day, we celebrated at Nielsen's Frozen Custard tonight. The custard was delicious and hanging out with the girls was a much needed distraction!

So, why do I wait for an excuse to go hang out with my friends? We should be doing this once a month or so!

Day 54--4.375%

It's official.

We refinanced the house today, which means we're sticking around town a while longer!

6.125% down to 4.375%. Woohoo!

Day 53--Fresh Air

Come hang out at our house on a Sunday afternoon and you're sure to discover one of our favorite Sunday traditions...long walks. Sometimes we go to cool trails, but more often than not we just traipse around our neighborhood. We love the fresh air and exercise part of it, but the best part for me is the uninterrupted conversations we get to have. No computer, no phone, no tv, no chores...just us and the kids.

Day 52--No Cost Entertainment

After a busy morning with chores and games we then went downtown to the National Building Museum. It was "Discover Engineering Family Day" and it was packed with people and fun activities to try (all for free).

They built contraptions out of junk and sent them down a zip line.

Made magnets out of a nail, wire, and a battery.

Built a trussel bridge out of nothing but paper and brads.

Built a homemade stomp rocket out of paper. (I love this cool shot of Adam mid-stomp).

There it goes!

Then went to our stake road-show night where we got some good quality laughs! (Check out Spence trying to hide out on-stage).

And that's why living near DC is so darn cool!

Day 51--Petland

One of our favorite preschool field trips each year is to Petland pet store. The kids are always completely enamored at the wide assortment of animals and all the moms have an excuse to hang out and talk with each other!
Here they are ogling over the guinea pigs!

Then it was off to lunch at Subway where there was a lot of giggling and silliness and a whole lot of Cheetos and chocolate milk being consumed!

Day 50--Baku-what?

Nine years ago, we lived through Spencer's obsession with Pokemon. Today I learned that there's a new craze in town...Bakugan. Never heard of it before until Adam spent quite some time this afternoon creating his own Bakugan. See the resemblance?
Yay. I love trendy phases.