January Starts with a Splash

We have had a great January so far.  We got some lovely hats from Aunt Bonnie and had fun posing with them.

We went to Castaway Bay water park in Sandusky for Grandpa Butch's birthday.  We weren't able to get a picture with Snoopy with Grandpa, but we did get one with the kids.  They were not too sure about getting close to Snoopy, but they warmed up to him pretty quickly.  This picture is from the second time we saw him and they were much less apprehensive.  

The kids had a great time at the water park.  Mackenzie said it is her favorite hotel that we have ever stayed at.  She was just barely tall enough to go down all the slides including 3 tube slides (one of which was quite fast in Mom's opinion) and a really fun raft ride that proved that the park is owned by Cedar Point.  As Mackenzie said, "It made my tummy go flip-flop."

We left the water park and went directly to Imagination Station for a birthday party for one of Mackenzie's classmates.  Since we are members, Brian, Isaac and I stayed and played and Isaac had fun getting to choose where we went and what we did the whole time.  Right now there is a Sesame Street exhibition at Imagination Station, including Elmo's house:

After the party was over the kids enjoyed some of their favorite parts of Imagination Station before we came home for a well-needed quiet time.

Brian went back to work yesterday and we are getting back into our normal schedule.  So far things are going well, other than the Check Engine light coming on in Brian's car.  It is at the shop now, hopefully it won't be anything too serious.

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Another Tooth Lost

I am due for a full post, but I wanted to get this up now.  Mackenzie lost tooth number 3 today.

I also had to write down this conversation Brian told me he had with Mackenzie.  This child is always thinking:


Mackenzie:  Is there lava under our house?
Dad: Yes, way, way under the house.
Mackenzie: Can it come up through the ground?
Dad: No. They usually don't build houses where lava can come up from the ground.

Time passes.

Mackenzie:  I am still worried about the lava thing.  When we dig in the ground we can't get to the lava, right?
Dad: No.