Treehouses!

We got a family membership to our local Botanical Gardens the weekend before last and spent the morning checking out the Treehouses they have there right now. So very cool, the boys loved climbing and exploring all the treehouses! It was a lot of walking for such a hot day, but very fun!

Memorial Day weekend...

We did a few fun things over Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, we went to a big flea market and scored a few fun things, then that evening we had fun checking out the balloons at the Alabama Jubilee in Decatur. There weren't too many this year, because of the weather, but they were fun to see.

That Monday, with Daddy off from work, we wanted to have another adventure, so we headed off to Chattanooga, planning to visit the aquarium and possibly the Children's museum since the weather was iffy. On the way, we saw a sign advertising Lake Winnepesaukah ("Lake Winnie") amusement park, which we had forgotten we wanted to check out sometime. I looked it up on my phone and it looked fun, so we headed out there instead, hoping the weather wouldn't be too bad. We could handle a few sprinkles!

Well, we got there around lunchtime and got something to eat, and that's when it started to sprinkle, and then POUR. We got some ponchos at the gift shop, and everyone thought little Jon was just hilarious running around with his tied up so it would (sort of) fit him.

Despite our fancy ponchos, we still got pretty wet! The rain lasted maybe an hour. We took the train ride and the kids went on a few kiddie rides. The boys were having so much fun- they weren't bothered at all by the rain. We took a little break from the wetness in a pavillion for a few minutes, and finally the rain let up. The rest of the day was hot and sunny, yay! 

The kids had fun on all of the rides. There were a bunch of kiddie rides, and several family type rides that we could go on with them. Chris loved the haunted house, surprisingly, and they all loved the carousel and the roller coaster. I was surprised at how much pregnant people were not allowed to go on (bummer). Even the kiddie roller coaster. But I didn't mind, it was fun watching the boys. They loved every minute of the day.

This was just hilarious to watch Dave on this little ride. We were just going to let the older boys go on it but the girl told Dave he could go so he went along with Jon. So funny.

We had some of the worst "snow cones" ever, but they were nice and cold and turned your tongue red, so it was great fun!

We will definitely head back there sometime! It was a fun weekend.

Happy 4th Birthday Chris!

Four years old! So hard to believe! Just looking through all of our pictures made me realize how time flies, and how much Chris has grown up just in the past year. He's gone from a little babyface to quite the big boy. It was hard to choose just a few favorite pictures- which surprised me because he's usually the hardest to get to smile or look at me when I have my camera out!

He has been our biggest baby, at 8 lbs. 15 oz!

 

Chris is such a funny kid. He constantly surprises us with the things he says. He has such a fun sense of humor, he likes to joke around. He is very thoughtful, and when he has mulled something over, you'd better be prepared to hear about it in detail! He loves to have a plan for things. He LOVES his Legos, specifically the Lego people. He will just go through the bin and pull out all of the people and play with them forever. He loves to swim and is very brave when it comes to the water, he will just jump right in. He is a very snuggly little guy. He also loves to sing and will just break out in song anytime anyplace, sometimes very loudly! He is the hardest one to get moving and out of the house when we have somewhere to go;  for some reason these days he just wants to stay home. But usually very content to just sit and play with his toys at home and doesn't really need much to keep him happy!

Of all the boys, Chris seems to be the most excited about the baby coming. Whenever he mentions something about the "baby girl" he has a big smile on his face. It's fun to see, and I'm curious how he'll be when she gets here!

He was supposed to have his birthday party with the family on Saturday, but I got sick so it has been postponed to next weekend. We did take him to Chuck E Cheese Friday night and did cake and presents last night (Daddy's won't be home until late tonight), so I will post pictures of all that after his party.

Happy Birthday little buddy! We sure love you :)