We had a really busy March and have been out of town every single weekend (with the exception of the first weekend), which has why it has taken me so long to catch up on the blog! :) While we've been going non-stop, it was definitely a fun month!
Before writing about our adventures, I just have to post this picture. One morning I asked the boys to clean up the playroom (which is a request they hear quite often!) while I was doing the dishes. All of a sudden I realized it was quiet (which usually means they are getting into some sort of trouble), so I walked into the living room and found them here...
The funniest part is that when I walked into the room and asked them what they were doing (and why they weren't cleaning up) Landon said, "We're taking a break because we're tired." And yes, his hands were up behind his head just like that. (So, of course I grabbed my camera.)
The first weekend in March we took the boys to see The Lorax. Believe it or not, but this was the first movie Grady has ever seen in an actual movie theater. For a couple of years he was extremely sensitive to loud noises, so we never felt he would truly enjoy going to a movie; however, this year he seems to have gotten over that, and since The Lorax is one of their favorite books, it seemed the perfect time to go. Grady was in complete awe through the whole movie, and Landon made it through most of it, although Brandon spent the last bit walking with him in the lobby. Here they are before the movie...
A few days later we left for Florida! This was another fairly spontaneous trip to Vero Beach, but we figure we won't have this luxury next year once Grady is in kindergarten. We made the 10+ hour car trip and stayed for five nights....the trip is surprisingly pretty easy, although this time we dealt with the non-stop "When are we going to be there?" from both of them. That's to be expected I guess though! While we were there we of course enjoyed some time at the beach...
Another highlight of the trip was bowling! And the cutest part was that Hannah and Landon even got little bowling shoes....
Grady absolutely loves to bowl and gets super excited even if he doesn't knock any pins down...it's pretty cute!
Landon loves the idea of new things, but often times is a little hesitant at first. About half way through the game, he finally tried it and really liked it! Here is Louis giving him some pointers...
Hannah loves to bowl and on several different occasions decided to pick up random (and very heavy!) bowling balls and move them from place to place. Luckily, she made it through with no broken toes! :)
We had a special trip planned to the zoo on our last day, but unfortunately it rained! We weren't sure if it was going to last all day, so we headed in the direction of the zoo only to realize it was definitely going to rain ALL day. Ugh. After making some calls from the car, we found a small reptile farm that was primarily indoors, so we decided to go there. I don't think any of us were all that thrilled about seeing reptiles (aka snakes), but we tried to be positive and make the best of it. As you can see in this picture below, Brandon loved looking at the snakes.... :)
And here is our little nephew (due June 5th!) enjoying the snakes. Kelly is right at the 30-week mark and doing great. Can't wait to meet the little guy! :)
The highlight of the reptile farm was that a few times a day they had a "venom extracting show." This place actually sells the venom to pharmaceutical companies for anti-venom, so we got to see how it is extracted. It became instantly clear why the man doing this was missing a finger. :)Thankfully the demonstration was done behind glass, although the guy doing it informed us that there were lots of poisonous snakes on the farm just roaming around (because they just naturally exist in FL everywhere). Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but luckily we escaped with no sightings or bites. Before the show, they brought out a komodo dragon, and the boys surprisingly loved it!
Afterwards, we made a quick stop to Downtown Disney, which is really great because little kids actually think they are at Disney World (and it's free!). Ha! Grady was in heaven because we went to stores which featured Mr. Potato Head, legos and Toy Story! :)
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