The Fun Place

We promised the kids that we would take them to "the fun place" if they were good all week. This place is in the same shopping center as the bowling place, so when we went bowling they saw it and have been wanting to go back ever since.

There is a little roller coaster in there that was the first thing they wanted to ride. Here they are getting ready to go.

From The Fun Place

This is what the mini-coaster looks like.

From The Fun Place

They LOVED it! It goes around like 4 times. I tried to get a pic of them coming past, but I always missed them. They had HUGE smiles on their faces!

Next, Alayna wanted to ride the horse and Calvin rode the dinosaur. Note the smiles again!

From The Fun Place

From The Fun Place

Next was the Monorail.

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Then we went to jump on the trampolines.

From The Fun Place

And I just love this picture, I am not sure why, but I do. Calvin is just looking out into the world, and I love the light hanging there and the shape of the window that just reminds you where we are.

From The Fun Place

In case you noticed that there were NO other children at this "Fun Place", that was a very strategic move on our parts. We made sure to get there right at 10am when it opened, because the locals don't really get up and going that early. By time we left at 11am the crowds were starting to arrive. Lets just say that my poor little kids would have probably ended up like road kill if we would have gone at lets say 2pm.

Long time, No Posts

Sorry for not updating the blog this week. The blame is two-fold: one part busyness and one part laziness. Anyways, I am here to promise you many posts are coming soon. I am now downloading pics to my computer,and I promise to be up-to-date by Monday. Keep watching for lots more posts next week, Calvin's Birthday is on Tuesday and we have a few other photo worthy events in the happening this week.

Please forgive me and I will promise to not let it happen again. (anytime soon) ;)

This Weeks Quotable Quotes

Well it turns out I didn't take too many pictures this week and it was overall a boring week. But I do have some funny quotes to pass along.

Ryan brought home some new Dora Band Aids and Alayna saw them and said:

"Daddy, I am going to get hurt real soon so I can use these!"

Calvin had kind of a rough week at school last week and was quite sad going to school each day. On Monday (his 2nd day of school for the week), I said "Calvin you love school, why are you so sad?" His answer:

"But Mommy, I love you more than school." And my heart melts.

Today I picked up Calvin from school(by the way he is doing much better this week) and this is what I found:

"Mommy I'm Dooku, and this side is Lightning..."

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"And this side is Force Push."

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Ok, in case you aren't the mother of a little boy, that is a Star Wars reference he is making. Lovely isn't it?!

Today I finally got my hair cut for the first time since we got here. And the final quote of the day is from my friend Anita: "Hey there Sassy!"

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Bowling (for real)

From Real Bowling

We took the kids bowling for the first time EVER yesterday. It was a ton of fun.
The kids balls were 6 pounds, still pretty heavy for the little ones.

From Real Bowling

From Real Bowling

So they needed a little help getting in down the lane as well.

From Real Bowling

From Real Bowling

And then the balls needed a little coaching on their long journey.

From Real Bowling

From Real Bowling

Finally, Success!!!

From Real Bowling

Yes, Ryan and I bowled as well. Some of you have heard me say how much I HATE bowling, well it turns out that I DON'T hate Bumper Bowling!

From Real Bowling

From Real Bowling

I actually almost beat Ryan, but he got 2 strikes in the 10th frame and beat me.

From Real Bowling

We all really had a good time. I don't know that we will do it again anytime soon since it cost about $40 for the 4 of us to bowl just one game.

Seeing Auntie Brooke (part 2)

Yup! We were lucky enough to see Auntie Brooke again. This time she was on her way back to Iraq after her R&R. We were hoping to be able to have her come to our house and stay overnight, but that wasn't in the cards this time. Hopefully next time.

Here are a few pics from our time with her.......

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Auntie gave each of the kids an Army Teddy Bear. Alayna has to have hers in bed with her now:)

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Alayna just loves her Auntie!

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And I love my baby sister.

And on a slightly different topic, People over here LOVE my little blond kids! I mean everywhere we go they get candy and pats on the head and all kinds of attention. Well this guy working at the KFC on the base where we were visiting Brooke just had to hold her and give her a cookie! Then Brooke ordered the Popcorn chicken that Alayna had requested and he gave that to her for Free as well! Calvin was with Daddy at the McDonalds ordering food for the rest of us, and Calvin got himself a Free Apple Pie! When we get back to the states, my poor kids are going to wonder why they aren't the center of attention every time they leave the house.

From Brooke visit2

Bowling Champ

Since we got the Wii for Christmas we have been learning to play all the new games that we also got. A family favorite is the Bowling game. You actually have to swing your arm like you are really bowling, and the game reacts to the speed and angle of your arm to determine where the ball goes. The technology is really amazing. But anyway, the point of the story is that somehow Calvin is by far the best bowler in the house! He just whips his arm, but every frame is a strike or a spare.

From Bowling

From Bowling

See what I mean?

Here is Daddy bowling with perfect form.

From Bowling

Now here is the score Calvin vs Daddy.

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Ryan was honestly trying his hardest to beat the little punk too.

Then Mommy tried.

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Yup, he beat me too.

Oh well, at least I am still taller than him, for now!

Only in Wisconsin

Ok, so every once in a while I check in on the local Wisconsin news to see what is happening "back home". Today I just had to laugh. Check out 3 of today's Top Stories:

Man Dead After Snowmobile Hits Deer

Man Hurt After Crashing into Manure Truck

Polar Bear Plunge

The story I was actually looking for I didn't find, but here is a story on the same topic from a few years back. It is the annual Toilet Bowl festivities in my home town of Hustisford, WI.

Aaahhhh, Only in Wisconsin! Missing home and all the craziness that goes with it.

ps. Just found what I was looking for: This Year's Toilet Bowl TV news report