Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Three's a crowd?



Ariel has officially made a come back this Spring! We discovered that we did, in fact, bring an inflatable pool for the kids to play in here. So we blew up the purple ring of fun and filled it up with water warm enough for all three kids! It was a bit "snug", but they were all having fun splashing. Cayden doesn't have a whole lot of sit in him, but I'm hoping he get's a bit more content in there as we use it more.
For those of you interested in house details here, the pool has been set up on the patio / porch running the length of most of the house - or the living room area on the main floor. There's a door leading in to the kitchen at the end where the pool is and I took the picture from there towards the road. There's also steps going down to the garden (yard) from that end, as well. It's worked out pretty well, so far, because I can set Cayden in his highchair in the kitchen with me while I get supper ready so we can keep an eye on the older two through the doorway.
Hope you're all enjoying the nice weather this week too!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Yay Visitors!



Yes, we had our first visitors from the States and the kids were thrilled! Of course, they're always happy to see their grandparents, but seeing them after so long... it was just something very special. We all had a wonderful time during Grandma and Poppa Roosien's visit. We tried to pace ourselves with some busy days and some more relaxed days around the house so they could "endure" our everyday craziness and also enjoy some of the sights of Europe while here. Amongst those were a day trip to the Netherlands where we visited some of the "homelands" of family. We also went downtown to the Grand Platz to see the architecture and have a gooey waffle : ). Then we had a great vacation down to Southern Germany and Austria to see some castles there. The kids did fairly well for the most part, but they were definately ready to come home.
We're now getting back into the swing of things as Mikayla's spring break has come to an end. You're reminded of another "difference" with that too when people talk about their holidays to Southern France, Florence for a week, or a cruise in Spain rather than going to Florida or Alabama!