weekend pictures

Busy as usual

Another busy week has passed quickly.

Mykaela had a field trip to the zoo with Erin, my Dad, Kathy and Olivia on Thursday. Mallory still wants to go with Erin my offer to take her wasn't good enough. Thursday night we headed to the Spechts for dinner and the kids had a blast playing outside. Jason was working on putting together the new swing/play set and the kids couldn't wait to try it out. All Mykaela would ask after that day was when can we go back and swing on the glider since that was the one thing that wasn't up before we left. I was on a mission to find a gilder of our own over the weekend and was finally successful, fleet farm to the rescue, the girls love it and is great because they can both be on it at the same time.

Friday evening the girls and I headed to the Family Story Time sponsored by River Hills Nursery School (where Mykaela will go next year) it was a free event with games, prizes, story reading, a bounce house and a book fair. Mykaela was a little shy at first but then started to have fun. They each came home with a hard cover book and stuffed animal compliments of Kohls.

Saturday morning Mykaela and I ventured out to get her glasses fixed. I was surprised how quickly they were able to fix them and even happier that it was free. Saturday afternoon we stopped over at the neighbors to celebrate Vincent's 2nd birthday. It was nice seeing some of the neighbors again. We even brought the bounce house over (on a side note found the missing cover, it was inside th bounce house :) )

Sunday the girls went to Sunday school and I stopped to ask Pastor Walt about the baptism.We are still on for the 22nd just need to set up a time to discuss the baptism and get the information for Owen and Olivia turned in. I was also reminded that the girls have a church concert next Sunday at 3:00 The rest of the day we spent outside playing, riding on the new glider swing and a much needed trip for groceries. Unfortunately both Marshall and Mykaela are coming down with another cold. Tonight we proped up Marshall's mattress I am hoping that helps him with his breathing tonight ...

I have pictures but will have to post later when Kirk is done playing video games :)

On Goings

I have been avoiding blogging ... not sure if it is being overwhelmed, not sure what to blog about or feeling like I am not a good story teller.

Happenings from the last month:
I have misplaced my camera. I need to get copies of the pictures Krista has taken, in the mean time I will need to look harder.
Mykaela was sick one weekend - high temperature, cough, runny nose, and pink eye to top it off
Mallory was home for 11 days on spring break. Had a couple of play dates, Sidney and Keira
Marshall is climbing stairs, giving hugs (loves) and finds his sisters hillarious

Took to get the kids pictures taken with bunnies Saturday morning. They turned out pretty good, would have liked a few more snapshots of Marshall and Mykaela was making a silly smile in some of them.

http://www.flutterby-photos.com/Children/Thorsen-Family/12469017_eyN9v/
Password: Marshall

Niece Stella turned 1 today. Happy Birthday! Her party was at the Y over the weekend. The kids had a blast. Was great having my Mom and Pj in town. You will need to check Krista's blog to see pictures.
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Now that April has arrived it feels like things are jst going to get busier. I am hoping to keep up on this blog and taking more pictures . Any bets it won't happen :)

Picture Post

I don't have any fun or indepth stories to share at this point since my mind can't seem to gather my thoughts so here are some pictures from the weekend.

What ??

I want that camera!

Disney Princesses on Ice

Princesses at the show

Mallory :)

Mykaela and her puppy Oliver

Marshall's 9 month pictures taken by Krista.

9 month check

Our little baby boy is growing quickly. Had his wellness check this morning, the longest I think we have ever waited. They actually gave him his shots first since the doctor was so far behind. Luckily he expressed only a little discomfort for his shots a quick cry and it was over. He has a rash that comes and goes, she said it appears to be a type of eczema. I think I have narrowed down the irritation to something we use at bath time so we are going to try a new body and hair wash along with getting rid of any fragrance laundry soap, lotion and dryer sheets we use on his clothing. He has a little fluid behind his right ear but since he doesn't have a fever and not bothered by it no medication needed at this point. Other than that he is doing great. Has 4 teeth and his top two incisors are close to pushing through. Becoming a crawling pro and pulling himself up on anything he can get to. He is 20lbs 1oz and 29 1/2 inches long. That puts him in the 50% for weight and 75% for height.

Arizona - Relaxation

Just returned from a short but relaxing weekend trip to Arizona with my sis

Thanks Kathy and Dad for the wonderful trip. Thanks Kirk for being a single dad for the weekend.

We spent the weekend at a spa resort that involved spa treatments, wonderful breakfasts, shopping, restaurants, movies, hiking and catching up with an old friend.

Just before our first massage.

Why would anyone design a car with the console in the center of the dash?

Pedicures and sandals :)

Scenic sites

April and I, haven't seen each other in about 10 years.

Science Fair

A while back Mallory came home with a permission slip to enter the science fair. I asked her if she wanted to participate and she said yes. So the next thing was to decide on the experiment. They didn’t have any limitations other than size. Her only idea was a volcano which I thought would be too much work so I asked the organizer for some ideas and she sent home the program from last year. I read off some of the titles to Mallory and she liked the Egg Float idea. So we went with it.

One week until the science fair and we hadn’t even started yet. I told her we would work on it after Sunday school which ended up being perfect timing since we were basically stuck inside due to another big snow storm. We started with the poster board first, with a title and her name then it was time to start the experiment.  Then she made a chart to predict if she thought the egg would float or sink. Then we got four glasses of water and mixed in different things that would dissolve in the water (salt, sugar and baking soda).  Now time for the egg … only we don’t have any eggs left.  Darn will have to wait to finish the experiment.

Monday Kirk was out clearing the driveway for the Xth time this year and he asked our neighbor for a couple eggs. Yeah we are back in business. So Mallory took an egg and put it in each glass and wrote down the results on a new chart.  We also took pictures of the egg floating or sinking in each glass.

I printed the results and pictures on Tuesday and she was finished with her project that evening. The science fair was on Thursday evening. The same night I flew out to Arizona so I missed it but sounds like she did a great job and had a lot of fun.  It was so cute having her explain what her experiment was about … the egg being more or less dense than the water J