Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Iowa
We got to spend the night with the Welsh family after our trip to Fun City. It was so nice to catch up with Vince and Tracy and see how Alex, Tori and Hudson are growing up. We went out for Maid Rites (it's an Iowa thing--you wouldn't understand!) and homemade PIE!!! (you just can't find pie in Chicago. We're more of a cake town). The kids enjoyed playing with each other.
A Few More from Fun City
More Fun City highlights: Zion won a THOUSAND tickets playing a spin-the-wheel game. We were relieved that he didn't cash them in for one of those giant stuffed animals (the kind that takes up a whole passenger seat in the car). He opted instead for a bag full of junk which kept him happy and entertained for the rest of the weekend. The Feeney girls took great care of Zen, 
as usual. We ate a pizza so large that it fed 3 entire families and still had pieces left over. Sam almost lost his life on the climbing wall when he came down upside down in the harness. Fun City, we love you!!
as usual. We ate a pizza so large that it fed 3 entire families and still had pieces left over. Sam almost lost his life on the climbing wall when he came down upside down in the harness. Fun City, we love you!!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Fun City!!!
We met our Missouri cousins at Fun City for a quick reunion. Fun city is a hotel complex in Burlington, Iowa--it's kind of like a water park/Chuckie Cheese/carnival/Casino, all rolled into one. We had a great time swimming, going down the water slides, and rock climbing. Later on in the evening the kids, fueled by junk food and giant lollipops, spent an obscene amount of money on laser tag and games. The fun continued back at our adjoining hotel rooms, where the kids partied and the adults caught up. We were treated to a fantastic surprise the next morning when Brent, Melissa, David and Luke showed up to spend the day with us. It's always a blast when the cousins get together! Enjoy the pictures!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
For Zen's Memory Book
Our computer crashed last month and we just got the new one fully up and running, therefore blog time has been somewhat limited (frustrating not to be able to post pictures). However, I have been meaning to post some sweet and cute "Zen-isms" for awhile now, so here they are.
Zen, at age 3, is alternately sweet and fierce, antagonizing his brother one minute and protecting him the next. He loves to "rattle" (wrestle) with Zion in the living room. They take off their shirts and put all the pillows from the couches down. Zion is much gentler on Zen, who will sometimes pull some real down-and-dirty wrestling moves on his brother!
Zen has learned all his colors and is starting to get really excited about the alphabet--he points out the letters that he knows all the time, wherever we go. All these familiar letters are associated with names of his friends and loved ones, so his conversations go something like this:
"hey! hey mommy! There's Brian's letter! See Brian's letter?" or, "MOM! I see my letter! Mine and Zion's!". He also is going through a stage where he thinks that if someone's letter is prominently featured on something, it "belongs" to that person. For awhile, he insisted that his boots belonged to Daddy because they had an "S" on them. He made a "J" for Jake and Jedi out of marbles the other day that he was very proud of, and Q sightings are always followed by, "baby Quinn!".
Zen has adjusted to the time change waaaaaay sooner than we wanted him to. He'll join us in bed sometime after 6:00 to "tuddle" and demand juice. He still has a lot of trouble with his hard c and k sounds, so everything is replaced by "T" or "D". He refers to Aunt Susie as "aunt tootie", which is also what he uses for "cookie." I sometimes think of her in my mind now as "Aunt Cookie," (which is cute because Auntie Susie is so sweet!).
Zen loves his Dr. Seuss alphabet cards and has had them for awhile now. When they were brand new, he decided one nap time to take a bite out of the corners of his favorites. This afternoon while we were playing with them, he laid out the ones he had munched on and commented, "I bite these. When I baby. I soooo bad. I not do that again." Zen has no problem judging others or telling them what to do (hmmm, I wonder which brother he got that from?). He'll tell someone "You bad!" especially if they are doing something he doesn't like. Zion is often on the receiving end of this statement. He also tells us all the time that something is a "bad idea." Such as putting him to bed before he's ready--"that bad idea."
Zen is VERY huggy and kissy right now. He loves his teacher, Ms. Goly, and will run to hug and kiss her as soon as he comes in the door in the morning. She says that he is very gentle with the babies in the daycare and also very protective of them.
Some of Zen's latest passions include playing "hot tea" (hockey) in the basement and going to the park to play with neighborhood friends. He is getting to be a good, big boy and we are enjoying him more and more every day of his life.
Zen, at age 3, is alternately sweet and fierce, antagonizing his brother one minute and protecting him the next. He loves to "rattle" (wrestle) with Zion in the living room. They take off their shirts and put all the pillows from the couches down. Zion is much gentler on Zen, who will sometimes pull some real down-and-dirty wrestling moves on his brother!
Zen has learned all his colors and is starting to get really excited about the alphabet--he points out the letters that he knows all the time, wherever we go. All these familiar letters are associated with names of his friends and loved ones, so his conversations go something like this:
"hey! hey mommy! There's Brian's letter! See Brian's letter?" or, "MOM! I see my letter! Mine and Zion's!". He also is going through a stage where he thinks that if someone's letter is prominently featured on something, it "belongs" to that person. For awhile, he insisted that his boots belonged to Daddy because they had an "S" on them. He made a "J" for Jake and Jedi out of marbles the other day that he was very proud of, and Q sightings are always followed by, "baby Quinn!".
Zen has adjusted to the time change waaaaaay sooner than we wanted him to. He'll join us in bed sometime after 6:00 to "tuddle" and demand juice. He still has a lot of trouble with his hard c and k sounds, so everything is replaced by "T" or "D". He refers to Aunt Susie as "aunt tootie", which is also what he uses for "cookie." I sometimes think of her in my mind now as "Aunt Cookie," (which is cute because Auntie Susie is so sweet!).
Zen loves his Dr. Seuss alphabet cards and has had them for awhile now. When they were brand new, he decided one nap time to take a bite out of the corners of his favorites. This afternoon while we were playing with them, he laid out the ones he had munched on and commented, "I bite these. When I baby. I soooo bad. I not do that again." Zen has no problem judging others or telling them what to do (hmmm, I wonder which brother he got that from?). He'll tell someone "You bad!" especially if they are doing something he doesn't like. Zion is often on the receiving end of this statement. He also tells us all the time that something is a "bad idea." Such as putting him to bed before he's ready--"that bad idea."
Zen is VERY huggy and kissy right now. He loves his teacher, Ms. Goly, and will run to hug and kiss her as soon as he comes in the door in the morning. She says that he is very gentle with the babies in the daycare and also very protective of them.
Some of Zen's latest passions include playing "hot tea" (hockey) in the basement and going to the park to play with neighborhood friends. He is getting to be a good, big boy and we are enjoying him more and more every day of his life.
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