Family Fun Before Triple Digits

I realize that I have not blogged in a few months and my last blog post was not really much of an update on our family activities or an update on us in general. We have not been up to too much lately. But we have managed to squeeze in a few family outings before we reach the dreadful triple digit weather.

In early April, we had a wonderful visit with Ryan's mom Julie. She stayed for about a week. The boys were so thrilled to have her come visit. Riley was thrilled too. She is smiling more and cooing up a storm. During Julie's visit we did a lot of miscellaneous shopping, ate out a few times, spent some time indoors, and  went to see Thomas the Train. As you know Caleb is a die hard Thomas the Train fan. Thomas on the other hand is slowly getting into the whole idea that a train has the same name as him. He really is more a Mickey Mouse and Wonder Pets kind of kid. 

The day out with Thomas was such a fun festival for families to attend. The train ride was a bit shorter than I remember it being, but nonetheless the boys had a once in a lifetime opportunity to ride Thomas the Train. They even got to meet Sir Topham Hatt, which was so hilarious because Caleb loved it and Thomas was terrified. At this festival they also had a Mega Block tent to build trains or play with trains. They had an activity center for face painting, coloring, painting, and stick on tattoos. There was also a tent set up for movie viewing and story time. Unfortunately, we did not make the story time. And as always these events have some sort of souvenir set up. An entire tent was set up with tons of Thomas the Train toys, accessories, and other novelties. Lucky for the boys, Grandma Julie was so nice to buy them each a train. They picked out Dash and Bash.

Here are some photos of our Thomas the Train festivities...

Also, in early April we took the kids to a Dinosaur expo with our good friends The Siverts (Minus Bob, he was working). Caleb and Thomas love their buddy Jed and what better thing to do than bring three boys to an expo that focuses on just dinosaurs. We had a lot of fun despite the mass amount of people who attended the expo and the long lines just to get on the inflatable jumpers.

Here are some photos of our Dinosaur Expo festivities... (Note: I know the pictures are positioned weird but its the best I could do to fit all the pictures I wanted into one collage). Sorry!

That is about all we did for the month of April. We just finished the month of May and to be honest we were a bit busy!!! I will update more our May festivities in another blog post. :-) For now, enjoy this short and sweet update!