A Day At The Circus

Grandma and Grandpa took all of us to the circus on Saturday. It was the first time for Madison and Caleb and I think they had a great time. It was much bigger than we thought it would be. For about the first 20 minutes Madison was mesmerized by all that was going on. She enjoyed the full experience of the circus, cotton candy, nachos, pizza, a loud flashy toy, and the clowns. When it was time for intermission I wanted to get her picture with one of the clowns, she was not going to have it. We learned that day that clowns are on a short list of things she is scared of. Also added to the list that day was ponies. We paid $7 and stood in line for 20 minutes for her to not ride the pony and mommy to walk around trying to not step in pony poop. Overall it was a very fun day. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!!!

If it quacks like a duck

First of all sorry for not posting in awhile, nothing really exciting has been going on. Today Maddie and I went to Toddler Power Hour at the library with Hayden and Rebecca. I think the kids had a pretty good time. First we decorated a set of wings for the little ones to pretend they were ducks. Hayden was much more cooperative in putting on his than Madison. After that we went to story time and again Hayden was much more interested in sitting still on the square. Madison wanted to get up on the stage with the guy trying to tell the stories. All in all it was a good time. Thanks Hayden and Rebecca for a fun day at the library.

How cute are they with their Ducky wings?
Madison got more marker on her arms than on her picture.

All is well

Yesterday was Chad's surgery for his pinky finger. Although they ended up having to put him completely out the doc said that everything went great. Right now he seems to be a quite a bit of pain but that is why they give you pain meds. Thank you to everyone who called to check on him and to Grandma Susu for taking care of Little Bit while I took care of Daddy. And Gentry, thank you for babysitting tonight. I have a super great pic of Chad laying in his hospital bed with a hair net but I can't get it off my phone, I will post it as soon as I can. Anyways thanks for all of your support these past few days. We love you all!

Our Trip To HugueNOT Park

What a day today was! I am sure that you will find a similar story on The Richards blog but this is my version in all its glory. Rebecca and I had planned to take the kiddies to the beach, one last fun trip before I have to go back to work. So I picked her up since Mike's car is broken and we were on our way to the beach. It was when we were going over the Dames Point Bridge that we noticed it was somewhat cloudy. On the way there Hayden was having a cow for some reason. So we get there and you have to pay to get on the beach, and I get almost all of my change back in coins. When we finally get to the beach the water is so high I can't even get on it. What are the chances?!?! So we decided not to take our chances and head on back towards town. So to recap so far, we drove out about 25 minutes with two toddlers to pay someone a dollar to change out my money for coins. When we decided to go to the pool instead the sky decided to turn even darker. We ended up right were we started, at my house and the kids played in the froggy pool and had a picnic lunch in the driveway. Although our plans completely changed we still had a good day. Hayden was much happier after he ate and sandwich and Madison was just happy to be out of the car. Rebecca and Hayden, thank you for an eventful day that will not soon be forgotten.