Family Fun Day... Train Ride and Science Museum

We seem to have started a new tradition since we moved, which is to have a family fun day over the weekend trying something new in the area. :) Today, we took the train, which is called the Lynx, to Uptown Charlotte (which is really heading to downtown Charlotte, even though everyone says Uptown.)  

This morning, we started out heading to the Discovery Hands on Museum, but made a few fun stops on the way.  We stopped at Matt's Chicago Hot Dogs to try them out... they were tasty, but not exactly Chicago dogs.  Our next stop was in the corporate area, called The Green.  It is a beautiful park in the middle of skyscrapers, that has an adorable literary theme.   After we enjoyed the first few stops, we finally made it to the museum, which was so much fun!!  Hayden was so excited to try all of the experiments, he didn't want to leave!

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Airport Overlook = Awesome Day!

Today, we decided to go for a picnic lunch at a place they call Airport Overlook... it is a neat place on a hill near the Charlotte Airport.  They have picnic tables and benches so you can sit and enjoy watching the airplanes take off and land.  Hayden REALLY liked it, I thought it was pretty neat too!!  After that, we made a stop at the Airport Museum... surprisingly it was pretty cool too!  There were tons of airplanes and helicopters that we could sit in and get instructions on how to "fly them". :) 

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Grandfather Mountain Visit

We had such an awesome time spending the day at Grandfather Mountain!  We live a little over 2 hours from the mountains, so we thought we would spend a nice Sunday with a picnic and nature hike.  One of the really neat things about Grandfather Mountain, is that there is a bridge that is 1 mile above sea level that you can walk across.  It was neat to climb on top of a mountain that offered some great views!! 

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Preschool Spring Pictures

Love Hayden's Spring pictures that were taken at preschool.  I only ordered two of the choices though, since he tends to do the open mouth smile like me :), in almost every picture.  I can't believe how old he looks!  I started filling out his kindergarten registration papers this week, which makes me even more sentimental to see his beautiful preschool pictures.

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"Sleepover" in Hayden's Room

Since we bought Hayden his big boy bed, he has been constantly asking when someone will use the trundle.  So Jake volunteered to have a "sleepover" in his bedroom. :)  Hayden was so unbelievably excited and talked about it all week.  It was very cute to hear the big plans; Foam Sword Fight, Kung Fu moves(lol), tell stories, and stay up really late!  Unfortunately though, I wasn't allowed... Hayden said I would have just as much fun though, because I can have my whole bed in my bedroom to myself, along with all of the pillows and blankets. :)  Jake even surprised him with setting up a tv in his room, while they stayed up late to watch a movie and eat popcorn! 

They were both pretty tired when I woke up them up with Breakfast in bed. 

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Did someone say Strawberry Picking?

April and May means strawberry season in North Carolina!  This was our first time going to a strawberry farm, and we had a lot of fun!  We learned that strawberries start out as flowers, then bloom to tiny yellow berries, before growing into ripe, red strawberries!  After picking 12 pounds(yikes) of strawberries, we enjoyed a few other neat activities; water pumps, bouncing through mazes, and a giant sandbox!  Never realized it took so long to clean, hull, and slice so many berries, but it was worth it.  Although after the strawberry jelly, bread, pies, cider, and shortcake, I think we are strawberried out until next spring! :)

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Happy Easter!

Today, we had a lot of fun celebrating our first Easter in North Carolina!  In the morning, we had enjoyed hiding/finding eggs, playing with some goodies in Hayden's Easter basket, and making some yummy, homemade Easter Egg Pop tarts!

Later that afternoon, we headed to Columbia, South Carolina to have brunch with the Easter Bunny at the Zoo.  Such a beautiful place!  By far, my favorite part was getting to feed the Lorikeets!!  I also really liked watching Hayden and Jake on their ropes course!

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Hop Movie Night

What better way to spend Easter Eve then having a yummy movie night and watching the movie HOP!  Before the movie we had some yummy Bunny Burgers, Pastel Deviled Eggs, Easter fruit basket, drumstick fries, of course we had to have carrots & jelly beans.  Then made peep s'mores for dessert!  

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Coloring Easter Eggs

Tonight, we enjoyed coloring Easter Eggs!  We tried a few techniques such as putting stickers on before dying them which turned out pretty neat.  We also tried rubber bands, and a gold-coating. 

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