Spring Break Adventures

Cooper was out of school last week for Spring Break. It was so nice to have him at home. I really enjoyed watching him and Clatyon interact more and spend time together. Cooper read him books, they helped me cook and clean out the refrigerator, and we did many fun activities. We spent the first day at the park. The weather was in the 70's and perfect outside. We met Derek and the girls over at the West Point Park. The second day, we dyed Easter eggs with the kids. Jacqui and I made these colorful "Deviled Eggs" from Pinterest. They turned out so pretty and Easter-y! So, I am loving Pinterest and all the wonderful ideas that I get from it. During the week, we let the boys get into the bathtub with glow-in-the-dark sticks. They thought it was so cool to be in the dark while the water was glowing! They played in the tub for quite a while.

We also let the boys make colorful ice cubes. I filled up some ice trays and then the boys put drops of food coloring in each cube. I asked the boys to put only one drop in each cube, but Claytons little hands would squeeze the bottle and 3-4 drops would come out! So, his ice cubes were very "dyed". The next morning, we pulled them out of the freezer and dumped them into a tub of cold water. The loved to watch the colors mix with the water and create different patterns as they melted. I don't recommend letting the kids get into the water unless you do less food coloring or don't care if they come out green!We also took the kids swimming to the Clearfield Aquatics Center with Reese, Jaxson, and Landon. It is an indoor swimming pool and park. The kids had a blast playing in the water. The older kids enjoyed the small "whirlpool" pool and the slide. I love the fact that Cooper is tall enough to stand in all parts of the pool now, so I don't have to worry about it as much.

Clayton and Landon had a great time playing in the kiddie pool. Reese spent lots of time playing with Clayton! Landon kept going down the slide over and over again. Clayton spent most of his time playing with Cooper's snorkel mask. I took Landon and Clayton down the big slide a couple of times and they thought that was great!

The kids were hungry because we went to the pool right at noon when it opened. Clayton kept coming over to Jacqui to get warm and to eat fruit snacks and gold fish. We ended up leaving a little early because the kids were starving. It was alot of fun to spend time with them in the pool and to let them enjoy the water. On Friday, I took Cooper and Jaxson to the movie theater to see "The Chipmunks". We went to the Kaysville theater which has discounted tickets and concessions! We spent $12 total on the three of us, and that included drinks, popcorn, and candy. Yay!!! Cooper loves going to the movie theater, so I made sure we did that for Spring Break!!