Marquette Trip

Have you ever seen the picture of 2 monkeys flying a plane?

We went to Marquette for a short trip this week. I had a conference, but we all went. Jeff took the kids to the U.P. Children's Museum. The kids had fun with the exhibits. They had pretend stores, animals (snakes, lizards, fish, etc.), an airplane, and even trucks and trains. Rose E. is riding a horse while Walter is off watching the model trains.

We saw real trains and giant ships at the Marquette ore dock, it was very cold and windy on the shore of Lake Superior.

The kids also liked staying at the hotel. They like the elevators and swimming pools!

Just when it seems that winter will never end somehow it does!

It is amazing to me how we went from this (taken two weekends ago at Walter's friends house) to
this! Swinging, playing in the sandbox and

discovering new buds! Yeah!

All aboard!

Today we took the kids up to Quincy hill and Calumet to snap a few pictures. Here is Walter by one of the old steam locomotives on Quincy hill.
Here Walter and Rose E are taking a brief walk on the tracks in Calumet.

And here they are paying a visit to the old depot in Calumet.

Trail Mix: Mud and Snow

Walter is happy to be back out on the trail after a long winter. There is still a lot of snow in spots out in the woods. The bad news, Walter was sick last week, Rose E today, and now Walter is again tonight. Poor little guys.

Smile:)

It feels like spring is just about here already and we are loving it! Seeing some of that snow disappear is promising, hopefully we are not getting teased with this weather though because typically we get a few big snow storms in March. The kids spent a good part of the afternoon outside today. Oh which reminds me, the other day when we where walking, Walter said "let's race to the door" so I started to jog and noticed that he slowed down at the door to purposely let me win. It brought a smile to my face but also made me think is it that obvious that we let him win? He has been doing a lot of thoughtful things lately, I just love it! And this Rose E never fails to make us smile either. Today she asked me if I would read a book to her from "Dr. Susie." It took me a minute to realize that she was asking for a "Dr. Suess" book.

Ahoy Matees!

Sorry we haven't popped in much lately. It seems like we have had something going on every day lately. But all fun stuff so can't really complain. Walter won this hat the other day at a preschool carnival, cutest pirate I ever did see!

And as for this little princess, she is officially potty trained:) Woohoo! Such a big girl now!