Hotel fun

This week was our spring break. Even though we stuck around here...we were never here!  It was the busiest "staycation" of all time. ha!  We started out only have one plan but then it just snowballed.  Sunday night we stayed at the Vaughn's lakehouse and just relaxed. Monday night my family came down and then Tuesday we were off to Columbus and Indy for our "one" plan of the week. :)  We played at Columbus' commons playground then grabbed dinner and headed to our hotel. We stayed in the former holidome and the boys had a blast! 

All ready to go!

They look so big to me here! 

Cute boys swimming it up!  

Putt putt time 

 

They loved eating snacks in bed! 

Grant Line's Easter

Braden's fabulous teacher let us come in for his special Easter day centers and hunt. Siblings even got to join in for this one so Ethan was pumped!

Ethan got to walk in the line down the hallway with the class...I don't think he's ready for the quiet, hands to your sides, school rules quite yet. Oh my! 

There were SO many eggs in the courtyard that they were pretty much everywhere you stepped. ha! Even so....it was still fun (and freezing!!!!) 

 

After the hunt, the kids got to enjoy special Easter centers. They loved this game where a bunny would pop off the table and they had to try and catch it in nets. 

 

Stand back ladies!  We've got a couple of cool ones on our hands. ha! :)

Sledding time!

Crazy Indiana weather! So yesterday we hiked in 72 degree weather in tshirts! Today the high was 34 and we went sledding. How wild is that?  :)  The good thing is it made for a super fun weekend for the boys. They've been saying all weekend, "this is the best day ever!"  It really was such pricesless moments with all the giggling and fun.  Ethan LOVED sledding! Braden has been several times and we knew he loved it but wasn't sure if Ethan would be timid. As soon as he warmed up he couldn't get enough.

A little too much icy snow in the eyes....ha! 

I got to use my new waterproof camera that Mom got us for the boat.  It works perfectly on a wet snowy day like today. :) 

Love those red cheeks and missing teeth!

Little helpers

Today Braden and Ethan helped me fill plastic eggs with candy for Braden's class and for mine. I love that they're big enough to help out with projects like this and it gives them something to do. ha! :)

 

Hiking

Yesterday was BEAUTIFUL!!!!  I love, love a warm day after it's been so cold.  We couldn't wait to get outside.  :)  We headed to Lapping Park and let the kids run around on the playground for a bit then we hit the trails.  I told Chris hiking is the perfect event for our boys. They can run, be LOUD, be crazy, pick up sticks and do all things boy and it doesn't bother anyone else. ha!  They kept saying "this is the best day ever!"  We probably hiked a little over a mile and Ethan did so good.  After that, we hit Chuys for lunch (yummo) and Ethan and I even went on a long stroller walk later and fished at Plum Lake with another family we knew.  Super fun day!!!

Recent happenings

Not a ton new around the Noble household but here are a few cute moments from the last couple weeks. :)

One night I made my family do a little tabata training with me. ha!  Here they are doing their planks and push ups.  

Braden finally lost his top left tooth. I say finally because this tooth was hilarious. He's already had the other big tooth in for a long time and this baby tooth was not wanting to budge.  It was a little loose and literally got stuck sticking straight out the front of his mouth! I wish I had a picture because for two weeks he could barely close his upper lip over his teeth. ha!!!  Then he came home from school and it was hanging by one thread...thankfully it popped out at dinner that night!

 

So the tooth was finally out and we were pumped.  But then somehow, the tooth fairy (parents of the year here) FORGOT to come that night! Ugh!!  Chris and I felt so pathetic. :(  I blamed it on the fact that the boys go to bed at 7:30 and we are like midnight so that was a lot of time to forget.  Braden figured the white tooth blended in with the white pillow and that's what must have happened (poor baby). :( So this time the tooth fairy left a note and an extra dollar for her big mistake.

This week Braden completed his science fair project. 

We decided to do how much sugar is in kids' favorite drinks because Braden loves reading the nutritional label on the back of drinks and food.  He learned all about this at an after school YMCA program.  We headed up to the gas station so Braden could pick out some favorite drinks his friends might like. 

He lined them up in his predicted order of least amount of sugar to the most.  He was actually pretty accurate although that big chocolate milk won for the most. 

Of course we drank a couple of them since we bought them.  Due to this project, Ethan peed the bed two nights in a row!! No more special drinks at night. hee hee 

He colored his results graph. 

The finished project-We weighed the sugar on a food scale (thanks Alicia!) to determine how many grams to put into each zip lock. 

And finally, dropping it off at his classroom.

Last weekend

Apparently I haven't been taking many pictures lately because there isn't much to blog. ha!  Last Friday night a big group of us grabbed dinner and went to the Luke Bryan concert.  We saw good 'ole Luke last fall in Nashville at his free concert and decided we needed to see him "shake it" when he came to Louisville.  We had a good time but I'm convinced I might be too old these days to sit in the highest up seats with the teeny boppers acting like....well teenagers. :)  ha!  Oh well. It was a fun girls' night at least!

Oh and not related...but Braden wanted me to take a picture of his latest Lego creation and wants me to send it to the Lego magazine. :)  Love their little minds!