Fun with the Everly's

2/2009

We had a great time playing and celebrating a late Christmas with the Everly's.

Ryan and Hannah at the Maple Maze.

Ryan and Hannah enjoying a slide.

Hannah and Ryan showing that they conquered the yellow slide.

Hannah quickly disappearing in the maze.

Josh and Ellie at the bottom of the slide. Josh and Ryan did a great job helping the girls through the maze. We completely wore the kids out.

Emily and Ellie at the bottom of a slide. I think that the parents enjoyed the Maple Maze almost as much as the kids did.

Ellie near the top of the maze. She is trying to find her way to the red slide. Hannah is chasing Ellie up the structure.

Janelle and Zach had a lot of fun playing in the ball pit.

Zach climbing into the ball pit. He thought he was pretty big stuff.

Zach and Hannah wrestling in the ball pit. It was a great time for all of us.

Zach playing peek-a-boo.
After we got back to the Everly's house we opened presents. Zach is really enjoying opening presents this year.
Hannah watching Ellie open a gift.

Dance

1/23/09

Dance started back up again today after our Christmas break. Hannah and Ellie were both VERY excited to wear their new tutu's they had gotten for Christmas!

Thank You's

We tried to get a picture to send out with our Thank You notes for Christmas gifts. This was a little harder than one would think it would be! We may not have gotten a great picture, but we sure did have fun!

Marshmallow Sculptures

1/21/09

We learned about the letter "M" during our preschool swap today, so we made marshmallow sculptures. Hannah was very creative and tried to make a merry-go-round. Great job, Hannah!

Bowling

We took the kids bowling for the first time with some friends the other night. We had such a fun night!

Hannah got so excited every time she bowled! I didn't really get a picture that captured her excitement, but she got so giddy and jumped up and down every time she knocked some pins down. It was pretty funny!

Ellie was thrilled to get the ball all the way to the end of the lane. Don't be too impressed...it looks like she is about to get a strike, but really, her ball was going so slow that it stopped right there.
It looks like Zach had fun watching everyone bowl, too!

Where's Zachary?

Hannah and Ellie sometimes like to "make Zach happy" after he wakes up from his nap. This usually means includes emptying the contents of his room into his crib and jumping in with him. Zachary actually LOVES it. He laughs so hard when they play with him. It is so much fun for me to see the kids all playing together...even if it does mean a big mess to clean up afterwards!

Can you tell he's having a good time!?!

Ellie's Stuck!

I have been letting Hannah and Ellie stay together in their room during nap time lately. Of course they don't sleep at all, but this seems to have helped Ellie to be able to fall asleep a little earlier at night. They have actually been doing a very good job playing nicely together! During their nap time today, I heard Hannah knocking on her door and yelling "Ellie's stuck!" When I opened their door, this is what I found.

Ellie somehow got herself stuck in a box of pull-ups in her closet. I thought it was pretty funny!

Of course, Hannah wanted to get in on the pictures, too! Life is always interesting at our house!