Bunnyland

There were 3 big slides. You slid down on a burlap sack.

Hayride through Bunnyland.

I wonder what they're thinking.

The Bunnyland Express

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...

Some genius turned this book into a play , and a couple of weekends ago Tim, Gus and I saw it with our friends Ryan and Georgina. It was majorly sold out so they extended it, and we bought the tix months ago. It was really well-acted and directed. The girl that played the Mouse did an amazing job. Gus loved it. At one point he even yelled out "Oh no! You're gonna get in trouble!!!" Thankfully, we were sitting in the back row, so only the entire theater heard him.

Spring is here and the flowers are in bloom. Gus and Ryan before the show.

Me, Gus, Ryan and Georgina before the show started (Tim took the picture). Gus was very, very excited.

Gus is the Mouse - Tim and I are the Boy.

The theater is at Glen Echo Park, it's a pretty cool place.

The (Chris) Hales visit

My cousin Chris and his family stayed with us one night on their way back from Spring Break in FL. It was a really great- but way too short- visit and I hope they can come back this summer and stay longer. We ate at a crabcake restaurant in downtown Rockville that we'd never tried before- that ended up being pretty good- then we got ice cream. I forgot to bring my camera but took pics of us getting ice cream with my phone camera....but then last week I dropped my cell phone in a huge cup of coffee, so it's no longer with us (RIP dear phone) and so I don't have many pics of their visit.

Ashley and Corey read bedtime books to Gus. Gus could have played with them for hours, days and weeks. For days after they left, all we heard about were Ashley and Corey and the refrain "I wanted them to stay...."

Sewing- just like Boppie (Janie)

A few days after Kailey left, Gus decided he had to sew a doll for her. I think he saw something like it on Little Bear but I'm not sure. Anyway, I set him up with some fabric and a few threaded needles.

I didn't really have any doll type supplies so the fabric had to suffice for right then- and it seemed to. He sat there and sewed for about an hour.

Cookies

Even though it wasn't all that close to Easter, we made Easter cookies anyway (this was a few weeks ago). Bunnies, tulips, etc. Gus's friend Ryan and his little sister Meghan joined us.

Decorating the cookies.

Eating the cookies.

The Aftermath

Georgina reading the kids a book.

Skeleton and waffles

Michael's has all sorts of cool stuff to build and each things costs only $1 or $2. They have these wooden 3-D puzzles and also little wood models of planes and boats, etc that the kids can put together and then paint. This is the skeleton model that Tim and Gus had started assembling, and K decided she wanted to contribute.

"Hmmm lemme check out the picture..."

We made blueberry waffles in the waffle maker. Those are Gus's "faaaaavorite" (along with ice cream, peanut butter, watermelon, cookies, pistacios, miso soup and rice...the list goes on an on).

K and K visit Part Deux

Katherine and Kailey came for another visit. We're trying really hard to get them to move here for their next PCS. Actually, we have other friends we're also trying to get to PCS here next. Our diabolical plan is to just bring all of our friends with us each time we move. Then, each place we move, we'll meet more people and make more friends, then bring them along with us. Then, when Tim retires, we'll just buy a huge plot of land somewhere and start a commune. Can't wait!

They stayed up until after 1 the night they got here, playing and wrestling around the living room. The next day they started playing the second they woke up, then had to paint.

Ummmm apparantly Gus does that Crawford thing where he sticks his tongue out when he concentrates.

Gus and Sundance work as a team. Gus distracts K with a kiss while Sundance grabs her candy, then he shares it with Gus.

They were sooooo dirty by the time they finished. Gus dumped muddy water on K's head which didn't help matters any.

I guess K remembered that she'd fixed the table leg during her last visit, because she asked me for the tool box and went to work, and Gus assisted.

bug hunting in the backyard

It warmed up a few weeks ago, so Gus went bug hunting in the backyard. I'm teaching him stuff that I'd forgotten I'd ever learned, such as you should always remember to turn over a rock so that a hiding snake will slither away from you instead of toward you. Granted, there are no snakes in our backyard, but one day we'll go camping and then you never can tell.

bug/worm digging stick

Magna Tiles

Gus got Magna Tiles from Santa for Christmas. He really digs them. He wanted us to take this picture of the structure he built. He builds this all the time but really wanted us to take a picture of this particular one.