This year instead of a Pinewood Derby Steven had a Space Derby. The little stinker never wanted to work on his rocket and ended up doing most of the work on it the day before the event. I was really frustrated with his slacking off and I was hoping he wouldn't win anything so he would learn that procrastination doesn't pay. Well his TNT rocket ended up winning first place. It was super fast and he was super proud. He was all smiles that night and so I couldn't help feeling happy too. Maybe next time he'll remember how fun it was to win and he'll actually want to do it?
Tyler had Friday off of work and we were having a hankering for Chick-Fil-A so we took a drive to the one in Lansing. It was well worth the drive as always! The food was fantastic and the kids always love playing there. Afterwards, because I feel like an hour drive just for food seems a little silly, we went to the Potter Park Zoo that is also in Lansing. The weather was so perfect for a Zoo Day and we had a lot of fun!
My favorite animal was the tiger. He looked like a stuffed animal until he woke up and started stretching. They are so amazingly grand close up.
The kids all had fun climbing on the giraffe statues. Lucy was very persistent that she did not want to climb on the little one, she wanted to go on the bigger one. However, as soon as I placed her on top of the big one she started to freak out because she felt like she was slipping off. She was then very happy to be placed on the little giraffe.
Even though we had an Easter Egg Hunt at the church last week, we had to stick with tradition and do one at our own home. Our neighbors were busy and not able to participate this year but we still had fun with just us. I had been slacking and was tempted to break tradition but I am glad I didn't. It felt well worth the effort to watch them hunt for eggs and get surprised by what was inside (balloons, temporary tattoos, glow rings...).
After the Easter Egg Hunt we carried out our other tradition, dying Easter Eggs. We used fake eggs (which we had also used last year) which is so great- no time spent boiling eggs that no one will eat. We also had a several methods for dying the eggs- 1) put in a cup of color 2) roll on the color 3) put in a bag and shake on the color. The cup was the least effective method for the fake eggs- the color barely showed up. The other two methods worked really well though. Regardless of the method, they all had fun!
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