ANOTHER Trip to Wichita

Devin's silly CHEESE face!

Chasing Mr. Peacock, again!

And chasing the geese.

Chris had to head back over to Wichita this week for MORE training. After hesitating to join him again this time after spending 4 nights there last week, we decided to tag along once again.

It was overall a good trip. We arrived on Tuesday evening just in time to meet Chris for dinner and then back to the hotel for the night. On Wednesday the weather was SO wonderful we made a trip to the Sedwick County Zoo. I must say this is a HUGE zoo. We've made 2 trips so far and still haven't seen every exhibit. The boys both enjoyed this visit.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take my SD card out of the computer before I left for Wichita so I only had enough internal memory on my camera to take about 10 pictures. UGH! Oh well, better than no pictures at all, right?

My Attempt at Christmas Photos

I still can't get a picture of BOTH boys looking at the camera at the same time. UGH!

Christmas is Comin' Early!

I won't have any pictures until tomorrow but the boys just got an awesome present from their Nana Carol! She happened to win the Saint Andrew's Playhouse this year. She called us this afternoon and said she won and wanted the boys to have it. I guess they're going to deliver it tomorrow. I tried to explain to Devin that he and Gavin were going to have their OWN house outside to play in, but he just kind of gave me this blank stare. I guess he'll understand better when it arrives. Thanks Nana Carol for the AWESOME gift!

Painting Pottery

Another activity that we did in Wichita was pottery painting. I stumbled upon a website for Stoneware Studio and decided to give it a shot. Luckily we were the only people in the place and the owner could give us LOTS of direction.

I decided to let Devin paint a coffee mug for me. (Since everyone knows I LOVE my coffee and I could use it EVERY day.) I let him pick out the colors and he chose colors in the NEON variety-blue, green, and orange. He painted mainly with a sponge. The mug is half blue, half green, and has a few brush strokes of orange on it. HA HA! It may be considered the UGLIEST mug anyone has ever seen, but I think it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I attempted to write the boys names and the date on the mug in puff paint- but Devin decided to add a few more brush strokes of orange on the side. When he laid it down it smeared and smashed the letters, only adding to the LOADS of character this mug has!

It takes a week to glaze and fire it so my dad, who lives near Wichita, is going to pick it up for me. (Thanks Dad! I wish I could see your face when you see this lovely work of art!)

Most people know I don't have a creative bone in my body and can only accomplish things that have a detailed list of instructions so it was lots of fun to help Devin create this masterpiece. I will be posting pictures of the finished product when I get it.

A New Wichita Activity

Luckily my sister told me that she found a place in Wichita that would be good for Devin. I had been searching for a bouncy house thingy but never had any luck finding one.

While we were in Wichita we went to "Pump It Up". It is open on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9:30-11 for kids 2-6. Devin really had a good time. We will visiting this place again for sure!

Another Wichita Trip

Chris had to go to Wichita for a week of training and asked us to tag along....AGAIN! So, we did. This time we I found a few more activities and I am learning my way around the town a little better so it wasn't too bad of a trip. The most difficult part was naps and bed time since the boys are on different schedules. All in all it was a good trip and the boys were, for the most part, good sleepers and car riders. We may be heading back next Tuesday....but we'll see!

Here are some picutres of the boys just hanging out in the hotel room.

Jumping On the Trampoline!

A few weeks ago someone was moving and decided they didn't want their trampoline anymore. They told us if we wanted to go and get it we could have it and I thought Devin would LOVE it! Sure enough he did. We took turns jumping for quite some time this morning.

We need to buy the spring cover and a safety net for it so it is a little safer for the little guys.
Gavin can't enjoy it too much just yet but I'm sure in the years to come he will love it just as much as Devin does. I know when I FINALLY got a trampoline when I was about 10 or 11 I LIVED on that sucker. I got mine for Christmas and I would be out there in the 30 degree weather as soon as the sun came up jumping away for hours. And to be honest...I'm having some fun on there too. I have to admit I was out there this morning trying to perfect my old back flips, back handsprings, brainies, and all the other crazy stuff I used to do on it. I don't think I'm a very good influence on the boys. You could see that Devin was wanting to try some of that stuff too but he's smart enough to see he's not quite able to just yet. The only 'moves' he mastered was jumping and landing on his bottom! Silly little boy!

I see us having TONS of fun on that trampoline!