Penn State Chics Dig Nerds

Last Saturday we surprised the kids by taking them to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum for Amie's 4th birthday.  We had been to the museum a little over a year ago, so we knew they would all love it.  We didn't tell them that we were going.  Even when we got them up early to go, we told them it was a surprise.  When we got to Monroeville, they started to see signs for Pittsburgh.  Then, they knew where they were going.  (Later, Natalee told me she knew we had driven through Blairsville, so she knew we were going in that direction)  They were very excited. I know this first picture is blurry, but the girls enjoyed fan activity.  The fan blew the scarves through the cylinder and then they could catch the scarves. Next was the ball machine.  They pulled the pulleys to send the ball up to the ceiling.  After it got to the ceiling it followed a track around the room.  After it got to the ceiling it followed a track around the...

For Christmas Natalee and Brady recieved a gift for ski lessons from Aunt Bev and Aunt Cindy.  It was definitely a hit!  They absolutely loved it.  They took one lesson last year, but this was the first lesson this year.  They were slightly nervous to start out with, but they quickly got the hang of it again. Natalee and Brady were placed into the same age group and they were the only two in their lesson group!  It was really nice that they had an instructor to themselves.  After the lesson, they continued to ski for the next 3 hours straight.  It was nearly 50 degrees, so they skiied without hats and gloves.  And, their coats were unzippered.  As a bystander, I was quite comfortable in our sunny 50 degree weather!  I sure was wishing I had brought my skis along.  That was quite silly.  I won't do that again! It was so warm that Natalee didn't want to wear her goggles either.  I kept trying to tell her tha...

Almost all of the snow has melted now, but last Saturday we were able to get some really fun sledding runs in.  We had a few warmer days with cold nights and it made our sledding hill really slippery.  The kids built a small ramp on the hill and it sure made you plop hard on your behind!