Spring comes in like a Lamb...

We made it out to the lambing barns a couple times last month to try to catch a glimpse of a baby lamb being born. No such luck though.

Here's Kaden with Janessa.

We did see alot of really cute babies.

And some very pregnant mommies!

These twins were hilarious, they were trying to tag team their mama to get her to roll over & nurse. The one on top would jump up & down on her back while the other one would run around trying to ram into her. She wouldn't budge an inch. There's an in control mommy!

Here we are with Nixon. Still no luck seeing a birth. In all my years growing up here we always went to the OSU barns during lambing season & I have never got to see one being born.

Believe it or not this was St. Patricks day & this little lamb was sporting green ears!
This baby was so cute curled up in a tight little ball in the feed chute.
Well, maybe next year we'll see a birth!

Gymnastics!

We just finished up our first session in gymnastics at OSU's kidspirit. Kaden loved it!

It was a great outlet for cooped up winter energy.

Check out those skills!

Brad recently put a pull up bar in the garage so now Kaden has gotten pretty good at holding on & hanging for as long as he can.

The trampoline was the biggest hit!

Our little buddy Nixon.
They are such great little gymnasts!

Oregon Coast Aquarium

CATCHING UP

(What we were up to during November)

For Colin's birthday present Kaden & I offered Colin 3 choices to fullfill "Colin Quest 2007." He had his choice of going to the Aquarium, the zoo, or the children's museum. He chose the aquarium. So Debbie & I wisked the kids away on a friday when there was no pre-school.

It was quite wet & blustery that day. We had to hold tight to the kiddos when we were walking into the bldg. as the wind was threatening to pick them up & blow them away!

Colin, Janessa, Kaden, Heather, & Debbie.

Lobster, yum.

Kiddos trying out the Crab Dance Video.

This is the real size of a giant Crab from Japan, freaky!

Exploring the indoor tidepools.

Trying to tickle a starfish!

Making friends with the otters.
"Sleeping with the fishes!"
The tank cleaners were pretty cool to watch.
Megatooth Shark!
Yikes!

Little Buddies

MORE CATCHING UP

We went back up to Seattle for our 2nd Thanksgiving weekend & we got to spend a little time with Bridgette, Mark & little Owen while they were there visiting her family.

Kaden & Owen hadn't seen each other since we went to Maui with them in the spring.

Buddy love!

Colin's Cool Camo party

Last month our buddy Colin turned 5. He had a fantastic party. Everybody came in their camo outfits and got to participate in a really great obstacle course.

Colin first demonstrated the moves for all the kids.

And then it was our turn...

Crawling through the tunnel.

Water balloon target practice.
Up the rock wall.
Scope out the terrain.

Down the slide.

Through the hoops.

Attempt a pull up & just hang around!
Through the buckets.
Monkey walk under the canopy.
A bit of bat-to-pinata combat.

He got a couple pretty good shots in.
Calvin really had the baseball stance going.
Remarkably nobody got smacked with the bat, although Kaden came pretty close a couple times. It was just so hard to wait in line for the next turn.

Snack time for the troops.

The top of the cupcake is always the first casualty.

Everybody got to take home some pretty fun party favors, too!
It was lots of fun, we can't wait to see how Debbie will top this next year!!