Grandparent Dates March, April, May and June

Wow! I cannot believe I have not blogged since February! I thought that I had been caught up on our "Grandparent Dates" except for last months. Where has the time gone. I have so much to catch up on. First of all our date for March was a trip to the zoo! It was a beautiful day and we got to see lot of new things. It also had been a very long time since grandpa had gone to the zoo so it was especially fun for him. I think our favorite were the flamingos. Reagan loved those pink birds!

For April we went to the Tulip Festival in Woodburn. At first I think the older boys thought it was going to be stupid but they were really happy when they saw all the rides and fun things to do. I really enjoyed the beautiful tulips...so many and so many colors. May we stayed closer to home and the goal was to make the worlds largest ice cream sundae. What we ended up doing was making the worlds best homemade cookies and cream ice cream! This date was a little harder because being at home there were the children here at home trying to get in on our fun. In the end it all turned out--everyone got some ice cream and everyone was happy! This month we went strawberry picking. I think the kids had lots of fun. There is a cute little family farm in Warren that I like to pick strawberries at and so that is where we headed Saturday. Reagan had fun playing in the field a little game she called "find my necklace". She would throw it and then go find it. She kept herself very occupied. Adrian played a little game of "throw the strawberries". At least that is what grandpa and I saw several times as we were helping the little ones pick. Luke and Jonathan did a great job...well Jonathan spent most of his time looking for the biggest, ripest, reddest strawberry he could find. I don't think he found one as big as he had imagined. After picking we went to a friends little ones birthday party at the park. We had hot dogs and watermelon! Best party ever!

We love these little dates with these guys. I really love it when we are talking and Reagan will say...remember when.... It is so special to be creating these memories with them. I hope they cherish it as much as we do!