Bruce's trip

Bruce's trip to China (for work) was canceled! YEA! The kids and I were happy that we didn't have to bring him to the airport on Friday, and it made for a whole weekend with absolutely nothing planned!

On Saturday we went to the Y to go swimming for a while in the afternoon. The kids love open swim, and are getting braver and braver in the water. Jenna discovered just how much fun it is to jump in the water, and then proceeded to jump in over and over and over again (my arms started to get tired from all the catching!). Andrew even decided to test out jumping in the water, and showed off his back float, and doggy paddle. After all that swimming the kids worked up an appetite, so we headed over to Applebee's. When the waiter asked what everyone wanted to drink, Jenna surprised us all by answering "beer". We talked her into milk. The waiter seemed to get a pretty good chuckle out of it; I'm guessing that he doesn't get an order for beer from a 2 year old very often.
On Sunday Grandpa & Grandma Bongers came up. The kids enjoyed wrestling with Grandpa. It was fun to watch and brought back memories of my siblings and I doing the same thing.

After wrestling, the kids headed to Target to pick out their Valentine's day presents with Grandma and Grandpa, while Bruce and I did a little shopping for the Easter bunny. Andrew picked out a Helicopter toy, while Jenna decided on a Doll (with a ton of accessories), sparkly Hello Kitty sandals, and a puzzle. Both kids also picked out bubbles. Jenna insisted on getting the doll out of the box as soon as she was out of the store, and then carried it around with her for the rest of the night. Andrew took his helicopter out in the restaurant while waiting for the pizza to arrive....and has been playing with it since. We're already on our second set of batteries.

We hope that everyone had a good weekend and is able to enjoy all the nice weather we've been having. I know we've been enjoying being able to go for walks at night, and the kids have been loving that they can play outside while we get supper ready.