Kidding Around

We found a fun, new place to play today.  I believe it was called “Kidding Around Playtown.”  The place was divided up into several little “houses/stores” that the kids could play in.  It had a church (aka the music room), grocery store, dress up room, fire house, police station, veterinarian's office, home, “Fixer-Upper” station, and “Grandma’s Attic” (which was full of Barbies and girlie things).  Our kids had a blast playing with everything!  And if it wasn’t for lunch time/nap time, I’m sure they would have stayed all day!  Here are just a few of the MANY pictures we took of them:

Gorgeous little Max playing the drums:

 

As soon as we got there, Makenna ran to the dress up room to put on a fancy dress, shoes, and jewelry!  She kept this on the ENTIRE time we were there!  Silly princess!

Doing a little “laundry”:

Max really needed to check the mail:

I just think my Mr. Max is so stinkin’ handsome!

And little Miss Makenna is beautiful!

Stuck in jail:

I wouldn’t mess with this tough girl!

 

Our silly kids LOVED climbing up and down the stairs to the other rooms:

Taking turns in the police car:

I think Makenna had the most fun grocery shopping:

Max in the firehouse (maybe he will be like Uncle Cody!):

Max hugging his puppy:

Makenna wasn’t quite sure where the blood pressure cuff went on the puppy:

Of course Max found the stroller and the broom:

  

And a few more cute pics of Makenna (cooking dinner, “drinking” water, and playing with the Ken doll—aka the “daddy”):

Okay, okay, so I went overboard with pictures… again… : )

Anyway, this was a really fun place and I recommend it to everyone.  It’s very small, but the whole time we were there only two other kids came in!  It is also pretty dang spendy ($9 a kid!  Who can afford that when you have more than one kid?!?), but they had a $3 special today that made it more affordable.  Hopefully they will run more specials so we can go more often!

Out to Lunch

Today we were bored, poor, and hot so we decided a walk around the air conditioned mall was in order.  Of course we just HAD to eat lunch there too (seriously, Makenna thinks it is a requirement to eat at the mall when you go!).  So we had a fun little lunch at Johnny Rockets (kids eat free!  Woo hoo!).

The kids (including the big one!) looked awfully cute in their little hats:

   

They also had fun with their coloring books (Max even colored a line or two in his—amazing!): 

AND they got balloons afterwards!  Poor, poor Makenna—she managed to untie hers and it floated away.  You have NEVER seen such a sad girl before!  I felt HORRIBLE for her! : (  And Little Man would not share with her of course… so I’m pretty sure we will “accidently” pop the last balloon…

The Two Dr. Matthews

Yesterday Austin had his last final before a little break.  Part of this final included “scrubbing in” and Austin decided to practice a little bit yesterday.  This was the “after” shot:

 

A little scary if you ask me…

Makenna, however, thought it was SO funny!

So we decided she needed to dress up too!

After a minute or so though, having a mask cover her face started to freak her out…

Maybe she will have to be a teacher like Mom instead… : )

Daddy’s Girl AND Boy

So umm, basically I’m going to just go on vacation somewhere… because my kids just do not need me anymore—they have their Daddy!  No kidding, here lately they have been OBSESSED with Daddy!  I’m thinking (hoping) it’s just cause he has been gone SOOOO MUCH and that they have just missed him and that they really DO love me still… but whatever the case, Austin has had his hands full with BOTH kids clamoring for his attention!

Poor guy has had to eat his breakfast like this:

  And watch TV like this: 

(I just thought a close up on this was cute—Max “feeding” Makenna)

It’s hard work being a Dad! : )

Cookie Making

We have been lucky enough to play at our friends’ house several times in the last few weeks.  We love playing with them because they have a little girl just a little older than Makenna, and a little boy just a little older than Max—perfect play pals!

On this day, Makenna and the other little girl decorated cookies:

 

And Max ate cookies : )

Isn’t that how it always works?  The girls work hard and the boys reap the benefits… ; )

Playing at the Gym

I went through my phone today and found some fun pictures of what we’ve been up to! 

We have been going to playgroup with our ward on Wednesdays.  This particular playgroup was held at Oasis Gym.  My kids LOVE it there!  This time around, Makenna was soooo proud that she could finally walk the ladder by herself!

I guess she really is growing up! : )

The little boy loves being free to climb on everything!  And it is pretty darn surprising to see how GOOD he is at it all!

I love that my kids are finally getting big enough to enjoy things like this! : )