Visit To The Arboretum

The Empress has decreed that the weather be nice as she desires to visit the Farmstead.

The first stop that interested Cassandra were the baby goats.

Cassandra needed to take a break.  Those goats really take a lot of energy.  They keep you on your toes begging for petting and food.

The Empress enjoyed the barn - silo - slide combination to the utmost.  She also took in some colorful outdoor artwork.

Cassandra getting some Mommy time before she will be required to share with the baby.

Birthday Parties Are Fun...Especially With Fire Trucks

So today is Noah's fourth birthday party and it was a lot of fun.  The kids toured the Hesston Fire Department's main fire station.  Their fire department is setup a bit different than what we have back home.  They have a large consolidated department instead of a distributed one which means lots of trucks as well as EMS in one building.  Because Janice is due at the end of the month, she decided it would be best for her to stay home.

Cassandra had a ball.  Not only did she get to see Kylie and Noah, she got to see two ambulances and six different fire trucks (ladder, pumper, tanker, rescue, off-road and brush-fire).  And she got cake and ice cream too!

A picture of the birthday boy in full bunker gear (minus the air tanks which weighs more than him).  Cassandra and Kylie sharing a seat in the fire truck.  Will all their gear, real fire fighters are as wide as both the girls.

Cassandra got to sit in the fire fighter's seat where the air tank is stored.  Later, she seemed to enjoy modeling a party hat for us.

And she had so much fun on the tour that she has decided to go ahead and wear the hat after the party was over.

Early May Rain...er, Snow Shower?

If April showers bring May flowers, what does this mean?  Nothing says that Spring is in full bloom like snow shower.  Got to love the Midwest.  These pictures were taken at 9:40, snow was gone by noon.

Beginnings Of OCD?

Its fun to watch OCD manifest in young children...

LEGO's With Dad

Cassandra really likes LEGOs.  She wants to help anytime Mom or Dad is working on them and does an amazing job for a 2 year old.  Of course, at her age she is just putting stuff together, not following instructions but she has a ball.

Late Easter

Usually, our church Easter egg hunt is the week before Easter.  Unfortunately, due to snow, church was canceled.  Because of member's family commitments, it was decided the best thing to do was to reschedule the egg hunt to be the Sunday after Easter.  Cassandra didn't mind as we didn't bother telling her on Palm Sunday that the egg hunt was off.  It helped that there was a bunch of white stuff on the ground to distract her...

Oversized Easter Eggs

Cassandra proudly shows off her oversized Easter egg full of goodies.  I'm not sure she really cares about opening it.  The egg is just so cool...