Cleaning the floor

Not usually something I post about or even talk about but I read this grout cleaning remedy in another blog I read and thought I would give it a try.
When we remodeled I wanted a white bathroom. White tile, white tub/toilet, and white cabinets with the whole Swedish yellow and blue combo....Why didn't someone smack me in the head!?!?!? That is the worst possible color with 2 kids and with my dark hair. I'm constantly cleaning this floor and tile. It's horrible! I would do everything differently if I had the chance. Anyway...
I read about using vinegar to clean grout without being abrasive on the grout itself. I thought I would try it out since our grout was turning yellow with dirt and age.
Gross I know.

It's basicly 2 parts vinegar to 1 part water and use a stiff brush. Now I don't know if the act of scrubbing or the magic mixture of the vinegar did the job, but I was nicely surprised at the results.
Fortunately enough for me, my bathroom floor is small because my arms hurt for 2 days after this cleaning. :-)

Color them Eggs!

We took advantage of a rare 75° day in Chicago and colored our eggs outside. Plus the thought of the patio getting dyed red didn't scare me as much as the thought of my carpet a nice pink. Jax was actually very good though. He dropped the eggs in a bit more forcefully than we would of liked but it made the egg salad later a pretty color :-)
Hayden is an ole pro at this activity.
Rare photo, both looking the same direction AND smiling



The family and our eggs.
While waiting for the eggs to dye and dry we had races in the backyard and basketball contests, with a soccer ball of course :)
This kept the boys from asking every 2 seconds if the eggs were ready.
When they finally were :)

Egg Dive

We missed the outdoor Easter Egg Hunt because of our little spring break getaway so I thought it would be nice to do the village egg dive. Hayden had a great time and came away with dozens of plastic eggs.

Here he is with his stash!
Jax on the other hand was a little confused with the whole process and a little bored. I was worried because they lumped together 5 and under in age groups. That mean A LOT of kids, parents, and little ones. I had to hang on for dear life to Jax as other parents pushed their way into the pool. It was not so great! I did manage to snag 5 eggs for Jax to open and play with.
And Hayden was nice enough to let him open some of his. We stayed to play in the pool for awhile after all the egg madness was done.

Spring Break water fun

We went to an area waterpark for some downtime before Hayden returned to school. Not too far from home. The boys had the best time!!! It was hard to take pictures in there with all the water even with out P&S I still didn't want it to get wet.Hayden showing off his beach muscles :)
And riding the Lazy River for the 100th time. He just loved floating the that circle.
Jax playing in the fountains. He had the best time! He's going to love the splash pad this year!
We had a great time and it was just long enough... although we were all pretty sick of eating out by this point in the week.

Discovery Muesum

We headed there as a start to our little weekend getaway. We've been here before with Hayden, when Jax was still compact and portable. (ie: in the belly) Hayden loved it last time so we thought it would be great.... well 1/2 the building was under construction and the outside play area was closed for the same reasons. Not that great but what was still set up the boys had fun and played for almost 2 hours.
Here they are in the toddler. Notice I said toddler area and who dressed up and ready to play? Yes, that would be the 7 yr old. :-)
Our UPS guy and pilot.
Working hard together to make sure those boxes are stacked properly. Man... Pa K would be proud!
Hayden having a quiet moment while Jax checks out the play"house"
No he's TERRIFIED of the vacuum at home but he played with this one forever.


All of our hands in the gigantic peg board.

The boys, and I mean all three, were playing with orbits and such. Jax loved it because the object flew off the spinning wheel and crashed!
The indoor tornado. Hayden loved chopping it to see it reform.

Jaxson was so confused by the air tubes. He didn't get how the ball stayed up there with nothing to hold it up.



Ahhh he found a wife. :)
Playing plane again...this time without costumes.
We had lunch at a town staple, The Machine Shed. Best sweet potato fries around. Boys wanted to play on the tractor before we left for our water park adventure.

Party in the USA

We have reverted back to 1970 past times this week.... bowling and roller skating.

Tim and I took the kids to the rink here in town that is still open and from what we saw tonight, doing very well. We've taken Hayden a few times since the beginning of the year and he LOVES it. Begs to stay well after our session has ended.

Tonight was Jaxson's first time since I found out they rent adjustable kids skates. He screamed when we put the skates on him but once he was upright and on his feet he loved it. He liked being pushed/pulled more than actually trying to skate but that was ok.
We didn't see much of Hayden since he had a few friends there. But he would stop by the table and get a drink once in awhile. :)Jax got tired after a couple times around and sat and had a snack with Daddy and watched everyone else skate.It really was a fun night and now that we know he likes it maybe we will try again sometime.

Bowling with the 'rents

We went to a great bowling alley on Monday with Grammy and Pa (or PaPa as Jax has been calling him) That is reserved for Mom and Tots in the mornings. $5/kid and Mom's bowl for free plus free fruit, yogurt for the kids and coffee for the parents. It was great!The kids had a blast but both of them LOVE bowling! Pa was getting worried when Jax was beating him but Pa picked up his game and beat us all.
Jaxson found the hand drier and thought his tongue could use some air :)
Afterwords we went to lunch and surprised Tim at work, with a lunch date out with the family. It turned into a really great morning.

Indoor Soccer

I know I haven't posted much about indoor soccer this year. There were a lot of issues this winter with soccer, needless to say Tim and I were not happy with the Park District or the team Hayden was put on, but tried to make the best of it anyway.
He was on the White Tigers. He did seem to have fun and enjoy himself. Towards the end he finally got in there and started being more aggressive with the ball and almost scored a few goals, when the coach let him play. Opps I'm regressing again. :) His friend from class was on the team so that was nice.
This past Sat was the last game and afterwords they had a pizza party and all received trophys and certificates. Hayden was very proud and we were proud of him for trying his best and sticking it out!(yes I know the picture looks funny, its been edited)