Parks, Butterflies, and Ice Cream

Here's a few sets of pictures taken over the last week or so. You can see more in the Spring 2012 album.

Super Wednesday!

The kids behaved so well a couple weeks ago that we took them to the newly discovered "Beech Woods Park." It was so far the largest park I think I've seen since being down in Florida. The kids loved it so much that they asked to go again the next night! After the park, we stopped by the local ice cream shop for some tasty treats....

Butterflies!

On Saturday, the kids and I went to see the butterfly exhibit at the Oakland Mall. We got to go into a butterfly house with over 200 butterflies and learn a little bit about them and how they grow. The best part was getting to touch them! After that (yet again), we went and got ice cream, this time it was "butterfly" cones :)

Kitchen Fun

Here are some pictures of the kids last week playing around in the kitchen. Kristi's new keyboard for her laptop arrived while she was visiting the office in Peoria. It came wrapped in bubble wrap, which of course is just begging to be popped...