The Family Bean

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Thanksgiving in Florida

On Day 2, Didi and Papi arrived, along with Aunt Kelly and Uncle Chris. The kids were super excited to hang out with their cousins too. Day 3, we went to the Tampa Zoo.

Off to Redington Shores, FL to spend Thanksgiving week with Didi and Papi. Arrived on Monday, Nov. 23rd. It's been a while since we've flown with the whole crew, so it was a fun treat for the kids. We hit the beach right off the bat and enjoyed some ice cream and beach volleyball with the locals.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Adele's Artwork

From Adele's parent teacher conference. She received a great assessment from Mrs. Stanford. So far, so good.

Secret Hideout

This is Adele & Winston's favorite place to play. They love going out into the evergreen trees to hunt for poisonous berries. They are always sneaking out little items to dig with. Its fun to see them play so well together. When they are in the secret hideout, they are best buddies...when they aren't, not so much.

Halloween at Petsmart

Veda, Winston & I took Otto to Petsmart in his Halloween costume (while Adele was at a birthday party with Kathy). He was bouncing off the walls with all the dogs, treats and attention. Wore the little guy out...

Little Tree Climber

Adele is our expert tree climber. Rain or shine, she is out there climbing up any tree where she can reach the bottom brand.

Dads & Donuts at Symmes

This was from Dads & Donuts (they do this a couple times per year at Symmes Elementary). Kathy volunteered, so the girls got to hand out donuts to the dads.

This is a picture of Adele & Veda putting makeup on the hamster at our house. Winston is blowing the finger nail polish dry...

This is a self portrait that Adele drew of herself after school one day.

Warrior Run 5k

We participated in the Warrior Run down in Mariemont. I did the 1 mile with the kids and Kathy did the 5k with our neighbor Rick Holmes. The kids were really excited until they figured out how far 1 mile is (after 5 blocks they were beat). Next time we need to do a little training on pacing.

Didi and Papi

Kathy had a quick work trip, so mom and dad came out to help watch the kids for a couple days. Each kid got to stay home from school one day to hang out and get some one on one time. Grandpa Gary did some pumpkin carving with the kids.

Great Wolf Lodge

A little pre-Halloween fun at Great Wolf Lodge with our neighbors. The kids got to spend the day at the water park and then go trick-or-treating around the lodge that night...pretty fun. We are lucky to have great neighbors with a lot of kids the same age as ours. To note, Veda was a Doctor, Adele a snow princess and Winston a hamster.

Guys Fishing Trip

On the Dos Hombres in Madeira Beach, FL. We did a full day trip to catch amberjack and grouper. Tough day of fishing but we caught a couple nice black groupers and snappers to eat that night.

Watching Videos with Otto

Fall Fun

Fall is here and lots of fun to be had outside. Winston was able to master his bike without training wheels (which wasn't really in doubt) - but just in case, he put on Adele's rollerblade kneepads and elbow pads. We did have to put them back on as his legs aren't long enough the reach the ground, so the only way to stop was to crash into the grass. He was pretty ticked that we put them back on...but it was that or follow him around all day, every day while he rides.

We also have lots of leaves to rake, which the kids love helping with. They like raking and shoveling them into bags (and sometimes carrying those bags to the garage - although that is a team effort).

Halloween

Kathy as the shark (although Adele might have worn it better). The kids costumes were all hand made by Grandma Sayre. Adele as a flamingo, Veda as a Dragon Rider and Winston's Shark Boy. I was supposed to be a surfer for those that were interested.

Hiking at Big Bone Lick

A nice sunny Sunday, so headed down south about an hour to Boone County Kentucky. The kids were troopers, hiking over 2 miles on a pretty rough & narrow trail. The first mile was definitely fun, exploring nature, then Winston started wearing down...but the girls hung in there the full way.