Trip to Tulsa

A Little Weekend Getaway

We went to Tulsa on Friday for a little get away.  We started at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum.  Sam and Ben enjoyed the hangar, the planetarium show on planets, and the gift shop.  Mom and dad both fell asleep during the show.  Dad commented that it was one of the best naps ever!

Although overpriced, the F-14 was extremely cool!  I did not leave my wing man!

Upstairs at the museum, they had some activities for the kids.  Here, Sam and Ben were playing with the large light bright.

After a late lunch, we went to Staples where we all bought something.  Mom loves Staples and found the clearance rack in the back of the store.  Here, Ben is coloring and drawing on his new pad of paper.

Anyone up for camping?

Doug, Sam and Ben went to Buffalo park on Saturday while I attended my student's sophomore recital up at Hesston College (she did fabulous!!!). Ben decided to begin a stick collection so he could have wood for a fire next to the tent. We set up the tent in the backyard on Sunday and Doug tried to explain that you couldn't just start a fire in your own backyard in the city limits, but Ben set it all up anyway. Good thing we moved the tent inside because it started raining early Monday morning and hasn't stopped since. After Ben came inside from the backyard he said "I'll forget about this when I'm 10."

Preschool Olympics and St Pats Day

Ben competed in his second Asbury Pre-school Olympics.  Here, he was dribbling a soccer ball

Victory!!

Kristin picked up these mega Nerf water guns several months ago.  It's been so nice outside, that Ben and Sam decided to battle it out.

The St. Patrick's Day parade was extremely crowded and congested.  Everyone was standing up and it was slow moving, so we decided to take off early. 

Ben enjoying a game of Angry Birds on dad's Nook

Mud monsters

Mud monsters who need a bath!

Oklahoma City Get Away

We left on Sunday for a little get away trip.  The weather was really nice with little wind, so we decided to hit the OKC Zoo first.  We enjoyed the new children's zoo which had a slide for the kids to go down and a rope ladder to climb up.  After the zoo, we went to the Lego store at the mall.  Ben has been saving up for a very long time to purchase the Batman Bat Cave.  Dad added some money to Ben's fund so he could finally purchase it.  We put this together in different segments at the hotel.  The hotel was nice and enjoyed the hot tub and pool.  On Monday, we went to the Oklahoma Science Museum.  Sam waited for about an hour and a half so that he could make a harmonogram which is a swinging board with paper on it.  There is a wooden arm in which to insert a marker of choice and it swings back and forth, thus making the art.  There was also a very tall tree house which had a twisted slide to go down.  Dad and Ben went down the slide several times.  The ladder was probably about 50 feet tall. 

Little Drummer Boy

Yesterday the termite inspector (referred to by Ben as just the "Inspector") came to do his yearly inspection of the house. This involves taking everything out of our bedroom closet so he can get to the crawl space for the addition part of the house. Ben never knew that hole was there under the carpet. He insisted in playing his drum near the hole, so the "inspector" would know where the exit was.

Kansas Day at Kauffman Museum

Today we all went to Kauffman Museum in Newton where they had a Kansas Day celebration.  Here, Sam, Brooke, and Ben are standing in front of a log cabin

When we arrived, there was a large tipi set up with a fire going inside.  Felt pretty good.

We rode on a horse drawn carriage around the grounds

You place a dried out corn cob on this machine, turn the crank and out comes corn

Monster Jam 2012

Hibernation Day

Every January at preschool the kids enjoy hibernation day.  Sam enjoyed this annual ritual as does Ben.  Ben was excited to use Sam's flashlight to seek out the bear when they went on a bear hunt.  You'd think a bear would be in the kitchen eating honey.  Maybe he was in the sanctuary "bearing" his sins.

Ben enjoying a sucker.