Common Sightings around the Andersen House

Not alot has been going on lately around here. We're wrapping up the pre-school year this week with Cadence's Graduation, lessons are gearing up for the recital, and there's the normal chaos of May. However, the weather has taken a turn for the best and so we've spent lots of time outside lately. Here are some of the pictures of random things we've been up to.

More meals outside than inside - one of my favorite things about warmer weather!

How Caleb looks after basically every meal! This one happened to involve a cupcake :)

We swing alot.

Cadence has become a master of all kinds of tricks on the swing and even involves her brothers in them when we're not looking.

Paint has come out of the closet. Thankfully it's all been used up for now :)

Check out this carrot that came out of our garden!! We love eating out of the garden and can't wait for everything to start to bloom.

Creed is busy. He full on crawls now and loves to eat everything that will fit into his mouth. He's not at all picky about what it is. Needless to say, I'm working hard to keep the floors free of really gross stuff! When he crawls, he usually ends up under the table. Chris calls it his clubhouse and I"m beginning to think it's true. 9 times out of 10 if we're looking for Creed he's under the table - he's under it right now!

The Yahtzee box on the table is a good reminder of Cadence's new favorite game. She loves to play it with her Daddy. She can't remember the word "Yahtzee" so it gets called lots of different things like "Nachos" and "Schatzie" but we know what she's talking about and we usually play with her once the boys go to bed. Baby boys and dice aren't a good mix.

Mother's Day 2011

So, another Mother's Day has come and gone. It's not an officially recognized holiday in our household because as the mom, I think it's a dumb holiday. I'm grateful everyday (or at least most days) for my children, the way God has given them to me, and the birthmothers involved in the making of Chris and I parents. So, to take a day to single out and "honor" the people who actually have kids to show off, is dumb. However, it was also baby dedication at our church, Christ Community Church Mooresville, so we were all dressed in a way that at least coordinated and made for a better opportunity to get a picture of all of us.

This was the best we could come up with :) It's not a bad attempt considering the other holidays we've tried to take pics of.

After church and small group, we came home, slept for a little while and went out to enjoy the nice day. Caleb of course needed an accessory! Cadence got her scooter for Easter and loves it! She's super fast on it and we're glad that she enjoys it so much because it's great exercise - at least for one leg!

These boys make me smile most of the time - except for when Caleb is sitting on Creed's head or something like that. But when they're getting along, it's one of my favorite things in the entire universe.

Creed was being his normal cute self so we took advantage :)

In case you're not totally bored by pictures of an average day in the Andersen house yet, here is a video of even more cuteness from the same day :)

An Entertaining Drive

We were in the car going somewhere this week and Caleb Shaun was doing his best to keep Creed entertained. Thankfully, I had the camera near me so I caught it on video :)

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Spring Break 2011

For Spring Break this year, we did something different and went to Myrtle Beach. We stayed at this place called Compass Cove. It was a resort with lots of water stuff. lots of pools, hot tubs, a kid water area, a lazy river, and water slides. It was so much fun! A little cool, but fun. Caleb mostly liked the hot tubs but Cadence loved the pools. We pool-hopped a lot looking for just the perfect spot to swim.

THe 1st day, I took no pictures. But basically, we drove there, changed into bathing suits and spent lots of time trying to find a warm, not-so-windy place to hang out. We ended up at an indoor hot tub :) We ordered pizza for dinner and put the kids to bed. It was a good day!

The 2nd day we were there it was supposed to be really bad weather so we planned to not swim that day and instead, go to the aquarium. It ended up being a really nice day but we still went to the aquarium. Here are the kids waiting to leave for the day.

The only picture with Daddy. We were waiting on the Kales to get there so we could go in the aquarium together. The Kale "big boys" all went to the Nascar SpeedPark instead of the Aquarium ( I couldn't imagine why) and so Chris opted to go with them. So, our aquarium time was spent with Karen and Garrett.

The Ray section. You could pet them but Cadence was too scared and Caleb just wanted to splash the whole time.

We basically could have played on the slide all day and my 2 big kids would have been happy. I think it's universal that you pay money to expose your kids to something different than what they see everyday and their favorite part is the ordinary within the extraordinary.

Garrett and Cadence both liked going up into the little hump thing to look at the sharks from a different angle. I think Cadence just mostly liked talking to the other kids in there.

The Horseshoe Crabs were really cool. You could pick them up as long as they didn't have a baby with them. Only Garrett was brave enough to pick them up but Caleb touched one while Garrett held it. Cadence wouldn't have anything to do with it!

These wheels were something to do with the salination process for the aquariums. After the slide, they were the kids second favorite thing to do. Just turning wheels and climbing on big pipes............I totally don't get it.

Creed was there, he just spent most of his time like this :)

In the Dangerous Reef Tunnel. It was really cool and the sharks and turtles literally swam right over us! Cadence liked that you didn't have to walk and could ride the conveyor belt instead.

These fish were so cool. They were in the water outside of the aquarium and we fed the vanilla wafers. They really liked them!

Friday morning, our last day, turned out to be beautiful. So, we packed our stuff, loaded the car, packed a lunch, and headed to the pool. The kids had a blast playing in the water. I think we probably spent close to 4 hours swimming and eating and playing before naptime hit us hard. So, after that we changed the kids, put them in their seats and started the drive home. Cadence literally slept 3 of the 4 hours home. Creed literally slept NONE because he had taken a 2 hour nap at the pool.

This girl loves the water!

Mrs. Karen bought Cadence and Caleb an ice cream from the ice cream man. She's so nice :)

Of course Creed got in on some of the ice cream action too!