Field Trip: Discovery Place

Carter's 3rd grade class went on a field trip a couple weeks ago to Discovery Place. I tagged along with him as a parent chaperon. It's been a long time since I've been there and a good bit has changed but still it's a pretty cool place to visit. We wished we'd had a bit more time to explore the exhibits and play but we were able to do most of it.

Spring Break, Part 1

We didn’t think that spring break would ever get here. I mean, we’ve not had a day off of school since January and everyone was more than ready for a break. We spent the first part of the break at Mimi & PawPaw’s. The kids had a blast there as usual and I got to spend some quality time shopping with my Mom, just like we used to do. Here’s a run down of our week…

Carter killed his first bird with a BB gun… he was so proud.

The kids slept in the tree house with PawPaw 2 nights. He even rigged it to where they had a tv in there & got to watch movies before bed!

PawPaw built a tire swing for the kids too and they loved it!

Tire Swing

What can be even more fun than a swing.... a tire swing.... right in our own backyard. Yes, folks, this simple leftover tire from a van that I had over 5 years ago, has brought much pleasure to my kids. Who knew?

Crazy Spring Weather

Seems like the past few years we've skipped spring & fall. We go straight from summer to winter and from winter to summer. I miss the 60's & 70 temps around here. I go from sweaters to shorts. I guess I'll chalk it up to global warming or something like that.

You don't typically think of spring being tornado season. And, well, I don't really think of our area being tornado prone either. But for the past 3 weekends, we've had some crazy weather with severe thunderstorms, hail & even tornadoes. Last weekend, April 9th, we had about 4 pretty strong weather systems to move through Cleveland County. The first one kind of blew over our house but the last 3 produced some nasty wind, downpours and hail.

See...

If this is gonna keep up, I'll forgo my 60 & 70's and take just plain ole thunderstorms.

Easter Parties

Ahh... it's spring break week at the Haneline household and a much needed break for everyone. We celebrated on Thursday and Friday with parties at the kids school. Here's a few pictures...

Kensley's Easter bag she made at preschool

Chandler's 5th grade raw egg toss... ick!

Egg Relay race


Carter's Egg Hunt

Much more festivities coming up this week. Hopefully I will have time to blog about them.