Spring Break 2013

Our Spring Break this year was quite a bit different from our other breaks to start off because we didn't travel anywhere.  That's right...we stayed at home!  We did this because we decided we would potty train Anderson.  It turns out that he wasn't quite ready for that (the proof was in the puddles on our floor), so our week opened up quite a bit and we had a great time!

We figured that we better find some fun things to do and what better place to start than The Mall?  Anderson immediately caught on to the idea of Spring Break!

We were so proud! He also wanted some money to throw in the fountains!  Finally, he decided to work on his Fantasia routine with his dad!

We continued our week with some painting!  Anderson wasn't quite sure about it at the beginning.  We put some in his hands and he gave us a questioning look.

After some time though, he became pretty free with the paints!

I was so excited that he was having a good time and that we had something nice to show for it in the end!

I have heard so many horror stories about how art projects go horribly wrong, no one has fun, and in the end the product was not what anyone expected (or wanted to keep).  This however, turned out to be a positive experience and Anderson asked to paint almost everyday for the rest of the week.

We also spent some time with our friends Jen and Oliver at the walking bridge in downtown Louisville!  We had a great time!  It was a little cold, but still fun and not nearly as crowded as I had anticipated.  First, Anderson looked in the Ohio River for "dolphins".

Surprisingly, none surfaced, but he and Oliver did see a boat!  That was definitely a highlight!

Poor Oliver wanted to run up the ramp to get to the bridge, but Anderson wanted to take his time.  I love that these two are so different, but just adore each other!  Our afternoon looked a lot like this...Oliver and Anderson would take off running.

About two seconds in, Anderson would slow down to look at something.  Oliver would keep running until Jen would tell him to come back and get Anderson.

Oliver would then run back and tell Anderson to come on.  Anderson would, and it would start all over again.

When we finally got up to the bridge, we had so much fun running around and playing!

We went back down after awhile and played on the park until we were all starving and tired!  We are so lucky to have Jen and Oliver as friends!

Another set of friends we got the chance to see over break was Kristy and Charlotte.  They met us at the park and we got to catch up and play all afternoon!  While we were there, they met another friend!

Charlotte spent most of her afternoon on the slides, while Anderson went for the seesaw!

It was so nice to get to see Charlotte and Kristy and catch up with them!

We also took a family trip to the zoo!  It was super crowded, but we had a great time!  This was our first time taking Anderson's wagon with us and it was a hit!  It carried all of our stuff, plus the kid and his snacks!

We saw lots of fun animals and Anderson worked to perfect his animal sounds!  Some animals were right out in the open!

Some, we had to really search for.

At times, our searches got a little off track.

We had a fantastic break with fantastic people!  We are so blessed to have a break to spend together!  We ended our break with a big Final Four win for the CARDS, followed by a National Championship title!  It was a great ending to an incredible week!