The Rest of March

We went to the Science Circus

The kids were shy, but saw a lot of cool things and Bryant got some fake snow.

We went to a friend's house for a St. Patrick's Day party and got home late...this was how the boys fell asleep.  Yes, Bryant is underneath my coat.

Another late night ride home.

Warm enough for a bike ride!

Even a spidey bike ride!

 Garrett likes to do chest bumps with Dad:)

Garrett loves baseball as much as Bryant.  I can't record Bryant anymore because he hits it back towards me too fast that I can't react to get out of the way, but here's Garrett swinging away.

Garrett is so good at making the little basketball in the hoop and he gets louder and louder with his "I made it" until you acknowledge that he did a good job.

March of course brings March Madness and the boys sure do love their basketball.  Bryant always does countdowns to see if he can make his shot before the buzzer goes off.

He even made himself his own championship trophy and would make plays like they were doing on tv.  His math skills are getting really good because he adds up his score and his opponent's score with every basket they make.

Garrett likes to race, but someone has so start the race, so he kept backing up and saying "Marks" until we would start the race for him.  Not sure what he was racing for, but such a silly kid!

Bryant showing off his dunking skills with some bragging about touching the rim.

For Bryant's Spring Break, we took him to the Ferdinand movie in the Movie Theater.  I think he's only gone to the movies twice, so it's a pretty special treat.

Then we packed up the car and took the boys on a road trip to Spokane.  I'm not sure how we've ever driven to San Diego in the past because lately 15 minute trips in to town have turned into the "Are we there yet?" annoyance.  The boys did okay to Spokane and managed to build some pretty silly things during their boredom.

A stop in St. Regis for lunch and checking out the fish tanks.

After we got checked into our hotel in Spokane, we headed down to a bowling alley for a little fun.  We didn't originally get Garrett shoes thinking that he may not want to bowl.  Not sure why we thought that since he has to do what everyone else is doing.  So they even had shoes that were Garrett's size and he LOVED them.

Here's Garrett bowling on his own

He just loves the shoes.  He would run back like that after every turn.

Here's Bryant bowling - I like how he leaned to try and get his ball to move more in that direction.

They had an arcade room too.  Garrett usually picks up on things pretty quickly by watching his brother, but that wasn't so much the case with skee ball.  Nothing was damaged in the filming of this video...

We checked out the Spokane Falls

We wasted some time in Walmart and told the boys they could each pick out one thing.  Garrett ended up with the biggest basketball I've ever seen, but he definitely had the biggest smile I've ever seen too:)

We walked around Gonzaga and since it was the Friday before Easter, they had an Easter egg hunt in one of the buildings on campus.  The boys were pretty excited to find some eggs!

And the real reason we decided to head to Spokane was because we added a new member to our family!!!  Meet Bella, our Frenchton pup (1/2 Boston Terrier, 1/2 French Bulldog).

The boys were entertained the whole way home!

Garrett was so cute eating lunch on the way home.

Bryant was so sweet with his pup.  Garrett wasn't quite sure what to do with an active little pup.  Here he is saying "Kisses Bella" with some nervous, excited belly laughs.

Bryant falls asleep with his pup every night.  He is so in love (as we all are).  She can be quite the feisty and stubborn little girl, but super cuddly and sweet.  Maybe she's a bit like Garrett and his sour patch kid tendencies:)

End of February/Early March

Sleepy boy!

I got to join Garrett for his Valentine's Day party at school.  Not surprising he went for the cupcake first!

One of Garrett's favorite songs..."We will, we will...Rock you!"

He was running out of leg room when he sat rear-facing in his car seat, so we got him switched around so he faces forward now.

Hot tub fun

Garrett had come down with a cold and fell asleep in my arms way before bed time.

It has been crazy how long winter lasted here this year, so we had to make the best of it.

I can't remember what we did this night, but we got home late.  Garrett was adamant that he got to hold his sucker and he did not let it go even when he was fast asleep.

You know our kids are either growing or sick if they willingly take a nap.  I think this was a sick Bryant.

Another favorite "How much is that doggy in the window?"

The first weekend in March, we headed to Bozeman for the weekend.  We stayed at a hotel with a waterslide, which the boys absolutely loved!  A couple weeks later, Bryant had brought home one of his school assignments and he had written how he like waterslides because they are fast.  

We also did the Mighty Machines at the Museum of the Rockies

Bryant "won" these awesome teeth from playing games at our lunch spot.

Then it was time for the men's basketball game!

"Garrett do you want to sit on my lap?"

He wouldn't take a nap earlier, so by the end of the game all the noise couldn't keep this kid awake

He did have fun doing the YMCA though

Being silly in the hotel room

These boys love their basketball - this was watching Carroll men win the Frontier Conference 

And Bryant's school assignment...

They both love the light show when the players get announced and often ask to do it at home.  This was their cheer after they got announced:)

The weather warmed up enough for a nice walk.  It was so cute when Bryant wanted to hold Garrett's hand and walk around the loop, which turned into playing chase, but still fun!

And go figure, it ended with playing some basketball!