April 2009

April has actually been a pretty decent month for weather. Ironically on the first really nice weekend of the year, we went on an indoor vacation.

Along with the Neels, the Chambers (Tom, Kirsten, and Rylee), and the Kennedys we travelled down I-5 to the Great Wolf Lodge. If you're not familiar with it, the Great Wolf Lodge is a massive hotel with a water park inside. Both Kyla and Blake had a blast, and occasionally a small group of the adults would sneak off to go on the big rides.

Kyla even managed to bring a little present back with her, a case of pink eye. I suppose this is the price of playing in a crowded indoor pool for two days, but the antibiotics cleared it up pretty fast, so I don't feel bad.

On the Saturday before Easter I took the kids to the Chambers' to play and die eggs, though I kept Blake away from the real eggs due to his allergies. On Easter morning the kids found their baskets that the Easter Bunny had brought which included a new tutu for Kyla and some toy cars for Blake. Kyla tried to get up at 6 AM, but thankfully I convinced her to go back to sleep. Finally that afternoon we took the train from Snoqualmie to North Bend with Doug and Dot where we had lunch at Twede's Cafe.

April ended with Blake's birthday, though because of logistics, we actually celebrated mine on his. He has his own party on May 2nd, and Becky needed the 1st to prepare, so she made us turkey burgers and we had a nice evening outside.