Water with gas: February Part 1

February gave us a glimpse of springtime in the winter. It has been so nice that we were able to be outside a lot this month.

One evening the kids built themselves a hot tub in our backyard

One weekend I took the kids on a 6 mile bike ride. Luke dropped us off at a trail near his work and then we rode 6 miles to the discovery museum. It took us 2 hours to get the kids were always finding reasons to stop.

For example, we barely made it 100 feet before we stopped to play on this bridge

A couple minutes later the kids just HAD to stop and swing on this bench

And then we had to stop at this tree and take a picture

It was a pretty sight

And Jack wanted me to take a picture of this outhouse

And Lily found these water treatment towers that she wanted a picture of

And of course we had to stop at every trailhead and read the billboards

And then, along the way we found this hidden hiking path for kids

It was pretty neat and the kids were able to follow the signs in a little circle path

And then Jack just wanted me to take a picture of this amazing view

At the end of 6 miles the kids were getting tired and it didn't help that I took a wrong turn and made them bike a half mile out of the way. By the time we finally got to the museum they were not happy campers.

So we decided to walk downtown and grab a bite to eat. Jack made up his own hobo carrying stick

We found a delicious hamburger joint downtown and refueled

Then the kids were ready for the museum. They spent 4 hours running around here. So much to see and to do

The tornado simulator... Josie doesn't look too happy

But eventually she loved it!

more museum

I couldn't handle much longer so after 4 hours I called Luke to pick us and all the bikes up. There was no way any of us had the energy to bike home.

In addition to the nice weather, we have had some crazy wind storms. I watched our trampoline get lifted off the ground by the wind. I'm not really a fan of the wind, but Josie loves it