Awesome Baby Shower!!!!

A few Sunday's ago a couple of my favorite scrappin buddies threw me and the bean a baby shower at our church in Parkers.  It was so much fun....Bayleann was my little helper all day. There was great friends, CAKE :o), little monkies all over, presents for the bean and most of all love!  The reason I say love is that there were people we care about there to share the special day, Kelly & Lynn put sososososo much love into all that they did to prepare for the day and they made me feel so special :o) love you guys!

For some reason with this baby we have fallen in love with monkies....so when the girls planned the shower theme they used that.  The cake is in the form of a "Barrel of Monkies"

The centerpiece was all 'usable' it was full of scrappin stuff, wash clothes, baby spoons, little bath animals.  Lynn had so much fun making stuff!

Instead of a diaper cake Lynn designed a Diaper Cycle...This monkey had a cool ride!

Me and my special helper...all dressed up and a very proud little girl :o)

My corsage was a monkey bath scrubbers with baby spoons and little pacifiers.

The girls hard at work!

Helpin open the presents....

Jodi made this awesome blanket out of fleecy material and it's covered in camo monkies!

You don't realize how big your belly is until you have it in picture form! this is getting to be a very big bean!

The baby bullet and a king sized box of diapers and wipes! The bullet is a baby food maker that is so awesome! Can't wait to try it out.

This a cute oneise with a mini oneise for the scrapbook...Kelly thinks it's a boy bean....and no we have not found out what the bean is!

The next few pictures are of all the stuff the bean got...clothes, blankets, lotions, monkies that make noise, bibs, crib sheets, lil socks, pacifiers.

Lotions, shampoos, wipes, diapers, travel care kit, scrappin stuff, books, camo blankie & bottles, underneath everything is a boopie pillow.

Washclothes & duckie towels, pull toys, crib pads, and Grandma Mary made a deal that works as a high chair strap when you are at a restuarant or out n about..it straps to the chair and allows the bean to sit tight :)

Our monkey diaper bag...
A great big HUG & THANK YOU to all that came and shared our special day...and again to Kelly & Lynn..All the love and hugs I can spare! :o) You are the best!

Lego Robotics & a snow day

For the past 8 weeks Austin has been particiating in a after school program called Lego Robotics.  The school got involved in a program with the state of mn where they let us use the kits (worth about $300 each) to teach the kids about programming and building the robots.  Austin has been learning to program his robot manuver through different challenages throughout the past 8 weeks.  They program it to follow a line (straight & curved) go into corners, pick up a ball, go up a ramp and spin around. Lets just say that we are EXTREMELY proud of our little Legoman!

Tonight they had their final challenage where the parents got to come and see all that they have learned and we got to see the robots in action. 

Austin's team....Team Robotics Two got a red 2nd place ribbon!

the computer screen showing some of the commands Austin was programming

Austin's robot being set down by his partner Calin..getting ready to test it out for the challenge

one proud Lego Manic!

His team stats and the 2nd place ribbon!

And of course they got a treat....a smartie lego robot to fill them with sugar

Last Wednesday when we got our 1st MN blizzard of the season...the Moen's took a snow day.  The kids had a blast later in the day playing on a very small but yet productive snow hill and making sure they blasted Dad with snowballs (while Mom laughed and took pics!)They also built some little snow people and fort.

There are no words!

Throwing Peanut  on the straw bale covered in snow! A better vantage point to peg Dad with snowballs...

Peanut and her snow person

Booger's...I love the smerky face his snow dude has!

The fort!

This picture needs alittle explaining...while Dad was plowing the driveway the kids saw this little mouse burrowing a hole next to their sandbox from inside the house...while they went outside and Austin started digging where the mouse had burrowed and out ran the mouse...the kids than chased it with their bat and started taking swipes at it..and they got him! Right over the head! And yes our little pink girly girl grabbed the mouse and ran to show dad!