Great Wolf Lodge

On Saturday, Keegan's game got canceled due to the snow.  The roads were clear though so we all decided to go to Sandusky and spend the day/night at Great Wolf Lodge.  It is an indoor water park, and we had a blast.  The boys love it, but might be getting too big for it.  Our next trip might have to be to Kalahari.

Keegan showing all the snow we got!

 The boys got their wolf ears as soon as we arrived at Great Wolf Lodge

Keegan loves all the characters/statues throughout the lodge

The boys were so excited to have their own "Wolf Den" within our hotel room, where they got to sleep in bunk beds and have their own T.V.

 They had a blast at the water park.  They loved the lazy river, slides, pool, hot tub, and climbing area.  All of us wore our swimsuits and got in with the boys on Saturday, but it was FREEZING in there. Since it was so cold outside and the waterpark is all windows, the heat must have not been keeping up. The next day, just Matt got in with the boys but it was much warmer.  

 At night, they do a story time and show for all the kids and they have a pajama dance party.  The boys wore their pj's and robes and had fun!

 Matt and Rod picked up food for dinner and we hung out and played games in the room.  The next morning, the boys headed back to the waterpark before we left.

 Group pic of all of us before we left.

 Family selfie with the 4 of us.

Another great trip in the books.  Thanks for taking us, Rod and Dixie!

Play CLE

Matt's parents came out over Martin Luther King weekend in January.  Since the boys had the Friday before off of school as well, they were going to come late Thursday night, watch the boys for us on Friday, and then stay for the long weekend.  However, due to freezing rain and snow on Friday, none of us had school/work so we were all here to hang out.  On Friday, we decided to go to Play CLE, which had just opened in our town.  It is like a Ninja Warrior Play area and the boys (including Matt) had a blast.  Here are some pics from the fun afternoon.

The boys on the big "E" when you first walk in.

 Doing an obstacle course

 Matt playing too

 Rock wall

 Climbing with a harness

 Keegan and Matt climbed this wall together, each on a different side.

 The boys loved the Rubix cube climb wall

 Zip lining

Keegan and Landon are watching Matt to see if he made his jump...

He made it!

This place is really cool. Thanks for taking us, Rod and Dixie. We look forward to going back and spending more time there.  What a fun afternoon!

The Tooth Fairy and Pride Day

Keegan had an exciting year to 2018.  He lost his very first tooth and got a visit from the Tooth Fairy.  She brought him two sparkly dollars, a new travel toothbrush, and a tooth fairy receipt.  He was so excited the next morning.  Keegan's tooth was wiggly for a long time and he was so excited when it came out that he face timed both sets of grandparents, and his aunts and uncles!! 

Right when his tooth fell out.  It is in his hand.  Sorry for the bloody mouth pic!

 All cleaned up

 Showing us what he got from the Tooth Fairy

 Look at that smile with a hole!

Keegan was also the pride day winner at school for the "Caring" category.  His teacher nominated him and had wonderful things to say about him.  Matt and I got to have a breakfast with him and his teacher, as well as all the other pride day winners for the month, one morning at school.

Mrs. Mudore (the principal) reading all the nice things that Keegan's teacher said about him.

 The pride day winners

 Proud parents

 Standing by his picture on the Pride Day Bulletin Board in the hallway

 Keegan with his teacher, Mrs. Fitch.

We are so proud of you, Keegan.  We can't believe how big you are getting, but keep up the great work!  We love you!

Castle Noel

We all had an extended Christmas break with cold and snow days after New Year's.  It actually ended up being a week longer than it was supposed to be.  So, one day we decided to drive to Medina (about 40 minutes) and go to a place called, "Castle Noel."  It is Christmas there year round, with costumes, movie sets, and movie props from famous Christmas movies.  It had old Christmas games, the Christmas window displays from Saks Fifth Avenue, and so much memorabilia.  There were tons of props from the movies, "Santa Clause" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" which are two of our family favorites.  We had a blast touring the museum and learning even more about our favorite Christmas movies.

This was the "Elf" room.  Here is a pic of the decorations Buddy made in the department store to make it look like the North Pole, just like in the movie.

 The boys in front of the costumes from the movie, "Elf".

 "Frosty", the gigantic snowman that they put on the roof in the movie, "Skipping Christmas".

 The boys in front of the Grinch's actual huge sack from the movie, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" with Jim Carrey

 The Globe from Santa's workshop in the Santa Clause movies

 The outfit that Scott Calvin wears on his blind date in "Santa Clause 2".

 Family selfie with a replica of The Grinch.  

 Keegan and I making our best Grinch faces.  Doesn't the Grinch look real?

 A toy soldier from "Santa Clause 3".

 Family selfie with Uncle Eddy's RV from "Christmas vacation".

 The RV

 Fun day...glad we went to Castle Noel and got to see all this.  Another great memory!

The Romano Family

Landon's very first friend at school in Avon was Vivian Romano.  They became instant friends in Kindergarten, and are still good friends today in 3rd grade.  Vivian and her family had just moved to Avon right before Kindergarten.  They moved from Chicago, so she and Landon had a lot in common cheering for the Cubs and visiting family in Illinois.  The Romano's also have two boys, Michael and Lucas that Landon and Keegan love to play with. Alice Romano became one of my really good friends, and Matt and Tony became good friends too.  

We found out right before Christmas that Tony got a new job in Chicago and that they were moving back home.  Although, we were so excited for them to move back home, we were so sad to see them go as well.  We definitely miss our friends.  However, we got to spend a few days with them over Christmas break before they left, so that was fun.  And, they ended up moving to Glen Ellyn, which is where our other great friends (Mike, Autumn, Aspen and Skylar) live.  We plan to visit both families more frequently on our trips back to Illinois.  Here are a couple pics of the boys with the Romano kids before the left.

Michael, Landon, Keegan, Vivian

 Michael, Landon, Keegan, Vivian and Lucas