Mexico....

Today the boys took a pretend trip to Mexico at school!  They came home with plane tickets, passports, hats, and maracas.  They were pretty excited that they got to go on a plane and play at the beach in Mexico!

Working Together...

I love to see Ben and Conner working (and playing) together... it might not happen often, but when it does, it sure makes me smile...  Ben pulled Conner around for a while and then gave Conner a turn to pull him around. 

The First Mowing...

All of the guys were very excited to mow the new grass for the first time tonight!  I wasn't quite as enthused as the three of them, but I did enjoy watching my guys...

Nick was such a great sport... it took him a little bit longer to get done because he had two very excited helpers, who seemed to keep forgetting that they had to stay out of the way of Dad's mower.  The cutest thing was that everytime Nick would pause to wipe his forehead with his shirt, Ben and Conner would grab their own shirts and wipe their foreheads off too!  They sure wanted to be just like Dad tonight...  Ben followed in Nick's footsteps almost the entire time and Conner had a bit of trouble keeping up, so he carried his mower for some of the time!

Oil Change...

Daddy needed to change the oil in the mower tonight, so Conner and Ben figured they should do the same...

Volcanoes...

Conner's newest obsession is volcanoes.  They have been studying them in school, so he asked if he could watch some volcanoes on the computer this afternoon.  YouTube hooked us up and Conner and Ben both enjoyed watching some volcanoes.  For about 20 minutes, Conner alternated between saying "Oh my goodness!" and "Wow, look at that!" 

Bunny Necklaces...

The Easter Bunny had brought some bunny candy necklaces to make for Easter and Con insisted that he wanted to make his this morning...  Ben even joined in for a while.  Conner loved the finished product!

Carnival Time!

Tonight was the Novak Carnival!  The boys were very excited to go.  I think they remembered the train they rode last year and they were all about riding that guy again.  This year, there was this swing ride there and Conner and Ben asked to do that first... there were a couple of scary moments before the ride actually started where I thought I might have to go rescue Conner.... he didn't look too sure that he had made the right choice to jump into this swing...  But Ben was really pumped up about it and as soon as the swings started circling around, Conner smiled nonstop.  They both loved the ride!

Next was the train... always a hit!

We headed inside to check out the bouncers... they had a slide and a bouncy bus that the guys loved!  After we watched them do those for a while, it was time to go back outside... Conner was not happy!  Check out his awesome pout with his arms folded across his chest....

We decided to make the fire truck our last stop at the carnival.  They both thought the truck was very cool...

Then we began the walk to the van, complete with Conner screaming and yelling that he didn't want to go home yet and Ben saying, "see Mom, I'm a good listener!"  Ben got into the van all smiles....  Conner, not so much....  he is certainly "Mr. Attitude" lately.  In fact, while Conner was crying, Ben says, "Oh my, he is in a mood again, isn't he?!"  Nick and I got a good laugh...

Overall, it was another great carnival this year!