Our weekend really started on Thursday, when we had our Family Fun Night. We chose to have it on Thursday since it was Liesel's idea to go bowling at a local bowling alley! We arrived at the Alley at 5pm and Nathan went to pick his ball! The staff put up the bumpers for us so there was no chance of getting a gutter ball. Nathan went first and he absolutely loved "real" bowling! We finished our first game, and grabbed some food from the food stand, and then started our second game! Nathan loved this concept of being able to eat AND play at the same time! It was a great family fun night!
A while ago, Liesel had the idea that Nathan and Joshua should swap rooms, since Josh had a lot of real estate that was never utilized! Nathan, being the cautious observer that he is, wasn't too keen on this idea. But after bribing him by allowing him to keep extra toys in the new room, he finally succumbed to the idea and agreed to change rooms. So, on Saturday, our master plan kicked into gear. It was definitely not a simple task, as it involved moving a lot of furniture, including Nathan's bunk beds. I started by removing the door to Nathan's new room! This proved to be the easiest job of the day! Next up, was taking apart Josh's crib - so that we could fit it through the doors! Next it was time to separate the bunks and with the help of my beautiful wife, we managed to maneuver the two beds into the other room without having to dismantle them! After about 3 hours the two rooms were slowly taking shape, and Nathan could now go and select some toys from the basement and the playroom that he'd like to keep in his room! We could tell that he was now very happy about moving to the bigger room, and a number of times this weekend, he asked if he could go and play in his room!! SUCCESS!!
That evening, my friend Ian came over and we had a boy's night in! His wife was working the late shift, and my wife was exhausted from all the heavy duty moving that we did, so it was the perfect evening for the boys to lie back, with a Dairy Queen Blizzard (ice cream) and catch up on our favorite comedy, The Office!
A beautiful sunny day greeted us on Easter Sunday! Our church treated us to another spectacular Cantata. It was a professional production with full orchestra and 30 voice choir! I am always amazed by the quality performances that come out of Providence Church! When we got back home, Nathan headed into our yard to put his detective skills through their paces. With a little help, he found all the cleverly hidden Easter eggs! It was the first time we had the Easter Egg hunt at our house, and the first time we didn't have snow over the Easter weekend - so it was far more comfortable for all of us!
Friends from church invited us to their house for Easter Lunch! The food was delicious and the company was great! Nathan had so much fun that he really didn't want to leave. This was because he was taken down to their basement and shown a large train set that was set up there, including 2 different trains, a tunnel, railroad crossing, miniature buildings and people! But what he enjoyed most, was being allowed to control the trains and speed them up and stop them whenever he felt like it! Oh, the power!!!
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