Another Week in Erie

Finally! We got some beautiful weather. It hit 70 degrees here today… I think that is the first time that has happened since we moved here. It has been so nice to actually go outside. The kids have been playing in the backyard. Yesterday Dan and Ben took Ethan and Gabe fishing and then we had a BBQ over at the Guercio’s. We sat on their deck, looked at the pond, and soaked up every second of great weather that we could! The forecast puts us back into the 40’s by the end of the week…we will enjoy it while we can I guess.

Not much else out of the ordinary this week…we were all a little sick with coughs, colds, sore throats, etc. but luckily we were distracted with the good weather.

 On Tuesday we went to an open house for Gabe’s kindergarten class. Gabe is going to be going to a Montessori school for kindergarten this fall. Zoe will be going to preschool there also. I cannot believe my sweet little Gabe is ready for Kindergarten. I can hardly bear to send him and have to admit I’ve been tempted to homeschool just to keep him here. I am sure he will love kindergarten though.

 The other highlight of our week is that we purchased a Wii. We have been checking the stores for them since Christmas and we were finally lucky enough to find one! Here are some pictures of us trying it out… 

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I know that you all can’t stand to miss out on a second of the Elton’s life…so I’m starting a blog for all to enjoy. At this exact moment, Ashley and I are picking over the remains of a “to go” platter from Applebee’s and thanking the heavens that all five of our kids are leaving us alone. Oh wait…now noah’s crying, someone needs their bum wiped, and everyone’s hungry…welcome to my life.

This weekend Dan and Ben went to a conference for school in Hershey, Pennsylvania (about 5 hours away). Ashley and I have tried to make a girls weekend of it. Last night we splurged on a babysitter and went to dinner and a movie (dollar movie of course) with a friend from the ward. I even left Noah with the babysitter for the first time. I felt so free and so guilty all at the same time. The movie we saw was “Music and Lyrics” and I would reccomend it to all of the female readers out there.

Today our big outing was going to the grand opening of a bank here in town. We were on our way to a children’s museum when the blowup toy and the free hot dog sign caught our eye. We let the kids jump in the bouncy toy, ride a train and called it good for the day. Tonight we plan to snuggle up with a bowl of Rhonda’s famous carmel popcorn and watch Jane Eyre. Hopefully that works out.

Here are some pictures of the Munchkins…

Watching Peter Pan

Zoe went to dance class this morning. She won a water bottle at the bank grand opening. She said her day was “ga-wait” (great).

Gabe won a pig keychain at the bank grand opening and got his quota of playing xbox in today. All-in-all, a good day for Gabe.

Noah is almost crawling and can scoot anywhere he wants.