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Friday, May 13, 2011

My ALMOST Preschool Grads ..... (sniff sniff)

Yep.... 1 week left and my little boys will be Pre-School Graduates. Chris keeps thinking that we/they are making a bigger deal out of this than it should be (unnghhh....guys....) but I guarantee I will be shedding a few tears at this event. Next Thursday is the boys' last day of their Pre-School (ECFE) Plus program where they will go through a graduation ceremony. They made graduation hats and the whole class made shirts that have 18 little bee thumb prints on the front with the saying "We'll always BEE friends" and they all signed the backs of all the shirts - with MUCH help from the parents. We all (parents) decided we would have our children wear their little "bee friends" shirts for graduation so this should be pretty cute. I hope we all stay in touch as this was SUCH a fun bunch of kids and adults and I have SO enjoyed their company and getting to know them. I'll be sad when I don't get to see them weekly anymore. We've already had a couple PNO (Parents Night Out) and hopefully will plan some more up in the future... but for now we have a "Graduation BBQ" that is already on the books that I am looking forward to, as well as a commitment from many to continue to get together on Tuesday mornings at area parks. Add that to the "Fresh Air Friday" get togethers also at local parks and we'll be nice and busy with play dates this summer - YAY!.

Gosh - it feels like forever since my last post...... I know it must be quite some time as I have a TON of pictures to load up. I don't even think I can recall all that has happened since then but I will just do a quick overall summary. Mainly we've just enjoyed the nice weather (for the most part) and have been getting outside as much as we can. We've had a couple play dates over here (with the Williams family), at parks and at friends' houses (Thank you Gangls and Brenneys).... but my kids can't get enough of being outside which is great. I cannot wait til we get the yard done (just some re-seeding and weed control) and finally get that swing set up for them. We've gone back and forth on what model(s) we want and now Chris has got us on the "Rainbow Systems" track as he thinks they are larger (last longer) and more durable. So once we priced out what we wanted new (WHOA!) we decided to look online on craigslist.com for some gently used sets and have found quite a few reasonably priced sets. Now just to pick one and be done with it. I'm so sick of always having to play out on our driveway and worrying about passing cars etc. Will be nice to just hang out in the shade of our backyard. We're also looking into hiring Mosquito Squad for their seasonal (6x) spraying to keep the mosquitoes and ticks at bay. And just the other day I put together our new patio set so we're ready to use that sometime soon. We got the kids a little play picnic table from Little Tikes and used that for the first time for lunch a couple days ago too. The kiddos really got into that and enjoyed eating outside so I think that will be a regular occurrence on nice days. Speaking of outside, the boys are happy to be reunited with their 'Gator and are all hyped up as we finally decided to remove the pin that deterred them from going into 2nd gear.... so now they are really buzzing around at full throttle. Evie loves getting rides on the Gator from her brothers .... begs them to stop when they are buzzing around or drags them over to it for a ride when no one is manning it.

Some new things with the boys..... they now get special stickers on their sticker charts (not just a potty chart anymore) for brushing their teeth each morning. So now they have a routine each morning of getting up, going potty, washing their hands and then brushing their teeth. They do those all by themselves with little prodding. They get pretty excited for the sparkly moon/star stickers they get for doing their teeth and know they have to brush their top teeth, then their bottom teeth, then their smile (the front specifically) then their tongue. Then they know to take off their PJs and put them in the hamper and put on their clothes that are laid out for them.... MacKay has one side of the dresser and Oscar has the other. They do very well with their undies, pants and shoes. But struggle a little with their shirts (getting them on right) and socks. It'll all come though. I also have them help me make the bed ... which will eventually turn into me helping THEM make the bed (then drop the "me" completely out of it). Just basically trying to give them more chores or responsibilities around the house. They also get special insect stickers if they clean up the house (the areas they have messed up) before lunch, dinner and bed. That one needs a little more coaxing... but I've started to back off in pointing out every little thing that needs to be taken care of and am telling them that they need to be able to see what needs to be cleaned up themselves... and they usually do, the problem is when they get distracted from what they should be focusing on.... then again, they ARE only 3.5 yrs old. I have to keep reminding myself of that... both in that I can't expect too much, but also in that I need to stop doing certain things for them. Both boys are also being empowered to wash themselves in the shower as well.... in the hopes that eventually this "nighttime bath routine" time can be cut by having them bathe themselves. Currently one of us is in there with them, usually all three of them at the same time while the other waits outside to help with drying off and redressing etc. I can't wait til we can just tell them to go shower up on their own. So for now we give them a puff that is all lathered up and let them go to town - of course we follow up with doing a quite once over when they are done. They are also learning more about manners..... chewing with their mouths closed and not talking with a mouthful of food, asking nicely for things, sharing and not teasing (this is a challenge as they have mastered the art of teasing now - even Evie is a pro), ..... though the big one we're focusing on lately is telling the truth. So often they lie about the dumbest things.... so I figured this was about the time to nip that in the bud and explain that. So for now on I've been somewhat rewarding telling the truth.... whereas before if, say, Oscar were to come tattling that MacKay hit him (which is probably a pretty truthful statement on most occasions), I would ask MacKay if he did that and if he admitted to it (or if I was pretty certain it happened) he got 3 min on the naughty bench. Now, if I am unsure and ask and they tell the truth they just need to go apologize and I thank them for telling the truth BUT remind them of whatever rule they broke (..no hitting, no taking things away... etc). It seems to be working most of the time and I think they get the concept of "truth" but they don't really get the word or concept of "lying." Again, like most things.... It'll come. Individually, MacKay is a brute lately - always tackling Oscar for a toy or just no apparent reason other than just to wrestle around. He's relentless and upon letting Oscar back up (who is usually whining) he will go right back and attack him again. Oscar's new thing is how proud he is that he can say YELLOW... or should I say YeOW-LOW! They were both saying Lellow, so I tried to correct them by telling them to say the word "Yell" and then "O." Oscar grasped that and now loves to come up to you and say "I have to tell you something Mommy...... this [holding something yellow] color is YeOW-LOW!" all proud of himself. He even told Miss Michele at school yesterday because his shirt was yellow. They both still crack me up daily with the things they say. Just the other day I was growing increasingly frustrated with the two of them as they weren't listening and I was constantly having to repeat myself (which makes me feel like I am barking orders constantly which I hate) and get on them for things they new better on. I finally got their attention and told them we were going to have to go inside due to their behavior in my best "Love & Logic" voice: "I would love to let you play outside again when you can show me I can trust you to play nicely and listen to me." They hummed and hawed and cried the whole way into the house and as they were taking off their shoes Oscar said to me "Mommy..... you need to be happy. Cuz when you are happy you are a good Mommy. When you are angry you are mean!" That made me feel so horrible to hear that he thought I was angry and mean ... but then I had to remind myself that THAT is how he interpreted how that went down. So minutes later after I composed myself I talked with him about how I wasn't angry... I was disappointed that I have to repeat myself and that they don't listen to me. That I don't want to have to yell or repeat myself. AND more specifically I reminded them that THEY made the choice not to listen which resulted in having to come inside..... not that I was mean. I think they really got it cuz they both, in their own way of saying it promised that they would listen outside and gave me big hugs. I really gotta get more into this Love & Logic stuff..... it really seems to do the trick in most cases.

Anyway... onto Evie. She's still the little Diva who refuses to say Yes.... but says EVERYTHING ELSE. She is a little chatterbox and wants to try say EVERY word that you say. She's saying more 2 and 3 word sentences now. She's seeing the boys doing all these new empowering things (dressing self, brushing teeth, getting ready, cleaning up) and she wants to be part of it. It's great... but SO time consuming. She always wants to dress herself, specifically putting on socks which she can't seem to do... but gives it a good go for about 5 minutes. She won't let me help or even near her "Do [Go] Mommy.... DO!" .... so I have to resort to eventually distracting her with putting on her shirt (something she can do) or helping pull up her pants etc. She wants to clip herself into her booster chair for meals ..... again, I cannot be within reach nor help so I just have to wait until she actually gets it (which takes forever) or when she finally asks for "Hewp" [Help]. for the past few months she's been pulling off her shoes (and sometimes her socks too) when we were on long car rides to the cities or visiting family etc. But recently she's started doing this EVERY time she gets in the car. Not even 2 minutes into a car ride and her feet are completely stripped down. It's so frustrating, I don't know why I even bother putting shoes on her..... other than the fact that she has a new fascination with "Wok Wok Wok" [Walking] and doesn't want to be carried anymore. So I've been trying to use that as leverage - when she pulls her shoes and socks off (which is every time) and then demands to "Wok" I just simply tell her "No, you can't walk if you take your shoes and socks off." I've been tempted to just let her walk on that cold hard rocky asphalt parking lot with no shoes on just to drive the point home but I'm too worried that it will backfire on me and she'll just love it up being shoeless and then demand to be so all the time. She's headstrong, that one. But man is she a good cleaner. She's better than the boys at seeing what needs to be put away and actually putting it away. She knows where everything goes and makes sure everything is in its place .... all the while singing the "Clean Up" song - "Kween Up Kween Up." She's a little singer .... still loves Twinkle Twinkle and now makes up songs regularly. I love to just lie in bed in the mornings and listen to her before I get up. She will just lie in there singing gibberish for the longest time. It's a great way to start the day just listening to her....

Well I could go on .... you know I could, but I would rather just stop trying to wrack my brain for more details to report and instead share with you a ton more pictures. Enjoy....

Fun outside during a play date with the Williams boys: MacKay with his rear glued to the 'Gator, Oscar refusing to accept the fact that he's grown too big for the Little People motorized cars, Evie loving being in the presence of a "BayBEEE" (rocking Tucker in his car seat), Jackson & Wyatt loving our ERTL vintage car transporter truck.... & Evie giving me her pouty face when I told her "No" about something, which was completely entertaining to Shawna as only recently had she even seen Evie cry.






Lastly, this picture just reads "Watch it buddy.... that's my sister you're getting fresh with!" I could totally see another picture exactly like this in about 14 years. Evie gets a lot of attention and affection from her buddies Jack & Wyatt ..... and that day is going to come when MacKay & Oscar will be a little protective of her (at least I hope that is the case). I love MacKay sitting there wielding the bat.....


MacKay and Oscar have really dug back into playing their Leapsters... mostly because they are now playing with some actual cartridge games. They started out with (and love) their Digging for Dinosaurs game, but Cars and Toy Story 3 are big hits too. Love Oscar sporting the shark goggles they got for Easter




Evie wanting in on the shark goggles too.


Just a couple pictures of the picnic/patio sets we got and can't wait to get our money's worth out of them this summer. Lunch out on the deck EVERY sunny day ..... and family dinners out on the patio.


The boys with their new baseball gloves.... complete with Velcro glove and felt baseball :)


The handmade cards that the kids made for their teachers. Evie wouldn't partake in an exercise at ECFE the other week to paint her feet and make a Mother's Day card for Gma [the punchline being "I walk all over you Gma"] so I took it home to see if I could get her to do it later. I got all the kids to let me put their footprints on it and they loved doing it so much that it inspired me to make "Hands Down" cards for their teachers with their hand prints. The night before the boys were going to give them to their teachers I realized I would never see these works of art again that they worked so hard on (their hand prints, cutting them out themselves and writing their names) so I HAD to take pictures of them for posterity. Sharing cuz I am so proud of how well they did on them.





Silly kids posing for Mommy [MacKay making "monkey cheeks" (holding his breath) while wearing his shark goggles]




Hoglund Picnic #1 - granted it wasn't the most nutritious meal (PBJs, blueberries and Cheetos) but they did a good job with the promise of getting more Cheetos for clean plates. Evie was more enthralled by the cheesy residue the Cheetos left on her fingers.





Come back again VERY soon as next week I will have updates and pictures of the boys' trip to the water park - their last [and very delayed] reward for potty training.... a trip to a farm...... AND the boys' graduation!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Easter 2011

Not much to update on as far as milestones with the kids and their development (other than Evie just learning more and more EVERY day)… but we’ve been quite busy all the same. We colored eggs for the first time with the kids this year…. And Evie’s reaction was enough to justify for me why we hadn’t done it in the past. She just really didn’t get the “careful” aspect of it and was like a bull in a china shop sitting around the table swatting and grabbing at things and bawling about not being able to do what she wanted. So unfortunately she had to be pulled back from the table and just watch as the four of us worked on the eggs… and even at that I am being generous as Chris and I had to do everything aside from stir the eggs around in the cups to rotate them…. The one job we were able to trust the boys with. BUT, our eggs turned out vibrant and colorful … Chris even wrote our names on some of them so they could see that show through when they pulled them out – our only mistake was putting one of those in the yellow which didn’t show enough contrast for the name (Evie) to show up… lesson learned for next year. Saturday we got up early and headed down to Annandale for an Easter Egg Hunt down there. The hunt was a bit of a misfire for the Hoglund family... ours specifically. Evie didn't want to have anything to do with it and stuck REAL close to Daddy. MacKay and Oscar definitely had their game faces on and were ready and willing to go into the ring and get themselves some treats ..... cousin Taylor was there giving them the pep talk and telling them what to do, giving them strategies, pointing out "gems" hidden in the grass. Oscar spied this green plastic egg out there and he was set to get that one... and stood a good chance as it was very close. But when the siren went off to start the chaos Oscar sort of froze and didn't know what to do... and seconds later when he regained his composure he turned around to see that little green egg being snatched up by another kid. The water works started and there was no turning back for him.. he was crushed and couldn't be coaxed into going out there to get all the candy that was out there for the grabbing. Meanwhile MacKay raked in a ton of goodies, even an orange egg that he redeamed for a coupon for a free kiddie treat at DQ. So MacKay had a blast and really got into it .... and while Evie and Oscar took more to the sidelines they were happy to get some Easter mylar balloons to play with back at the house. The kids had a blast seeing and playing with their cousins too: Taylor, Sophia, Jack and Stella. The kids wrangled in some gems in their Easter baskets: the boys got bug contraptions (bug houses, butterfly nets etc) and some new summer outfits, & Evie got a new dolly, tutu and flower/headband. All three of them conked out on the way home … which made for crabby kids for the rest of the night. We explained to them that the Easter bunny would come that night and hide all their eggs and bring them treats if they were good. We had to go in the boys’ room about 10+ times that night to get them to go to bed… they were jumping on their beds (something they NEVER do and know better on), climbing into bed with each other, playing with toys (again, something they never do usually)… etc. You name it, they were doing everything OTHER than falling asleep. I finally walked in there around 10:30pm with the phone in hand and told them that the Easter Bunny cannot stop by a house where the kids are still awake. And I asked them if they wanted me to call the Easter Bunny to tell him not to come as they were not sleeping… they begged and pleaded for me to NOT call the Easter Bunny. There were a lot of “Please”s and “Don’t”s …. I don’t know how long it took them to fall asleep, but from that moment on we didn’t hear another peep from that room. The next morning they awoke to their Easter baskets filled with books (saved up from earlier Scholastic book orders), candy, treats and a present for each. Evie got a stuffed bunny and the boys got two more Imaginext dinosaurs from their loot (big box from the Wilson family). They then ran around the house looking for their hidden plastic eggs. Evie’s were pink and purple, MacKay got blue and orange …. And surprise surprise, Oscar got GREEN and yellow. They actually did quite well at getting their own colors and understanding that concept… though when they would find one that wasn’t theirs they still picked it up and gave it to the right person vs just leaving it for them to find. Eventually we got them to just point it out for that person with some prodding… but all in all they had fun scrounging around for their eggs. They were all filled with money (bills and coins) and some candy… so we got out their piggy banks and they had a blast filling those up. Even Evie dove right into stowing away her cash without me needing to give her any direction on it. Later that afternoon, Gma Diane stopped in for a visit on her way back home. She had the kids’ cousin, Tyler, along as he had come up to go turkey hunting with the Hehirs…. So we had a nice visit with them and the kids got to put some more money into their piggy banks.

Evie is talking up a storm. Every day she comes out with new words… and not even ones we’ve tried to work on or point out for her. The other day we were reading a book and she pointed out a “tree” and a “house.” Didn’t even know she knew those but obviously is paying close attention when we read stories and talk with her. She knows window, door, floor, drawer, outside, car, bus etc and the names of almost every toy… so it makes it very easy for her to understand when we ask her to go get things or put certain things away – not to mention she knows WHERE each thing belongs and will put things in their place. She’s learning so many more animals too – she seems really interested in those and constantly brings books about animals to me asking “Whas dis?” to everything in there. She loves pointing out “be-bahs” [zebras] as that one is her new favorite, and is getting more and more of the sounds down… you should hear her imitation of a monkey with the “oooh oooh oohh ahhh ahh ahh.” She’s very good at it. And just the other day she was pointing out the window and yelling “Mouse.. Mouse… MOUSE!” at a squirrel out in the yard… and seeing as we have a TON of squirrel here, she’s constantly yelling out mouse mouse mouse while looking out the window. I think the cutest thing she is doing lately is her counting. I do a lot of counting with her while dressing/undressing her (and changing diapers)… I will count “one.. two… THREE” as I rip off her pants, shirt or put them on. Well now she walks around saying “unnn….. twooooo…. Treeeee” all the time. She also seems to get the fact that it is “counting” that she is doing cuz she will point to multiple items grouped together and TRY to count them with her un, twoo, tree's. The girl still has quite the attitude and diva complex… still won’t let me touch her hair or put anything in it (piggy tails etc)…. BUT she just recently let me (and wanted me to when I asked her..) paint her finger nails! You should have seen her reaction to it. She practically ran Daddy down when he came home showing him her pretty nails. She admired them while he was changing her into her PJs that night and kept showing her fingers to him. And just the other night she wanted me to paint her toe nails after I cut them… so she now has painted finger and toe nails. She very much likes being a girl with her tutus, nail polish, and shoe collection ….. now I just need to get her to let me tame that fly-away hair she has with some piggy and pony tails…. Though I don’t think I will be winning that battle any time soon.

The boys continue to frustrate me with their incessant fighting, wrestling and tormenting of each other. They really know how to push each other’s (and my) buttons, and enjoy doing so …. Genetically they got that from their father. But they also entertain me SO often with the things they say and understand … and when it comes down to it, they are little love bugs and love to cuddle and be so affectionate. Two moments come to mind recently where they have said the funniest things. Often when Evie goes down for a nap I open up the door to the basement and the boys and I go downstairs to play. I check my email for a bit and then we play restaurant with the kitchen stuff, or try fixing things with all their toy tools they have … they make a ROYAL mess of the downstairs and we now have a deal where I won’t clean ANY of it up for them. I usually help in the cleaning process but with the downstairs, it is all theirs and they’ve been doing pretty well with cleaning up – though I would really love for them to get the concept of cleaning up as they go, or at least not DUMPING everything out just to get at one item they want…. Unnnghhh. But I have to remind myself, they are only 3. Anyway…. The other day while I was checking my email they were fighting and must have been beating on each other quite a bit as all I kept hearing were squeals and screams and crying out… never caught them in the act. Oscar went upstairs (unsure if it was to get away, to go potty or just for no real reason at all) and MacKay wanted him downstairs and I found MacKay at the bottom of the stairs with a hammer and his light sabre yelling, “Come back down here Oscar ….. I gonna PRE-tect you with this…. I not gonna hit you…. I gonna be nice!” Trying not to laugh I asked MacKay if he had been hitting Oscar with that, and if THAT was why Oscar went upstairs… again reminding him that no one wants to play with someone who hits or plays meanly. And he was adamant that he was going to PRE-tect Oscar with those “weapons” …. He took the 5th on admitting whether or not he had ALREADY used them to hit (like he commented earlier).

And just today Oscar amazed me yet again with his recollection of something – they do this quite often where I have to stop and think and BAM it hits me that I know what they are talking about, and it is usually in reference to something they saw or learned (or listened to that I wasn’t aware of) from months prior. Just a week or so ago I read this book “Good Night Minnesota” to MacKay. It is a book that closely resembles Good Night Moon… but talks all about pertinent items dealing with MN. Specifically one page says something about “Good night Minneapolis Sky Line” and it shows an illustration of the Mpls sky line. I pointed at one of the buildings (Thrivent Financial) and told MacKay, “THAT is where Mommy used to work before you guys came along.” I figured he wouldn’t really “get” what I meant about that entirely … and he had a hard time with the past tense as well as “work” vs “live”. He kept saying back “..and that is where you LIVE?” and I would have to correct him and say it is where I USED to WORK. I think we went over that about 15-20 times before we were able to flip the page and continue on with the book…. Not to mention I also was able to point out the building (Hennepin County Gov’t Center – which is right next door to Thrivent) that Gpa Gary USED to WORK at… this also became a conversation about where Gpa Gary lived …. Broken record. But since then, out of the blue MacKay will just mention “I know where you work/ed, Mommy.” and will mention the book that we read with the picture of the building. Little did I know that Oscar was listening and letting that bit of information brew ….. as just this morning after MacKay again brought up the place I used to work at, Oscar said “I know where you work/ed too, Mommy.” Seeing as he wasn’t there when I read the book to MacKay I just said “Really?” and sorta wrote off what he was saying thinking he was just, like always, wanting to be part of the conversation. He then said “Yeah, I saw it in Daddy’s car!” I just laughed again thinking he was just trying to find a way into the conversation and responded with “Hmmmm… really?” thinking the conversation was now over….. but it wasn’t. He then said, “Yeah, Mommy…. When we went to Underwater World… I saw where you work.” Then it hit me. I knew exactly what he was talking about. Over a month ago when we went to Underwater World (now MN Sea Life) as the boys’ reward for being potty trained we took the Honda (now Daddy’s car) and we drove past Mpls on the way…. And I think I usually point out some of the buildings to them, one being the Thrivent building as it is easily seen when coming from the southern direction on 35W. Here I was thinking he was talking silly talk about my work in Daddy’s car… but he was talking about seeing it during a ride in Daddy’s car over a month ago. The stuff that soaks into their little brains just amazes me …. They retain so much, and I love when it comes out in situations like this… fully showing me that they really do understand so much more than I think they do on most occasions.

Well, this turned out to be a much longer post than I had originally planned (which seems to always be the case)… so I’ll refrain from bragging any more about my kids and instead let the pictures brag for themselves. Enjoy

First off, I finally got around to getting the kiddos "Old Tyme" photo out here. My scanner is on the fritz so I was going to send it into work with Chris to do for me... but then I had this CRAZY idea (duh) to just take a picture OF the picture. So here it is .... as good as a picture of a picture can be.


Evie now likes to drink out of a cup (as of a week ago). I accidentally placed MacKay's milk cup in front of her and quickly realized I had done that and grabbed it before she could to give to MacKay... and that got the ball a'rollin' with her. She didn't want that lame old sippy anymore, she wanted to drink like the big boys do and was adamant she too needed a cup. She did well.... considering I would only put the tiniest bit in there and had to keep refilling it about 10+ times during the meal because she wanted more... more ... more (she signed that to me too).


Evie in her cute new striped tights.... you could tell she felt different, girlish in these so I had to snap a few pictures of her wanting to pose and show them off



Evie's 1st manicure.... (pedicure was soon to follow)


EASTER 2011
Dying Easter Eggs.... the boys anxiously watching their eggs take on colors

Our Easter Eggs - see if you can find the 5 with our names on them (hint: Evie's doesn't show up well as it is yellow and there isn't enough contrast)


Easter in Annandale at Gpa Dean's & Gma Bonnie's
The Easter Egg Hunt.... ran into the Middendorf/Rasset family & Chris's good friend from high school, Shannon Bishop, and family (Seth and Ryan - pictured).



Oscar back at the house.... again content with his mylar balloon


Evie getting a lot of attention from her cousins: Taylor, Sophia (sporting their flower headbands), and Stella who liked playing hair dresser to Evie



Another fashion statement from diva-extraordinaire, Evie ..... cute Matilda Jane outfit that got accessoriezed with newly acquired (Easter presents) tutu and matching flower headband. Classic.


MacKay and Oscar having a blast with their new butterfly/bug nets


Silly Evie .....getting pushed around in a doll stroller by her cousins (and clutching onto her newest doll she got for Easter as well)


MacKay and Oscar watching big cousin Jack playing with his Nintendo DS.


Hoglund Easter:
Daddy and his beloved Jelly Bellies. I got him three boxes with 50 assorted flavors. A while back my mom got one of these (smaller version) as a gift and Chris completely demolished it and thoroughly enjoyed that they have "recipes" for combining various flavors to make other flavors. For example: 2 blueberry + 1 popcorn = blueberry muffin. So Chris was like a kid in a candy shop sitting there with his jelly beans (and Coors Light) and his smart phone... browsing the internet for Jelly Belly "recipes" to try.

Our threesome working together to find all the eggs we had hidden around the house.




Now these are MY kids.... savers (for now at least.... until they figure out that money can buy you things that you want). Putting their coins and cash into their piggy banks.



The boys with their newest Imaginext creatures: Oscar with his Wolly Mammoth, and MacKay with his Apatosaurus/Supersaurus/Sauroposeidon (switches each time you ask him). Thanks Wilsons!


Hope you all had a fun Easter like we did.... come back again soon!