Spring Highlights...

Ok, I missed May, but here goes...

Girls Trip to Paris was a lot of fun. Highlights were climbing to the top of the Eiffel Tower with Josephine and eating lots of delicious French food.

Arc de Triomphe with Grammy Boutwell

The top of the Eiffel Tower

She LOVES to dress up

Maddie, Chris & his friend Haleigh

Chris Jr's Birthday Celebration at School

Our littlest cook

Birthday Celebration for Chris Jr.

The party theme was tools and even Maddie wanted to help

We surprised the kids with a trip to EuroDisney. It was fun but exhausting and Maddie was VERY scared of the characters.

The Money Shot... This is what the trip is all about, right?

She REALLY loves her big brother

Dover Castle with Grammy and Grampa Olmstead

After Kelly's Cheerleading Birthday Party... Very cute!

Last day of 1st Grade with Ms. Michelle

Bonding with Grammy, they built a 'forest preserve' for his farm animals

German souvenirs Grammy brought back from the trip to Munich

Cornwall 2012... Can we just stay forever??

Well, just when I thought the best vacation of the year would be skiing, along comes our trip to Cornwall. The three kids and I set off with my mom, Grammy Lee, and we had no idea what to expect. I have to admit, the day of arrival was a rocky beginning. The baby didn't want to fall asleep and after a long drive I was tired and hungry. But after we got into a routine it was really smooth sailing. Cornwall was breathtakingly beautiful, even with colder weather than we would have liked. It wasn't great for beach play as the wind was blowing and it was in the mid 50s, but there were lots of other great places to explore. We had so much fun we decided to stay an extra night! It was a perfect family vacation and the Sands Resort outside of Newquay was first rate.

Enjoy the pictures...

Dairyland Playground and Working Dairy Farm

Vertical slides in the indoor play area... pretty wild!

Zip Line!

Porth Beach, just down the road from our Hotel

The view out of our window at the hotel

Lots of fun playing in the hotel room

More views from the cliffside

St Michael's Mount

Trebah Gardens

The Eden Project

This place was AMAZING! I would recommend everyone in London should try to make a trip out to Cornwall to see it. It is a really inspiring facility established ten years ago to promote green living, increased knowledge about nature and responsible use of resources.

Josephine is quite the Rock Climber

That's her on the right!

The velcro bouncy wall! VERY funny!

Pretending to be a Venus Flytrap and a Fly

TATTOOS!!

There were two huge Biomes, one for a Tropical Climate and one for a Mediterranean climate