We Love Us some Football, Treats, and More!!

Another fun week has come and gone for the Nutt House.  What a full week it has been!  When I reflect back on the week last Monday seems so very far off but fun was had, even back then.  Monday we did something the Nutt House hasn’t been able to do in a while – attend a story time at the library!  Kara and Kaden both enjoyed the stories, songs, and activities.  My favorite part was watching Kara nervously go toward the front of the room all the time holding Kaden’s hand.  Kaden doesn’t have much fear and would head straight to the front on his own, Kara who is typically more reserved, though, with the strength of Kaden’s hand securely in her own enjoyed the front row seat she would have otherwise missed out on. 

Scarf fun at story time

BUBBLES!!

Fish and ocean stories with actions

Two attentive little Nutts

Monday evening for FHE we enjoyed an evening of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf with friends.  Kara surprised us all with her performance, quite frequently getting the ball in the hole within 3 strokes.  Kaden enjoyed everything from scooting the ball into the hole with his club, placing the ball in the hole by hand, and at times skipping holes to go to ones that appeared to be more fun.  Brent slowly meandered his way through the course visiting as much as golfing.  As for me, I golfed the first hole and did fairly well.  After that, my time was spent attempting to manage the movements of Kaden.

Kara's amazing focus paid off

He had so much fun

No matter how the ball was getting into the hole, he'd get it there

 

After mini-golf we moved over to Chick-Fil-A for dessert.  The ice cream and conversation were enjoyable.  Watching Kaden enjoy the attention of someone older and Kara have fun with her friend was absolutely heartwarming. 

Kaden and one of his new favorite people

Friends and ice cream cones = bliss for a 4 year old

The treats of our week did not end there.  Over the course of the week we went out for dinner to support a stop bullying campaign and had yummy desserts, the little Nutts and I delighted in some scrumptious gelato, and still for more, we ventured out to Gilbert to one of our favorite treat locations to pick up some marshmallows.  Our bellies have been filled this week with such yummy goodies!

Happy girl with a butterfly decorated cupcake

Super DELISH Gelato!

Marshmallows!

Treats aren’t all we enjoyed this week.  Kara and Kaden both enjoyed their individual activities.  Kara had fun dancing in the brand new dance studio this week.  Her solo dance, just wow!  She performed it all the way through for the first time ever this week at practice and when she did – I had tears swelling in my eyes.  She did so very well, works so hard, and I continue to be awed by her abilities. 

I didn't capture a good picture of Kara dancing, but loved
this picture of Kaden's future as he's casually holding hands
with a girl

Not to be outdone, Kaden had his own fun at My Gym.  This week he managed to walk the balance beam the full length without holding onto Brent at all.  What an accomplishment for himself – I am so proud of him for the skills improvement he makes through his classes and play time!

My little climber

Such a goofball

Balancing by himself!!

One of his favorite activities

Chin-ups

He had SOOOO much fun on this!

The week wasn’t all routine, we ventured over to the Science Center for an afternoon of fun.  Afternoons are my new favorite time to head over to the Science Center – there was hardly a crowd!  Just how I like activity locations for my little Nutts as it provides them with easier access to the assorted exhibits.  Anyway, it was a great day where Kaden had fun with a friend and Kara delighted in the fact Brent was able to join us!  What a fun day!

Superhero friends to save the day!

Water play fun

Learning about recycling

Waiting for their superhero phone calls

Love all of this - the goofy dad and the
uninterested kiddos in their own world
building away

Cloud making

What kiddo doesn't enjoy playing in the mud

And the water

Sitting up on the bed of nails

Finally brave enough to lay on them for the first time!

and the kiddos strength wins out!

This is him to a T - superhero who loves to build and engineer

She loves to twirl

Puzzle solving station

As fun as all of that was for us it wasn’t the end of our week.  Friday night we took our little Nutts to their first high school football game where we all had fun watching the players, the marching band half-time show, the cheerleaders, the crowd, and the full high school football experience overall.  Such a fun night and at the school Brent graduated from high school from, so the memories it brought back for him were like icing on the cake.  The only negative of the evening came from the fact that once we arrived, got tickets and seats the only seats available were right under the loud speaker system.  Each time the announcer spoke the ears of two little Nutts were covered as quickly as possible.  When all was said and done, they both agreed they’d like to go back again, so, happily we will enjoy Friday night football games again, just next time a great effort will be made to ensure we are not directly under a speaker again.

The noise was a little hard to handle

Sun setting  at a Friday night football game is classic Americana

Happy family at the football game

We are a football loving family – Brent with the Rams and me with the Saints, our home team though is the Cardinals and we cheer them on as long as they aren’t playing one of our favorite teams.  So with our love of football and the great need for a date night – Brent and I greatly enjoyed a night of Cardinals football for their last at home preseason game of the season.  What a fun night!  We had amazing seats, just 12 rows up at the end zone and for my first NFL game ever… only thing that could have made the game funner would have been a win from the Cardinals.  Such a super fun night!  I love that we were able to go!  Being preseason the tickets weren’t crazy expensive, the game wasn’t on Sunday and it was as good as any other game would have been.  Definitely, definitely an activity we’d like to repeat again next year.

Yay, yay for date night!

Love this happy man

Great seats

Can you tell he got into the game

We did sneak in a fun evening having new friends over for dinner at the beginning of the week and with a trip to the car wash that the little Nutts enjoyed we found our week full and over.  Now, as our Sunday evening comes to a close we are preparing for another Nutt-y fun filled week.

Their expressions resonate the fun they enjoy visiting the car wash