Partying like Corduroy

Back story: We put a calendar in Colin's room and we circle the dates with fun events. Then every night at bedtime we cross off the current day and we can have a count down to the next fun event. Half way through February I guess there wasn't any fun events marked so Colin decided to circle February 28th. He decided we were going to have a party and the guests were Mommy, Daddy, Colin and Justin. And the menu was to be cookies, donuts and punch just like his book where Corduroy had a Halloween party. For the next couple weeks he reminded us of the party of course we weren't going to turn down a chance for a party with donuts and cookies. The party was planned and executed by Colin even down to the table cloth, and to keep to the book plan he wanted a pumpkin table cloth but we could only promise potentially finding Easter egg table clothes. He settled on green and went shopping with Mommy to pick out all the party items.

And every good party has someone dancing on the table.

Mr. McGee & the Biting Flea

Today we went to the Children's Theatre and saw the performance Mr. McGee and the Biting Flea. It was a super cute performance of Pamela Allen's children's books. Colin enjoyed the show and Justin was also quite entertained and watched much of the play before we had to pull out fish crackers. :)

Happy Valentine's Day

It was the 2nd annual red valentine's day meal at the Elliott house today. This year we ate spaghetti, chocolate covered strawberries, and cherry layered dessert. It was magnifico! Happy Valentine's Day!

MN Zoo

We just love our MN Zoo. Even in the Winter there are fabulous exhibits to see indoors. Today we spent the morning visiting the marine life at the Aquatic Center and then viewed various birds at the Tropics. The boys always have a great time.