March Fun!

We have been super busy here at the Cook house.

Henceforth, not a lot of posts.

I'm going to play catch up,

and give you a whole month at a time.

(Warning: LOTS of pictures - some are the same that I posted on fb, but there are many other 'new' ones)

Visiting friends & family:

Bingo Night Winner!

Another winner of a snowball maker

Cousins working together at Lowes Build & Grow

Easter Dinner at Grandpa & Grandma Cook's house.

My ever-so talented husband and father-in-law in a singing and dancing show.

Cousins!  At the little one's 1st Birthday Party

Matt, with his niece and son.

At our friend's Upwards basketball game in Rochester, NY with one of the best families we know!!

These two were cracking each other up looking at a magazine.

Morning coffee at the B's house

Our mostest favorite Cubans!!!  Love these guys (and miss them sooooo much!!)

Group shot with Omar & Odalys

Omar made us some Cuban food.  Oh how we miss that!!

 

With one awesome Rochester family at Splash Lagoon in Erie, PA

Learning a ton about trains at Mr. H's train room

The sweetest dog I know!  (Now that he's out of his puppy years - hehe)

Hanging out with Roc friend's at Splash Lagoon

Dining:

Our beautiful daughter at Guida's in Rochester, NY

Our boys waiting for their pizza at Guida's

At our most beloved resaurant EVER!!  Sinbads on Park Ave in Rochester, NY - Mediterranean Cuisine at it's best!

Patiently waiting for food

I just salivate looking at this menu.

Kids at Uncle Charlies!  An old dating hangout for Matt & I

Fourteen years and four kids later

Guess they renamed it just "Charlie's", but it will always be Uncle Charlie's to us.  Edinboro, PA

Wegmans!!!!  Oh how we miss our Wegmans Subs!  I think we had a couple a week to make up for lost time! hehe

Charlotte Library (Rochester, NY):

Just a skip, hop and a jump from our former house.  Oh how we miss this place!

Just like old times.  We could always find her reading a book inside the castle!

And him playing with a train on a table...

...and him building on the floor...

And him playing with a train on another table.

Let it Snow!

(Only the kids chanted)

I haven't driven on roads like this for 3 years.  It all comes back to you.  It has to, or you'll end up in a ditch.

Even the Lake has snow

Ready to sled

Finding a good sledding spot

Found it!

View from the front porch of the Cook homestead.  I got used to this sight.

Playing in a blizzard (You can barely see our daughter swinging on the tree swing)

Shoveling Grandpa's car out

Now she can be seen!  And look at that!!  One of the three days that we saw the sun shining!

Playing in the snow at Grammy & Papa's

Ready to whip a snowball at me

Snow banks!

Icicles

Spring deer wondering where spring went

An every morning occurence

I got very tired of it, but it is pretty

This storm happened a few days before we left for home

Rochester also gave us some snow to look at, just in case we forgot what it looked like. ha!

Splash Lagoon:

Oh they were ready . . . very ready!  Notice the male swimmer wearing a winter coat. :)

Enjoying ourselves at the wave pool

My 2 sillies

My sweetie all ready for the wave pool

Lunch break at the neighboring hotel

A little hesitant about going in the pool.  He had already seen what happens to it.

Yep, did it again.  I'm outta here!

Chillin in the waves

Jumping over the waves

And running away again. :)

Trains:

Controlling a train at Mr. H's

He was thrilled to be able to control one too!

She was much happier than this pic implies.

Another engineer

His smile tells it all!

Our resident train lover in 'heaven'

 

A view of the train room from one corner (sort of - there were tracks behind me too)

Waiting for Mr. H to bring a train around

The exhibit at night

Mr. H explaining how each car is (was) used

Mr H. explaining about the train car

A very interested student

So much to see!!

Another view of the train room

Train headed our way!

Another view of this awesome exhibit

Two very happy boys

Lost Teeth:

One of many lost teeth this month

Another loose tooth and a handful of snow.

Yes!  Made a quick buck loosing a tooth

Another very loose tooth

What started off as a simple drive...

Ended with a tooth in a water bottle cap.

And then HE lost another.  I'm surprised any of my boys have any teeth left.

Cuteness:

Silly music making cousins

Proud Bingo winner

Laying around all of his Bingo booty

Yep, he's his mother's son.  I believe I have a picture of me with that exact same expression.

Lowes Build and Grow projects

A boy and his (former) dog

He's just so darn cute!

My hula hoop expert

They actually did pretty well considering. :)

Playing Alphabet Bingo with his turtle

Early in the morning, trying to stay warm

And that sums up March.