American Dream Mall

Last Sunday we had an adventure.  We got a limo and took friends and a bunch of kids up to the American Dream Mall outside New York City.  Eli for ages has been talking about taking a limo ride.  

We got a cool one!

Lucky bunch of kids.  

I'm usual the one driving so it was nice to see the scenery.  

It was like an hour and a half ride.  The kids played with the lights and the tv's.    

Then they played with their phones.  

Ali and Todd were brave enough to join us.  

There is New York!

We made it to the mall!

This place is huge!  One of the biggest malls in the country.  

An ice skating rink!  It was packed when we left.  

First we went to Nickelodeon Universe to check out the rides.  

So cool!

Half the kids stayed to do the rides.  Amy and Ali watched them.

Todd and I took the rest of the kids to the water park.  Such a cool place!

Giant wave pool.  

The kids split up and ran around so Todd and I spent the whole time chasing them around.  

Shrek and Donkey.

I spotted Eli with the blue shorts.  

Then we found them in the hot tub.  

I joined them in the wave pool.  

There were some huge waves!

Ariel did some rides then went shopping.  

It was a long day.  Time to head back.  We played with the lighting.

Ali was glowing!

Victoria was very sophisticated.  

We got back and took Honey for a walk in the snow.  

She wasn't happy that it was snowing.  

What's with all the snow this season?

 

Valentines Day

It's Sunday night and we are in the middle of the Blizzard of 26.  We haven't had an official blizzard since 1996!  It's been a long time.  And it just warmed up enough the last few days to get rid of the 12 inches we got 4 weeks ago.  Last Saturday was Valentine's Day.  We still had Honey with us.  

Eli started printing every Stranger Things file he could find.  

This Vecna came out amazing!

I took Ariel for a haircut.  She loves getting shampooed.  It's funny, the boys hate it.  

Getting pretty!

We ran into big girls she knows.  They gave her advice on what classes to take in high school.

The snow was still there and melting from underneath.  

Honey did not like all the snow.  She wanted grass to go to the bathroom on.  

That night, Ariel babysat the twins so Amy and I could go to Ardana for dinner.  Ariel sent us these pics of Honey.  

You can tell she was helping a lot with the boys.  Lol.  

 

Bambu Printer

Last Friday, we set up the twin's new 3d printer they got from their grandparents.  It's the same one they have at school.  It took some doing to get it together.  

Look at this thing!  This is serious!  You can load 5 colors and the printer can change them while it's printing.  So cool!

First print!

It came out great!

The kids were off.  Ariel had Cece sleep over.  

I went to work.  They say the snow isn't melting because there is ice on top.  Here you can see the snow melting a little under the ice.  

Vicky came to play with the boys.  

I worked on the Mark Rober box with Noah.  It was a motorcycle made from gears.  

Eli jumped right into Stranger Things 3d prints.  He made a scary Demogorgan.  Have a great weekend!