We have decided that Chase is now old enough to mow the lawn. With some supervision from Dad, here he is taking on the task for the first time. This will now be one of his regular chores this summer!

I'm so glad Chase still believes in the Easter Bunny! He had asked us on Saturday if we thought he was to old for the Easter Bunny to come. We told him that as long as he believes, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus will still bring him things. He was satisfied with that! He was so excited when he got up on Sunday and saw that the Easter Bunny came! He "tried" to wake me up at 7:15!! There were plastic eggs hidden throughout the house, of course filled with money and candy. His Easter Basket was "hidden" and he just couldn't wait to dig into it! I just love holidays - the look on Chase's face is just priceless...

Doug and Chase had a great time coloring Easter Eggs together on Saturday. They enjoyed them even more later that day when they ate them!!

So today we went to the Wildlife Experience in Denver. It was so much fun! We visited Discovery Den (this exhibit teaches kids about erosion, snowpack and water conservation). We also dicovered bats, a napping bear and other wildlife in the Wild Colorado Exhibit. They had a blast "exploring" the great outdoors, crawling into tree trunks and playing in a "river". But they had the most fun in the "Grossology" exhibit. The "smelled" fox urine, "fed ticks", learned about tapeworms and much more!! We had such a great time!
Chase learning about different bugs and stuff.
The boys "playing in the river".
Here they are "hanging out" with an elk.
Here, they crawled into a tree trunk and were hiding acorns for the winter....more like eating them!

This is the boys learning about the digestive system of a cow. The cow starts out by "eating" grass, burps, then goes through a series of digestive steps. At the end, it VERY LOUDLY passes gas! Gross!!
Chase sliding out of the "mouth of a very large snake"!
The tapeworm exhibit. The boys learned what a tapeworm is, where it "lives" and how it is "born". This was disgusting! Did you know tapeworms can grow up to 60 feet long - yes, I said 60 feet!
The boys in the "submarine".
Our last venture was the IMAX Theater movie about Elephants in Africa. Here, they are waiting for the doors to open. It was very interesting. We had a FANTASTIC day!

3rd day of Spring Break was fun. Chase was so exhausted from yesterdays activities, he slept until almost 10 today! I took him to a cooking class today. He was there from 1-3:30. They made Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas and Lasagna. He says he doesn't like cooking - it's to much work!! Go figure....

Chase's 2nd day of Spring Break was full of activities. 1st he went mini-golfing at the FunPlex. After golfing, he stuck around and went swimming for a couple of hours. Then it was off to bowling until 5:45. Needless to say, he was exhausted!!

Chase had Americana Night at school - they actually sang patriotic songs about America. They held up those "cards" to form the American Flag at the end.

Last night before bed, Chase came up to put on a "show". He was dressed kind of like "The Blues Brothers", at least, that's what he reminded me of. He's such a character:)

So Cute!! Chase fell asleep on the floor using Dixie as a pillow the other night! Just adorable!!