Marlee sleeping over at farmor's and farfar's house

Right now it is eleven pm and I am lying in bed. Noah is sleeping and big boy Marlee is sleeping over at farmor's and farfar's house. They arrived to Ormond today and we all went over there earlier today for dinner and Marlee was celebrated with presents and cake :-)

 

I have been sick this week so we have not done much. But I did go with the boys to the park on Friday and yesterday we had some friends over for dinner. A very nice night! Marlee played very good with their younger son who is 6.

 

Now we have to pack our things, clean the house and reset everything before we move out in a few days.

 

 

Starting one of our indoor projects...

Trippel tunnel ready! But, ups, we accidently made two different tracks.

Mistake solved. One track!

Another project

Noah wanted to do the beads, too, for about 2 minutes :-)

 

 

Noah has learned some body parts (arms, hands, legs, feet, belly, head, etc) and I wanted to show it on a video but he refused to cooperate...

 

 

Marlee has turned 4!!!

It feels like we have been sick for weeks and even though Noah still had a fever, a cold and an eye infection, and Marlee still a cough, we decided to go to Madison with Jackie and Doug to celebrate Marlee's birthday and to take a look at the flooded property that we had heard about. We had a very nice weekend and it was quite relaxing to have our own waterfall :-)

A morning a few days ago when I could not sleep I got to see a beautiful sun rise!!!

In Madison:

We all slept in the big bed. Good that the boys stayed close together! ;-)

Doug and Scooter supervising the "diggers" out in the water

Noah enjoying the water!!

... and supervising Jackie while she works

People working hard to make the water pass faster

Boat ride on the lake, that used to be a small pond...

Meeting the neighbor kid Clinton

Dinner at Pizza Hut on Saturday and Marlee got to open one present (early). A Spiderman puzzle from Gammelmorfar

March 23, Marlee's birthday!!!

Found a big moth outside the trailar

Before breakfast Marlee got to open one present from Jackie and Doug. A remote controlled car to driver with outside. So perfect! He has used it every day since his birthday! :-)

We had cake and MnM for breakfast!!!!

Happy Birthday Marlee from mormor and morfar!

And from Linn, Johan and Ailo!

and from farmor and farfar!!

Alex made Marlee a swing!

Marlee had to get "clean" before getting into the car to go home...

Playing a game he got for his birthday, the Bus stop

Nice visit of Uncle Cory and Felicia and Marlee getting sick

Uncle Cory and Felicia have been here for a few days and we have had a good time together with good food, board games and mini golf. I am happy that they managed to make it up here before cousin Eli is born (around mid-end April).

So peaceful!

At a birthday party :-)

Play dough in all colors!

Mr Serious!

Marlee made a race car (front to the right and exhaustion to the left :-)

Playing mini golf with Uncle Cory and Felicia

Reading

While Marlee has not been feeling great he has been napping two days in a row. He has not napped in months so he is surely not himself. Two days with fever around 38,5-39C (101,4-102F). He has been feeling really bad, especially during night.

Giving mamma a break :-)

Marlee and Noah playing. Marlee had his bright moments today, too :-)

Just regular stuff

We have figured out that there is another bike week right now and the motor bikes are everywhere!! Noah and Marlee are very happy! :-)

Marlee and his "friend"

What Noah is doing when noone is watching...

And the bikes...

Patriot?

Should I be scared, or is it only old men with a middle age crisis? ;-)

Mormor's and morfar's visit!

Get ready for the longest post ever... I'm sorry for not updating this in more than two weeks (!!!) but we have been too busy and had too much fun :-)

 

Mormor and morfar arrived late late February 18th and stayed for two weeks. I really really appreciated the help that we got and I managed to catch up on some sleep. The boys loved having them here and Noah preferred morfar before me!!!

 

February 18

I did not lick off the butter!!!

February 19 - sunny day at the beach!

Can you see Marlee?

Feb 21 - Cloudy day at the playground

What Marlee does I can do!

 

Feb 22 - Chilli day around Tomoka and at the mini golf

Trying to catch the moment!

Feb 23 - Daytona 500!!!

It started out great, with perfect weather...

Dropped them off by the race track

... but then the rain came...

Trying to dry the tracks but with no luck...

Trying to warm up at Burger King

Feb 24 - Cloudy but nice day. Walk in Tomoka

Me and Alex left for Miami late Monday to go to a meeting for my visa on Tuesday. Our first trip without the boys since before Marlee was born!

 

Feb 26 - rather cloudy and rainy

While we were gone mormor and morfar had a lot of fun with the boys, going to the playground and the beach. The weather could have been better but the children don't care and since me and Alex had the car they had to stay close to the house :-)

This is how my dad found Noah in the middle of the night... I wonder if he was on his way to Alex's and my bed...

I am glad they let Marlee use his Christmas gift from farfar while we were gone. He has not been "allowed" to use it much... :-/

While this was going on in Ormond me and Alex enjoyed a dinner out and staying at a motel in Fort Pierce, where we discovered a beautiful beach!!! It was even a green flag (low hazard) which I have never seen in Ormond. :-) I just had to take the children to this nice place!

Grapefruit anyone!

Took a very quick dip (we spent about 30min on the beach)

Feb 27 - Bringing the boys and mormor and morfar to Fort Pierce

 

As soon as Alex and I came back to Ormond I started planning a small trip for me, the boys and my parents to go to Fort Pierce so we left the next morning. We had booked a nice hotel by the ocean that we surely enjoyed a lot! 

Fun at the playground close to the beach

Enjoying the spa at the hotel!

 

Feb 28 - Day 2 in Fort Pierce. Sunny on the beach!

Mar 1 - Back in Ormond. Nice day in Tomoka state park and Bulow park



Statue in Tomoka state park

 

A very very old oak in Bulow park



March 2 - Sunny day at the playground and farfar coming to visit!

Finally Marlee got to taste the Pepparkakshus (gingerbread house)!

Having fun with farfar

Dinner out and Noah is being silly!

 

 

 March 3 - Beautiful beach day!!!

Climbing in our back yard

March 4 - Dropping off mormor and morfar at the airport... :-(

But before we left for Orlando the boys had time to show off a little :-) Marlee has been showing off his muscles for a while now and Noah has started to copy him lately :-) They are soooo cute!