Flying Time

Sheesh its already another weekend and I haven't documented our last weekend's adventure...
The boys and I set out last Saturday with Grandma Sally and hit "Hudson Days" in Hudson. We met up with Scott's sister Amy and her girls Sadie and Sara and had fun in the inflatable toys, the train and big wheel races. Jack peed twice in a Spot-a-pot (he wondered why other people's pee was blue) and ate a footlong hotdog. Lots of fun, but we didn't stop there. We loaded up Grandma's van and headed to Omaha. Let's just say that the van ride was NOT the highlight of the weekend and we'll leave it at that!
Saturday evening we attended a wedding reception for great family friends (the reason for the trip)
It was very sweet, though you wouldn't know it from the way Jack and Quinn were acting! So we headed to the park for some much needed running around.


We had a great time playing though I think that someone forgot to tell the nice people of McClelland Iowa that the toys in their park have been taken out of parks all across America due to the DANGER! Must be why the boys loved them so much (and why we did back in the day!)A few dances later

and we called it a night.
Jack and Quinn had their 1st overnight in a hotel room(seriously, I must deprive them!!)
Then to the ZOO! Papa Wayne and Mom Kaye also joined us. No surprise that the favorite part of the day was the train ride in the "boose" (caboose) but they also loved the tigers, penguins and giraffes. (Jess-I think someone took you up on putting something in the tigers water because they were pacing and looking quite mean!)








Much fun had by all (thanks Grandma Sally for taking us along) though we were all ready to get home to see Daddy!

What Kind Of Mother Am I?

So Quinn in 18months old this month, and I have apparently robbed him of one of life's simplest and sweetest treasures. Tonight I brought out the popsicles, now I know we don't have them all of the time because of the sticky, sticky mess that follows, but I guess we have them less often than I thought, because my poor baby didn't even know how to hold it!


He wouldn't hold the stick, only the actual popsicle. He kept saying "ouchy" and switching hands!


Finally after watching Jack, and getting a few licks from him,
he got it and loved it,
so much so that he stole Jack's and finished them both!
Then dug in the dirt with the sticks... boys!
I sure am glad that he finally got to have a popsicle experience, ya know before he is in kindergarten or something and is holding the wrong end of a popsicle while the other kids laugh and point!

A Happy Fourth

We had a great holiday weekend despite the weather and an ear infection! My parents came to visit, we were so excited to see them and have company, no one loves your kids as much as grandpa and grandma and it is so fun to watch! Jack had many things to show Papa Wayne and Mom Kaye, new bike, 2 mowers in the garage, his backyard-imagine his excitement!
We skipped the parade due to drizzle and ouchy ears, and instead went to visit Daddy at work and have a bloody mary-a good tradeoff! Then to McDonalds for an All-American lunch! You will all be happy to know that Jack went through the tunnels and down the slide by himself, we were all proud. Then to the Dr for shots of antibiotic for Jack-that sure makes you feel like the worst parent in the world...
Then bike rides, playing in the park and ice cream cones. We did hit the fireworks with both sets of papa's and mom's and Daddy complete w/ funnel cake and kettlecorn. The boys were both amazed but had short attention spans.
We sqeezed in our barbeque on the 5th-yum! (Sure sounds like we ate our way through the weekend!)
Happy Birthday America!