Summer Fun

The last two weekends have been filled with lots of summer fun!  Two weekends ago we went swimming on Saturday after TBall and then tried to go to a park that is about 20 minutes away on Sunday for a bike ride and to play on the playground.  It was raining off and on, but was supposed to stop.  So we loaded up the kids, food, and the bikes and thought we could get some fun in.  Well, apparently not!  We sat in the car in the parking lot at the park to wait out the torrential downpours!  After we got what seemed like a break, we thought we would still try and play a bit.  Well, we learned that a wet slide = a ridiculously fast slide!  Payton went down a few slides and literally flew about 10 feet off of the end!  So, he became a muddy mess.  Then the skys opened up again and we decided to just head home.  Any of you that have kids, know that cleaning the car seat is one of the worst tasks ever.  So we did the only thing we could think of and stripped the pour kiddo down to his underwear and made a quick run for the car!

This past Sunday, Justin had to work and it was way to hot to do anything outside, so my mom and I took the boys to Crown Center and Union Station to go to a dinosaur exhibit and Science City.  Payton was beside himself the entire day!  We ate at Fritz’s, where trains bring you your food.  Then we got to see some amazing life size dinosaurs.  Then we saw lots and lots of model trains and then we went to Science City.  Finally, we got some ice cream and headed outside to the huge splash park.  It was a great day and per Payton it was the ‘awesomest day ever!’

The boys are both growing way to fast.  Next week we have enrollment to get Payton signed up for school and we will find a time soon to go school shopping!  How exciting!  Easton is walking almost all of the time now.  He prefers to carry something with him when he walks.  He also can go up stairs really fast!  He hasn’t figured out how to come down yet.  He tries to walk down, which doesn’t work with his little legs!

 

(Added pictures to the Summer 2010 album)

4th of July

This past weekend we went up to Iowa for our annual 4^th of July trip.  We had a wonderful time as always!  The boys and I headed up on Friday night so they could rest a little on Saturday before fireworks.  Then on Saturday morning Justin came up with my mom because he had to work Friday night.  Saturday was the festivities in Dixon and we got to see tons of family and very old friends.  It is such a great chance to see everyone.  We had a lot of great company and the boys had a blast.  They just love playing with other kids and our cousins.  The boys were both up WAY past their bedtimes so on Sunday we all took a nap because we were so tired!   We then headed to my friends house and saw some old friends and the kids got to play together.  On Monday we went and saw my dad and he was pretty surprised at how much Easton had changed since he saw him last back in February.   Then we headed back to Kansas!  The weekend was great and we had wonderful weather the entire time.  There was a ton of traffic and construction though, so the drives were a bit longer then usual.  We did learn however that Easton is NOT a fan of traveling!  He did okay, but you could tell he was just miserable being confined to his car seat.  Part of it is just his age, (I remember this stage a bit with Payton), part of it is his personality and part of it is due to the fact that we don’t travel as much as we did when Payton was little.  It is a good thing we have no trips planned for a while, because I think Easton needs a break from the car!

 

Also, Easton decided this weekend at the hotel that he can walk across rooms! He prefers to crawl if he is in a hurry, or excited, or frustrated.  But, other then that he likes to walk now!