Nolan came to the kitchen this afternoon and said, “Mommy, Lincoln is in the jumper.”
Following Nolan into the toy room, I discovered this:
Pinching my lips together so as not to let on just how funny the situation was, I said, “Lincoln, get out of there.” His response to me was, “I can’t! Mommy, can you help me?”
Good thing we know the springs in the jumper are rated to at least 30 pounds. Ingrid should be safe.
Lincoln, Ingrid & I spent the morning with friends of ours and their kids. It was a reunion of sorts of the mom’s group bible study I was a part of last year. When we picked up Nolan after our get-together, he asked Lincoln who he played with at the gathering. Lincoln replied nonchalantly, “With my girls.” Too cute!
The boys have been asking for a chance to play in the leaves. Our trees don’t drop leaves that are any good for that, so we asked our neighbor of we could “borrow” theirs. J was kind enough to rake a pile for the boys to kick, jump and throw around. They had so much fun!
Ingrid is definitely her daddy’s girl. She sticks her tongue out just like her dad, uncle, brothers & grandpa. 🙂
While our little beauty was sleeping, the boys were out back in the hammock. Today it was being used more like a jungle gym than a place to relax.
I’m not sure what my boys’ fascination with paper bags is, but they played with two different sizes today. First was the grocery sized ones that they had made in to masks at Nana & Papa’s house.
Later in the day they had fun with the environmentally friendly yard waste bags. They were so big, all you could see was their little feet as they waddled around the driveway.
It’s State Fair time!
Once again, we loaded into the suburban and hit the fairgrounds with the kids and our friend, Michelle. It was chilly this year! we all needed extra layers and the boys each donned their stocking caps. Just a few days earlier, people were still dressed in summer clothes.
We hit our favorite cookie spot early on so we could enjoy them throughout our tour. We also made a stop at the Miracle of Birth building. This year, our visit to the building had a particularly “special” meaning, since we are going to experience our own miracle of birth in a few short weeks!
The other memorable stop during our visit was to the giant slide. Nolan and Lincoln loved the ride – Lincoln even asked to go again.
Our friend, Jeanne, came over to give me a bit of a break (and play with the kids.) I was able to get the dishes done and the kitchen cleaned up while they built this in the sandbox:
Second day of painting outside. This time the boys used teamwork to paint the table. They started on opposite ends and met in the middle. And then to top it off, we put the kids’ hand and footprints on the table top. They had so much fun – and the final product turned out great! Our driveway also got its own fresh new look 🙂
While I was getting breakfast ready for the boys, they pulled out the cold cereal they wanted from the pantry. As a side note…my kids don’t like to eat just one type of cereal. They prefer to MIX multiple kinds together. Hot or cold, it doesn’t matter. They’ll ask for the cold cereal to mix into their oatmeal as well as create interesting concoctions of cold cereal & milk. Lincoln also likes to add in raisins.
Anyway, this morning, while my back was away from the dining room, Nolan made a cereal box tower on the table. If he doesn’t end up being some kind of engineer, I’ll be completely surprised.
The annual cousins’ gathering at Nissedalen was a bit smaller than in years past, but we definitely weren’t missing any food or fun. The weather was perfect! We did have a short rain delay, causing us all to head inside the main cabin, but we played the games Kristin organized (minute to win it style) to pass the time. The boys had a blast, but that probably goes without saying. Lincoln loved jumping off of the dock and Nolan had fun being pulled on the tube.
