Milk Mustache

Me: "Noah, you have a mustache."

N: "A hairy one?"

Credit

Do I have to take the blame for "dude" coming out of Noah's mouth a little too much? I pass the blame to my friend, Brennan, for saying it myself. :)

Update: Shawn says he thinks he picked it up somewhere else. Phew! :)

Daily banter

N: Micah I'm older than you so I know more.

M: I'm older.

N: No I'm older.

N: I'm older and bigger.

M: No I'm bigger.

N: Mom, Micah thinks he is older and bigger than me.

And so on and so on. All day long, different topics same disagreements.

On the road again

Just when I thought we would be without road trips for a while we were on our way back to Nebraska. Unfortunately Shawn's Grandma Goldie passed away last week. Her hometown of Spencer is on the South Dakota/Nebraska border so we were in the country for sure. The scenery is really beautiful, especially now when everything is as green as can be. I had to try and focus on that during the constant climb to the back rows. I do not enjoy these car rides...not one bit. The driver has the better end of the deal by far. The visit in Spencer was really good though. Shawn hasn't seen these cousins for a long time so it was nice to catch up and spend time with Darren, Kristen and the girls and of course Dennis and Jane.

The county fair was going on while we were in town and although we skipped most festivities we did head to the parade.

Mallori and Julia. Mal told me not to put these on my blog but these girls are just too beautiful not to post. Love them.

Hallie & Micah.

Celia with Grandma Jane. She is constantly hands in mouth, teeth must be on the horizon.
Micah was pleased with his loot of candy. They threw out a ridiculous amount. We are rationing it for a few days then it gets the heave ho.
Kristen, Mallori and Brooklynn.
Micah on the drive back to Minneapolis. He insisted on holding these trucks the entire 7 hour drive.
Glad to be back home.

Ahh, just another day at the lake.

My friend, Sharis, invited us over for a play date at Lake Minnetonka last week. It was fun to get all our kids together. It was a super way to spend a Friday morning.

Here's Noah ready to head out the door. This picture really cracks me up. He looks like a complete dork. He is much cooler in person. :)

And here's Mr. Too Cool for School or at least a swim suit. Ha!

Miss C lounging.

My friend, Megan, took Noah out to the diving platform. Bless her heart. I was a bit on edge with all three by myself in this environment.

This group of friends hZ the best kids. I love them all and am so glad that my kids have them as friends.

Nap time

Micah: "I'm awake already, mommy. I'm awake already, mommy. I'm awake already, mommy"

Me: "Umm, you haven't been to sleep yet."

Another nap bites the dust. Boo.

Nebraska

We made our summer trip to Nebraska and were able to get in a lot of family visits especially a ton of fun cousin time. On the first leg of our trip we stayed with Darren, Kristen and the girls along with Deanna and kids and Grandpa Dennis & Grandma Jane. Thanks for hosting ALL of us!

Cousins (except Brooklynn, who was still sleeping, Johnny and Celia). We all went to the Omaha zoo with Grandma Jane. Not a great picture but they all just sat down so we had to snap it as is.

Before we went to the zoo Noah said he wanted to see a komodo dragon and lo and behold lookie loo what was there when we walked in. Couldn't have ordered that better ourselves.
This picture has me wondering if Micah has a future in gymnastics.
Hallie and Noah were so cute together. Friends and cousins. They even wore each other's pjs and Noah shared one of his beloved puppies with her at bedtime. Now that is love! :)

On Sunday we hit the road bound for Wood River. Is it any surprise that the boys have a blast at Grandpa Dennis & Grandma Jane's house?! Boy paradise.

Catching lightening bugs. A first. We don't have them in Minneapolis.
We needed to help this little cutie pie celebrate turning one.

Ryker and Celia.

I hope Celia has this reaction to boys going in for a kiss for about 30 years.

We also saw Tyler and his cute and sweet girlfriend Rachel.

Celia with Great Aunt Judy.

After a short stay in WR we headed back to Council Bluffs to sleep and then drove the rest of the way home. The kids were troopers overall but there was a meltdown by our oldest that had me pulling over at the closest exit while Shawn was on a conference call. Shawn had stand outside the van while the cars whizzed by on the highway and the rest of us were punished with screaming. Good times for sure. I'm all set for driving long distances for a while, thanks.