Dada and Ice Cream

For the last few days, Elyse has been asking Nate to go on a date. Therefore, today, Nate called my phone asking to speak to Elyse. He then proceeded to ask to take her out on a date. She was so excited; she even shared it with the gym's childcare employee.

As you can tell from the pictures, she had a blast, Dada, McDonald's fries, chocolate milk and ice cream, a perfect date for a little girl.

Proud and Happy Mama

I was so proud and happy when I walked into the room today and saw my two beautiful children playing nice together and saw Elyse sharing her princess toys with Caleb. Love days like today.

Pool Party

Last week, Elyse's friend, Willow turned three. Today was her party and boy did Elyse have a fun and great time. The party was a pool and picnic party. Minneapolis has a ton of these little kid/low entry pools. Therefore, the kiddos got to play in the water while us moms observed from the side, talk about perfect.

Thank you for inviting us to your party Willow! Happy Birthday Willow!

The Kids: Mari, Aiden, Elyse and Mason, no Willow :( The Moms: Jenny, Nicole, Kelly, Natalie and Sarah Not the best picture of Caleb, but you can see all 6 teeth The kiddos could not get enough of the little fountains, they kept trying to sit on them.

Melissa & Doug

If you know me then you know my favorite toys for kids are educational and non-noisy. Therefore, anything made by Melissa & Doug I am bound to love. In fact, the kiddos have many toys and puzzle made by them.

When Caleb's birth family came last month they gave Elyse the Melissa & Doug's Queen and King magnetic dress up set. She plays with it a ton. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of it. They then gave Caleb the truck, car and airplane set. It is by far his favorite toys. A true boy I suppose. If you have a young son, I highly would recommend these for him. They involve no little parts, are movable and very colorful.
A special thank you to Mariah and her family for buying the kiddos these perfect toys. Not only do the kiddos love them, so do I.

Now it's your turn, do you have any favorite Melissa & Doug toy?

Grandpa and Grandma Weekend

This past weekend, Nate's parents came up to spend time with us all. Every time they leave Nate and I say how fast and great our time was. Hope they felt the same. We spent our time shopping, celebrating Elyse's birthday, hanging out at the house, going out to eat and heading over to Como Zoo and Como Park.

A special thank you to you, Mike and Kathy for making the trip up, it was great seeing you and thank you for everything.

Sprinkler Fun

Yesterday, Jenny and Aiden stopped over to hang out for awhile. While here, I suggested that the kids could run through the sprinkler. The video is them right in the beginning. I wish I would have done a video of them after they ate lunch; because, that is when they weren't running from the sprinkler, but running in it. Perfect day for it and super fun activity. Thank you Jenny and Aiden for some sprinkler fun today.

Caleb is 8 Months Old

Happy 8 Month Birthday, Caleb! We love you so much and can't believe how much you have changed in the last month. You have become our active, loving, chatty, and raspberry blowing little boy. Can't wait to see the changes you will bring this month.

Love you and Happy 8 Month Birthday!