This and That :)

Congrats to Uncle Matt!

Uncle Matt was part of a relay team with HISRA that competed in the State Special Olympics events, Sunday, June 14. They all did great!

We've got the camera back and so far so good, it's working. We also just bought a digital video camera. There's some cute clips that will be posted in the next few days from last week. Stay tuned.

We're doing well. Garrett has taken a liking to climbing into bed w/ Mom and Dad. He's too cute so...we let him. He's got an ear infection that we're treating now so I think this is why he's all of a sudden not sleeping as well. At least he's not a squirmer, kicker like Adeline!

Memorial Day Weekend

Love, love 3-day weekends. Wish they all could be like that! We had such a relaxing weekend with only a few scheduled committments. We didn't make it to the pool this weekend for opening weekend but we did head over to Grammy's house for the slip-and-slide (kids only :) me on a slip-and-slide...not a pretty site!) on Sunday I guess it was. Took Adeline to Night at the Museum 2 Monday in town. It was great. Kurt and I even were able to sit out on the front porch once the kids were in bed and enjoy a few beers!

Garrett we think is teething again. He's not eating well and a tad crankie (sp?). Adeline...well she's a tad sassy. Really need an intervention with the child!!

Busy week this week....work, travel, field trips, circus, birthday parties. Camera is in the fix-it shop so photos might be slim for a while. We're pulling out one of our older digital cameras but the batteries are frustrating.

Saturday Fun

The kids and I went to Wildlife this morning. Daddy was mowing (again!). It was such a great morning. The animals were active and the kids were excited to go for the first time this season. Even better was that it was right at opening and before the crouds.

2-things that bugged me though.....while at the playground Addie's sandle had fallen off her foot. She sat there whining and fussing for me to get it for her. I told her that when she could use her manners and kind words I would help her. After 5 minutes, another women (maybe 60s) came over and said "Honey, do you need your sandle? Here you go." I was astonished! The women never looked at me but I just politely said I appreciate her help but was wanting my child to use her manners and be respectful. Seriously!

Another thing was the kids were so excited to ride the train. We've been members of the park for 3 or so years now and they love this part. We didn't have tickets and you can just buy them there. There was no ticket person but the conductor (I guess it was) was there. He told us we had to wait for the person from the admissions gate to come over when they're not busy. We ended up leaving after 20 minutes. He couldn't have just taken my $3 and "bought" the tickets later? Seriously!

Off to Pumpy and Grandma Janet's tonight...cookout, bouncer, pond, 4-wheeler. Fun!

Mr. Garrett has been quite the monkey lately! :) He has been climbing on everything including his crib. Saturday, we decided to go ahead and remove the front rail of his crib. So long crib...hello toddler bed! He's done pretty good so far!

Little man's first sleep in the big boy bed!

St.Louis

We had a great time in St. Louis this past weekend. Thank goodness we went too. The weather at home was some of the same....rain. It was warm and sunny in St. Louis. We all had a blast.

We all spent some time at the Porter's. Friday getting ready for Porter's first annual hog roast on Saturday. I'll spare the photos of the pig. We'll say that Addie was a vegetarian this weekend. She then realized that ham, bacon...all came from the pig.

Saturday morning we went to the Zoo. The highlight was the elephants. Garrett went bananas for them. Here's a cute video clip. Enjoy.

Garrett is now 18-1/2 months. Words he can say:

• truck
• tractor
• thank you, yes, please
• momma, daddy, sissy, papa
• juice, drink
• coat, hat, shoes, boots, sock
• diaper
• mine
• hi, bye-bye
• cow, bird, duck
• moo, bahh, quack, tweet-tweet
• acky
• cookie (koo-koo)
• row-row
• boat
• hot
• uh-oh
  

Happy Easter!

Oh this weekend has been busy. Aside from major emotional 4-year old melt downs, it was a good weekend.

Easter celebrations began last Sunday, Palm Sunday, at Grandpa Pumpy's and Grandma Janet's house. Then came our much needed 3-day weekend.

Friday, we all went shopping, got Mommy's hair cut, took naps and colored eggs!

Saturday - Adeline went to Lauren's birthday party at Fired Up in Peoria Heights. Any budding artists out there will love this place. That afternoon we hosted Easter dinner with Grammy, Papa Rick, JT, Dalton, Uncle Matt and his friend Steph. We had a great time and were able to enjoy the nice evening with the kids playing outside.

Sunday was busy with the Easter Bunny arrival at home, breakfast and egg hunt at church, and of course church. Naps (much needed for little miss) again for the fam this afternoon - except for Mommy, darn it. Off to the park in the afternoon for slides, swings and flying kites!

Enjoy the photos.