Family Fun Day

Family Fun day concluded with a little bit of quite time at home. 

 

Daddy and Aiden finished reading "My Father's Dragon."  Aiden really enjoyed having two copies of it from the library, so he could look at the map in one, while they read in the other.  What a great day!

Big Creek Park

We have gone out to Big Creek several times and just played in the grass, but we've been told of a HUGE wooden playground there as well.  We decided we should check it out.

Emery thought the tire swing was pretty cool.

Parker loved to explore and see what different things he could walk on.

Emery also thought it was great to pick up the wood chips from one side of the playground and move them over to the sand side of the playground!

Zoo

Look at this snake!

Emery enjoyed walking through all of the birds.

3 Dudes!

Look Mom, I'm in a kangaroo pouch!

These ostriches are so big that I want to get out of my seat to see them!

Look, he has antlers.

The Leiran men.

 
Train!

Look, Mom, I caught a kangaroo!

Basketball

All Ready for School

Look at me!  I get to wear my pajamas to school today for a pajama party!

Sleeping Arrangements

What can I say, I REALLY like sleeping with my head on Aiden's bed!

Science Experiement

Mom let us play with some science today!  We mixed vinegar, food coloring, and dish soap in our containers, then we dumped in the baking soda...looking, instant color foam bubbles!  Can we do this again?

Flag Football

The kids were so excited after flag football, that it quickly became tackle your brother football.

1 Year WCE

Emery had his 1 year well check exam this morning.  He did not like the 4 shots and the hour it took us to wait for a blood draw.  He also will not let us touch his legs without crying.  Poor child!  His stats are 23lbs 13 oz (84%), 30.5 inches long (75%), 18.75 inch head circumference (88%).  He's getting quite big, but it seems that he just might be starting to slow down on growing...at least for the time being...

Weird Sleeping Habbits

This is how I fell asleep during a time out today.  Yep, my head is on Aiden's bed and my legs are on my own bed.

This is how Aiden fell asleep at bed time.  Do you think he knew that I was sleeping on his pillow earlier today?

School Pictures

 
Our school pictures turned out GREAT!

Big Wheels

Shhh....Don't tell Aiden that I like to play with his big wheel while he is at preschool!

Vacuum

I don't know why Mom doesn't enjoy vacuuming more, it's a ton of fun!

Bucket or Carrier

Is this a Halloween trick or treat bucket OR is this a baby carrier?

Happy Birthday - Iowa State Style

Since it was Emery's birthday, we thought we would celebrate it with our fairly new family tradition.  We loaded up in the car and took a nap.

When we awoke, we were at Reiman Gardens!

Parker still likes the humingbird lego structure.

Aiden and Parker scared away some much bigger kids so they could work on building a habitat for sea animals.

I just enjoyed hanging out with Mom!

Aiden and Parker eventually moved on to the Lego building area and built a beautiful garden.

I don't know what Mom was thinking, why would I want to help mow the lawn?

Aiden had to make sure Parker didn't fall into the water.

I did let Mom put me down when it was time to check out the butterflies.

I really enjoyed them flying all around me.  They were particularly active today.

Mom hanging out with all of us monkeys!

What Iowa State style birthday wouldn't be complete without a trip to Hickory Park!  


I like it so much, that I'm blowing kisses!


Documenting my first ice cream birthday sundae from Hickory Park.  Why are they singing to me?  What a great birthday!  When do I get another one?

It's really hard being 1

Emery's First Birthday Photos

Birthday Breakfast

I like this birthday thing.  I get cupcakes....err....I mean muffins for breakfast!