Where Did I Go?

Well last I checked it was the middle of summer and then this happened:

Which caused two weeks to go by like nothing.  I love watching the olympics! 

We went on yet another trip to Wisconsin followed by a couple of weekends at home that were packed full with my 29th birthday, a night out with college girlfriends for a bacholorette party, the County Fair, building on the Habitat House in town, a good friends wedding and canoeing with our family on the Crow River. The only reason we've been able to pack so much in is my parents came out both weekends to watch our boys- thanks so much again!

Now the air is dry and there's a coolness to the wind.  Summer is almost over and I don't feel ready.  Next weekend I run my first 10K on Saturday morning and then I'm not sure what the rest of Labor Day weekend will hold for our family. I'm hoping for lots of fun outside exploring nature!

Algoma at the Cold Condo

We went back to Wisconsin again a few weekends ago for the fifth time in five months.  But this time it was finally for a vacation and there were no family obligations.  The first day I pulled out my camera and started taking pictures and my battery died, but I didn't have the charger.  So camera phone pictures all weekend it was.  I was sad because I don't pull out my cannon very much and vacation is the one time I get to take a lot of pictures.

3-2-1- the ages of the boys

The very first morning we had some jammie time. Dave and I didn't get to Algoma until 1 in the morning, so it took us a while to get moving.  We ended up making it to Sturgen Bay for lunch and then to the Farm to see the animals at the petting zoo. We started the vacation right with squeakarific cheese curds:

Then we went to Dune's State Park. Back when Dave and I were dating we went to that state park with his family on a three mile hike.  They jokingly called it a death march.  This time we just hung out on the beach enjoying the waves. I didn't bring swim suits because the waves were too big for my little boys, but that didn't stop Eli from getting really wet as we played on the beach.

Saturday I ran the Shanty Day's 5k race. I had a goal to beat my best time by 30 seconds, but with the new course being hilly that didn't happen. I had a personal best by 2 seconds and won second place in my age group!  First time I ever won a medal (I earned a finishers medal, but never won).

I didn't have much time to shower and get ready before the parade started.  Eli got a short nap, but I could tell he was tired by how clingy he was at the parade. I didn't mind having a boy to cuddle with. Adam had to cover his ears because he didn't like the fire trucks.

 How can my baby be this big already? At least he still cuddles.

After the parade all three boys went down for a nap and us women had girls outing at the winery! As long as no one is pregnant this is going to have to be a tradition that is continued.

Entering the Mine Stage 2.0

Eli is all "mine, mine, mine" lately.  I remember being frustrated when Adam learned and started using that word regularly, but with Eli it just makes me smile to hear that high pitched little "mine" as he asserts possession of something his brother just tried to take away. It's not so much fun when the mine is directed at me, but for the most part his mines are adorable.

He Can Talk

I was trying to re-heat our lunch of Famus Dave's in the kitchen when I heard a little, "Sa-wah, Sa-wah." I turned around to see Eli standing on Adam's chair at the table, calling out my name and pointing at the kitchen counter.  I asked him what he wanted and he said, "bottle, please." And then he holds his little palms up to the ceiling together in front of himself (it's his own baby sign version of I want some, please).  On the counter was a little bottle from a baby shower yesterday full of pink, white and green jelly belly beans.  How can I say no when he uses his words like that out of no where.  Mom is full of pride right now.

Eli is napping and dad and Adam are clipping coupons. I need to finish up the laundry and start on a white veggie lasagna with all my CSA veggies.  I sure hope it's tasty!

Family Photo Shoot

About a month ago I remembered that my youngest had turned one and my oldest just turned three and I had yet to do the professional picture thing.  So I called up our awesome photographer that has done all of our pictures since Adam was born and got an appointment for last week.  We got some awesome pictures!  And here's a link to the snapfish album with the rest of the pictures.

Being a Haved Boy

Adam walked into the house with a sucker in his mouth Sunday after a trip to the grocery store with Dad. "Adam, why did you get a sucker?" I asked

"I was being a haved boy," he told me. He thinks the past tense of behaving is being haved.

I love all the special ways that Adam pronounces words. 

Oflympics

(Olympics)

Slissors 

(scissors)
Algona
(Algoma)
Con-no
(condo)
Holy
(Coleman, but not sure why he calls it that)

And I'm sure there are others I can't think of right now. I probably should help Adam pronouncehis words correctly, but every time I hear him mispronounce words it makes me smile.