First haircut!

Before...

After!

Well, it was time to give Griffin his first haircut. We took him outside and trimmed him up while he munched on some Cheerios. I think that it came out pretty cute! Oh, and he only ended-up eating about half of the hair-covered Cheerios! :)

Biting Off More Than We Can Chew!

Four Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree...

See, I wasn't the only tired one!

So, after the great weekend last week, Eric and I decided to go out with the kids again this Saturday. We may have over-done it a bit however. We started the morning getting the kids dressed in nice outfits and taking them to the Country Club for breakfast. They ate tons (best belgin waffles in town!), and even got to watch cartoons on the big screen in the dining room...spoiled much? :) Next, we rushed home, let the dogs out and changed our clothes in order to go to Oxbow Park. This is a great nature center/preserve that even has a Zoo at it. There are hiking trails, parks, etc., but we stuck to the Zoo for this trip. The highlight of the trip for the kids was when the otters, while swimming in a tank right in front of Cade, took the opportunity to "go potty". Yes, anything that has to do with bathroom humor is big in this house.
Next, we got into the car again and drove to Sam's Club to stock up on back-to-school snacks...juice boxes, pretzels, sandwich bags, etc. Since it was Saturday there were TONS of free samples along the way. Seriously, if I can recall everything, there was pizza, kool-aid, sandwich wraps, breakfast sanwiches, italian sausages on french bread, broccoli with cheese, muffins, and cream puffs! The kids were definetly stuffed by the time we got out of there!
We left Sam's Club and ran over to Hy-Vee so I could get my fresh produce and then made the 45 minute drive home. All I can say at the end of the day was thank goodness and bless the person who developed portable DVD players! :)
We finished out the weekend with Church on Sunday, followed by a party at David and Lisa's celebrating David and Gunnar's birthdays. Busy weekend, but very fun!

Zoo!

My Claire with Lily

Daddy an Jax...Goof-balls!

Finn and Jax

Griffin was SOOOOOOO excited...Can't you Tell?

The Sick-o

I love the Minnesota Zoo! There are tons of animals, play-areas, walking trails, etc. Add in the fact that half of the Zoo is indoors (so we can go in the winter), and it made for a wonderful Saturday. Bright and early we met with our friends and caravaned up to the Zoo. We got there and did the outside of the Zoo first, as it was already getting hot. We were able to play in the water, climb around in tree houses, and see the sights. Then we went inside for lunch. We walked the Tropic trail, and the Minnesota trail, and the kids got to pet a snake (EWWWWW). Of corse, what is an outing without having at least one sick kid. So, after the fun of the Zoo, Eric and I got to experience the fun of Cade puking all the way home! Life is never dull around here!

Bribery and the Tooth!

So, Cade has had his top tooth wiggling and jiggling in his mouth for days. That tooth has been hanging by a thread. He has been torturing me by pulling it to-and-fro...truly it looked disgusting! Today, I finally had it. I gave in and bribed Cade to pull the darn thing out. He didn't want to do it, not because of the pain, but because he liked to torture me! So, I gave-up and yelled, "Stop it! If you will just pull it out, I'll give you $5.00." Those of you who know Cade will smile when I tell you that three minutes later I took this picture! :)

Goofy Boy!

Summer is coming to a close. We've gone back-to-school shopping for school supplies, have registration, and conferences coming up, and the added stress of waking the kids up earlier and earlier to get them ready for the school year. I laughed histerically yesterday when a friend of mine said, "Well, school is starting, you'll get a break then!" A break? Three kids still home. I am anticipating a break when Griff goes off to college! :) Well, everyone is doing well. The kids are still loving the playset, Buffy is still having trouble differentiating between the difference between carpet and grass :( , and Griffin is growing like a weed! I just HAD to put this pic up for everyone to see. He has a really funny little grin that he has started doing...cute, cute, cute!