A basic week

Looking through the pictures from last week, I'm finding that I didn't take many. Since last Monday was Labor Day I included that in last week's post. That only leaves Tuesday - Sunday.

Tuesday was Andrew's birthday and I happened to have the day off. Mads and I went to Ripon to have lunch with Dad. We stopped by the office to pick him up and before we left for lunch Mads had some fun in the exam room. I'm sure you saw the picture that I posted last Tuesday, but I just have to post it again. Mads did everything herself. It started with her climbing into the exam chair with Elmo on her quest to get the transilluminator, or flashlight. Then what I think happened is that she turned and saw the eye chart remote, so she got down from the exam chair and climbed up on top of the stool. Then she could reach the remote and change the letters on the screen. She left Elmo behind on the exam chair and all I did to help this photo was to put Elmo in a sitting position as he had been laying in the chair.

ICO Class of 2034?


As for lunch, the sandwich shop that we wanted to eat at was closed, so we ended up just going to KFC. Mads and I then returned home for her nap and afterwards we went to pick up the pizza and ice cream cake for Andrew's birthday supper. Barby, Ryan, and Caden came over to share the dinner with us. It was a very nice and tasty evening!

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were work days. After work on Friday we left for a weekend in Monroe. We made it to Gramma J's house around 8PM and shortly thereafter hit the bed. On Saturday we went to coffee with Grandma Honey and she got Mads a special treat - whipped cream! Mads loved it!



We then had lunch at Gramma J's and at 2PM, Mads and I headed over to cousin Terri's house where she was hosting a Meet Baby Landon party for cousin Melissa. It was a nice gathering and we had fun seeing everyone. Mads even gave Landon a couple kisses while I was holding him.

When we got back to Gramma J's house we went over to the park to play for awhile. Mads had a blast on the swing, of course, and she tried out the tire swing with Daddy. She also did some sliding too.



For the sake of comparison, the same slide, July 13, 2008:


Sunday we ended up leaving Monroe early as Mads was simply pooped from a busy weekend. She was asleep before we even passed the old Whitehead compound just outside of town. When we got home we took some yard waste to the dump, washed the car, and went grocery shopping. Mads was a super big helper when we got home with the groceries, she helped me put them away! :)


That's all I've got for last week. This weekend we're heading down to Chicago for a friend's wedding in Tinley Park. Should be a lot of fun!

I only have one random picture from this week. This is from the car wash on Sunday. While we were waiting Andrew and I had both picked up a section of the paper to look at. I looked over at Mads and she had chosen a section, too. The comics, naturally! :)


Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by!