Time to play catch up! I seriously don't know where the time goes sometimes!! We've been busy - not with specific things, just busy going here and there. I have a bunch of random pictures from the last two weeks to share with you.
The weekend of August 4-5 the kids and I went to Monroe for a visit. Andrew had his annual Lake Michigan salmon fishing trip on Saturday, so since he was going to be tied up all day we made a weekend trip to see some family!
Here are the kids playing a game of Operation at my mom's house:
Tuesday, August 7th was National Night Out and we went to a neighborhood fair here in Oshkosh. The kids were so excited to have their faces painted. Mads chose a butterfly and Nate chose a puppy.
All this pink paint ended up leaving a pink stain behind for a couple days!
Then on Saturday night, the 11th, our church had a bonfire. It was out at a farm and the kids had fun running off some energy!
Mads pulled Nate around in the wagon. (Half a second after I took this picture the black dog in the corner of the frame plowed into both kids!)
The kids gave some love to the kitties:
Then it was Nathan's turn to pull Mads in the wagon!
There were chickens, too - and what does Nathan do when there is a gathering of animals? He asks "What Doin'!?" :)
Nathan has been struggling with some constipation issues for the last three weeks or so. On Monday the 13th he was down for the count for awhile. When I tried to take a picture of him looking all sad, he immediately smiled when he saw the camera! I guess I've trained that adorable smile to come out when the camera is around - no matter what! :)
Tuesday the 14th I had the day off so the kids and I hit up the Zoo and the Little Oshkosh playground with Jen, Isaac and Isiah. We love taking advantage of the fantastic weather a little bit longer, since we know the snow will be flying all too soon!
My teeter-totter buddy!
Mads jumped on too!
Mads got the hang of the monkey bars! Look at that upper body strength!
Keep off the lava! :)
Mads could do the fire pole all by herself, too!
One last slide before heading home!
That afternoon we did a little bit of playing outside. Nathan knows how to pedal his bike now.
Such a big boy! (Excuse the shaky video - I almost took a digger while walking backwards to film him!)
Mads was super nice and bubble mowed the lawn for me!
On Thursday the 16th we had a sitter come over to watch the kids while we went to 4K Parent Night at Maddie's school. When we came home we found that they made this awesome fort! We kept it up for about a week and the kids played in it everyday!
Last Saturday we had a free day! Can you believe it? Absolutely no plans! We went down to the Oshkosh Farmer's Market where Andrew got me a gorgeous bouquet of flower and the kids got some yummy mini-donuts! I think we're going to try to head down again this week for more donuts and maybe make it a Saturday morning tradition on the mornings we're in town!
Thanks for stopping by and catching up with us! Have a great weekend!
