Tanner's 4th Birthday Party

Today we went to our neighbor, Tanner's, 4th birthday party.  Yep, he's just about a week and a half older than Madeline and they've been playing together a lot lately.  They had a bounce house, a Slip 'N Slide & lots of yummy food.

Everyone had a lot of fun & Tanner got a lot of cool things - including abuilding set from Madeline.

What a great day for a party!

Beautiful Evening Outside

We've been having some great weather lately and it's always nice to get outside after dinner.  Sam loves exploring in the weeds in the lot next door and running down the sidewalk.  

There were lots of hugs for Daddy tonight!  

Madeline and the neighbor, Tanner, have been inseperable lately.  Whenever they're allowed they dress up like a princess and Buz Light Year.  

Tonight Tanner told his mom that Madeline was his "girlfriend".  This may cause some problems in about 10 years, but for now they're just cute :)

Time to make some waffles!

One of Madeline & Sam's favorite breakfasts is blueberry-yogurt waffles.  We always make a bunch at a time and put them in the freezer for quick and easy toasting in the morning.  Well, we were out so it was time to make a new batch.  Madeline loves helping make them

She's a pretty silly girl, but always a great help :)

Sam's not quite old enough to help so he decided he'd just brush his tooth while he waited to help with the eating part :)

Another successful waffle-making adventure!

Fun on the Deck

So, it was time for jammies and (like usual) Sam took off as soon as we had his  clothes off.  Out to the deck he went with only his diaper on...

 

As soon as Madeline saw this she stripped down to her undies and followed him out...

   We'd normally ask her to come right back in and get some clothes on, but they were just too cute not to snap a few pictures first :)  

After taking a look at the shots I got I noticed that we just might have a future underwear model on our hands... Check out Sammie's runway moves!

Oh - how can you not just love them to pieces :)

Another Day at the Zoo!

Today the whole family went to the zoo - we're definitely going to get our use out of our membership this year!  It's been over a year since daddy has come with us so there was a lot of new things to show him.  The bears were probably his favorite... you can see one here in the background, way up on the rock!

We were there with our friends, the Kaplas.  Maddie & Addi are the best of friends and really enjoyed the farm exhibit.  They got to see baby cows, pigs and bunnies.  Plus they got to pet a baby chick and feed the goats.  Here you can see them climbing a gigantic pig and playing in the barn "haystack" :)

 

After seeing all of the animals and having a picnic lunch we put on the kids suits and headed to the splash pad.  Madeline really hasn't been liking sprinklers too much this year so instead of getting wet we headed to the play area :)

The kids were pretty good all day, so we got ice cream cones as a special treat. 

Sam screamed until I finally let him hold the cone all by himself... 

Amazingly, most of it went in his mouth... pretty sure he consumed more sugar in that one sitting than he has had in the last month - he LOVED it!

Boogie Woogie Dance Party!

This morning we headed over to the Shakopee Community center for a Boogie Woogie Dance Party!!!  We met all of our friends there and had a blast dancing, catching bubbles, kicking balloons & playing guitar :)  

 All of that dancing made us work up quite an appetite so we ALL headed to Pizza Hut for some lunch - what a great morning!

Memorial Day!

What perfect weather for Memorial Day!  We spent the morning working on the yard/garden and then headed over to our friends' house for a BBQ.  Lot's of friends & lots of great food :) 

The kids got in a little pool time and a lot of sprinkler time ;)

 What a great day!  It's so nice to have such great friends :)

Peanut & Sunflower Planting

Yep, that's right - peanuts!  Matt wishes that he could grow all of his favorite things on our tiny plot of land in Suburbia but, since we only have 0.25 acres and coffee won't grow in Minnesota, we're settling for peanuts and sunflowers.  We LOVE roasted peanuts, peanut butter & sunflower seeds, so hopefully the seeds we planted today will help us grow/make these things on our own!

She was SOOOOO excited to be planting peanuts!

Once again Sam just observed - but loved being outside :)

 Quite an experiment, but it will be great if it turns out :)

Planting our garden!

What a great day to plant our garden!  The weather was spectacular so everyone enjoyed our morning outside planting and watering seeds :) 

We planted squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, peas, carrots, spinach, mint, thyme, cilanto & basil!

Madeline liked helping :)

Sam just enjoyed his time outside :)

And his time with Mommy's cousin, Greta - it was so great that she could stop by for a visit!

We hope the marigolds we planted around the outside of the garden keeps those bunnies away!  Can't wait for things to start growing :)

Chutes & Ladders

Today our Friday Field Trip with the Prior Lake Area Moms group was to the Chutes and Ladders play area at Hyland Park.  We haven't been here since last year so it was really fun to see Madeline climb higher and explore more of the park this year!

Sam had fun too, climbing and hiding :)

Maddie and her friend, Nissa, had a great time playing and pretending they were princesses in a castle :)

After lunch we went home for naps and then Aunt Melanie came to play.  Sammie got his first sprinkler experience with his Godmother...

Ready, Set, Go!

We eventually got a smile out of him :)