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!