Last Wednesday

I get these ideas in my head of fun things to do with the kids. As the weather gets warmer, I conduct a list of super fun things I want to do, time passes and winter rolls around again. I really want to make it a point to actually do some of these things. I am thinking every Wednesday I am going to get out with the kids and do these things. Unlike a lot of my other plans, I hope this one actually sticks. Last Wednesday I took the kids, spur of the moment, to the Como Zoo and the fun didn't end there. This was Ada's first time at the Zoo. We saw the monkeys first. The second we walked through the door to the monkeys, Ada started yelling with joy. They had this really cool tropical exibit going on at the time. It felt so so so good, the heat and humidity. It just so happened at the time we were walking through the exibit there was a zoo lady talking about amphibians. James stood and listened with all his little heart. Ada was a little antsy at this point so I turned her around facing a tank full of tropical fish. The lady was taking about frogs. She presented this little black and blue frog. There were quite a few other kids there listening as well, she asked if we had frogs that were black and green in Minnesota. Everyone quietly answered with a no. She then asked what color the frogs in Minnesota generally were. Nothing but silence, until a couple seconds later when Ada yelled out, "GEEEN." Ha Ha! I am almost positive she wasn't really answering the question. But man alive, it was funny. The lady asked if she just said green. It was pretty funny. After our zoo venture, we ran to Target and bought some lunch stuff and went to a park and had a little picnic lunch. We had a little friend that tried to find some dropped food. The kids loved it. We then played on the swings for a bit and went on our way. I love that the ground of the playground was made out of recycled tires. So cool and cushy. After the park we headed over to my friend Tiffany's house for a little play date. Ada was right in there with the big kids playing. Ugh, my baby is becoming a not-so baby. The fun doesn't end there. While at Tiffany's I noticed something behind Ada's ear. A big a$$ wood tick. Yuck. Gross. Ick. The head was nice and stuck in. I ended up bringing her in to the urgent care to get removed. I am REALLY hoping this isn't a sign of things to come this summer. We came back home and within 15 minutes, this was James...
What a fun, eventful day we had! Love it!
I had another fun adventure planed today, but sickness in the house forced us to stay home and cuddle. Well, besides the 3 hours spent at the doctor's office and pharmacy. Ada has some sort of virus and Strep. She is miserable. :(

3 little monkeys

call us crazy...call us what you will

Tiff and I took 6 kids to the zoo. I think that's all I really need to say about that.

Nah, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be...they are all great kids, for the most part :)

Fun in the sun...and sand box

These little dirty kids are Olivia (Kenzie, Kylee, and Ryder's cousin) Ryder, James, and Kylee. They played outside and got all nice and dirty. They are all so cute. And then pics of McKenzie and the end.

Lots 'O' Little Ones

This past weekend James had lots of fun with a lot of his little pals. We headed over to my friend Tiffany's house for some super fun in her yard on a beautiful day. The next day we headed over to my friend Ashley's house with my friend Sarah for a BBQ and an egg hunt! Fun times had by all for sure!!

James, Ryder, McKenzie, Kylee

nope, this wasn't halloween :)

James, Rowan, and Lance

For a few more pics of these adorable baby childs check out my photo blog here!

And then cames Easter, James loved everything about his basket!

YAY Friends!

James played with his buddies, gotta love little friends! Yesterday we headed over Rowan's house. James plays GREAT with Rowan.
Then, today we headed over to Kylee's house and James played with her and her cousin Ryder. They are all so cute and growing fast. See the bottom picture which was taken when James was 7 weeks old. These three are all a month apart. Kylee born in April, Ryder born in May, and James born in June! Rowan above was born in October. Lots of babies around us born last year!

I wish I could have got another picture like this one of them now, that would have been IMPOSSIBLE! :)

Today

Today James and I went over to my friend Tiff's house. She used to live just 3 short doors away from me, now she lives a million miles away. Ok, it's more like 7 miles, but that is just too far. Her sister Amber was there with her son Ryder, who is just a month younger than James. So it was Tiffany's lil girl Kylee, who, if you have been a reader of blog in the past I am sure you have seen pics, then there was James and Ryder. I forgot my camera, which rarely happens, so no pics :(. They had so much fun together, and her house has the greatest set up for kids. Stuff to do and play with all over the joint! I can easily say that we will be going over there more often.


We will be going over there this Saturday for sure. Lindstrom, which is the town I grew up in, and the town in which Tiff resides in now, is having their annual Karl Oscar Days. The parade is on Saturday and it runs right in front of her house. Yay! Front row seats!

I have some weird thing, where I can't (or don't like to) make a post with out a picture. Here is just a random pic of James' sweet profile. Don't you just wanna bite his nose right off? Well I do.

Oh, and to all the Big Brother fans out there... CBS posted the house guests today. Click on "house guests" to check them out. For anyone who doesn't already know, I am a HUGE fan of Big Brother, I think Caleb has actually called me obsessive when it comes to the show. Anyone else watch it? Anyone else interested in getting completely hooked on a TV show? If so, Big Brother 10 airs on Tuesdays 9pm et/pt, Wednesdays 8pm et/pt, Sundays 8pm et/pt. The premiere is this Sunday the 13th.

McKenzie's B-Day Party!

Miss McKenzie the Birthday girl!
Little one with her presents!
The little kids...all born within three months of each other.
I find this picture hilarious. These are the older kids...Is it not funny how you tell a kid to smile and they give you some crazy face?

oh fun!

James had a fun day today! We went to Target to get some baby food with Amber & Ryder, Tiffany & Kylee, and Patti. Then after that we went over to Patti's house for some chilli and some baby play time...it was way too cute to see them look at each other!