August photos

Visit to the MN Zoo with great grandpa Ernie

Cuddle time with a good book

The boys playing with their pirate ship

End of the summer playdate at Sophia's house

They are playing doctor (:0) and Xander is a good little patient

Fun at Chuck E Cheese

Doing a puzzle while listening to his therapy music

This is how Nates eat oatmeal when they are too tired to use a spoon

Nate trying to figure out what part of Winston to tug on first

Rock on

Nate reading to daddy

I think the pool might just have a small hole in it. This could be a problem, but Xander makes the best of it for now.

Kitchen Complete!

Woohoo! It is done and it looks awesome. Looks so good that I don't want to put anything back in the kitchen. So clean and new looking! The only things that are not brand new are the appliances. Chris ripped everything everything out and put it back together with very little problems. I am super impressed with how he tackled any issues that came up and found ways to resolve them on his own (including a spraying water plumbing problem!) Not a relaxing month, but I hope in the end, he thinks it was worth all of his hard work.

Elm Creek Park

One of our favorite places to go swimming is Elm Creek in Maple Grove. The boys have a great time in the water and digging in the sand.

More swimming lessons

Those expensive swimming lessons are starting to pay off. After many weeks of squirming around and not wanting to put his face in the water, I finally convinced him that it would be worth it to stop being stubborn and start cooperating. The promise of a Dilly Bar seemed to do the trick!

He doesn't look happy, but he was actually pretty proud of himself!