Dress Up Day!

It was a day for dressing up at playgroup yesterday. The kids finally discovered the dress up box that's been stashed in a corner of the classroom. Jakob and Kaia happily modeled the fancy dresses and sparkly shoes. To Jakob's credit, he wasn't only interested in crossdressing, he did also try out a Nascar racing suit, I just missed the photo opportunity. How silly!

Church in the Park

We had a worship service and lunch in the park today. The service was great, the kids had an awesome time playing, and the food was fabulous. We all came home full, dirty, and exhausted.

Mike, Kaia, and Tyler. I love watching tall Mike walking with the little kids.
Kaia and Tyler on the swings. Kaia would swing for hours if we let her.
Mike finally talked Kaia into going down the slide.
Look at the happy couple...Mike and Debbie with Baby Caleb. Ha, ha.

Stick a Fork in Me, I'm Done

Just thought you'd like a picture of my big ol' belly. My due date is not until July 30th, but I'm ready for Baby anytime now. And if I went into labor, no one would try to stop me. My body is getting ready - the baby's dropped low and I've been having lots of contractions, but it could be weeks yet.... I hate the waiting game!

Attack of the Killer Weeds

No, this lush vegitation is not the middle of the Amazon, nor is it an overgrown, fruit bearing garden - they are weeds. These weeds have been left to grow for only four weeks or so, amazing huh? I made sure to take pictures with Kaia and Kylie in them for comparison. Notice how they grow taller than the windows and the full size air conditioning unit. Very sad. We think the seeds came in with the dirt we imported after the flood. Mike pulled them today and we will soon be planting grass and landscaping around the house. Yay!

Happy 4th of July!

We decided to fore-go our annual trip to Oshkosh for July 4th this year, just in case Baby decides to come early. We discovered that Winona is a ghost town on Independence Day. Everyone must celebrate elsewhere. So Mike went golfing in the morning while Kaia and I hung out in our jammies. We played/worked outside a little in the afternoon. Then we picked up a delicious Dairy Queen dinner and went to the park in the evening. The highlight - feeding the ducks our leftover french fries.

Window Watching

Since it's been so warm and humid and I am a house, we've been spending a lot of time inside with the AC cranked. Kaia doesn't seem to mind though. She's content to sit in the window and watch the cars and trains go by. Whenever we hear a siren, she says "Ire-truck (Firetruck), WEE-OOO!" We watched the garbage truck last week, and she hasn't stopped talking about it since. Here you see Kaia and Kylie having a moment. Yes, Kylie has bows again, blame the groomer, but I still think they're cute. Kaia doesn't like them. She keeps trying to take them out.
Kaia is watching Daddy on the "tractor" (lawn mower). Who knew this would keep her occupied for a whole hour!

I know these are two pictures of the back of Kaia's head, so check out Heather's Blog for some more good pictures of Kaia with her friends.

Mike's New Toy

Mike purchased a new toy - AppleTV. I was reluctant to believe that it would be as fabulous as he was trying to make it out to be. When it comes to electronic gadgets, Mike has to give me a pretty good sales pitch before I agree to buying it. But for once, I'm starting to come around. The AppleTV is a small reciever that is connected to the internet and your TV. You can use it to download and listen to/watch music, pictures, podcasts, TV shows, movies, and YouTube videos! It is actually really convenient. I'm still trying to figure out how we are going to avoid the inevitable - loosing this tiny remote control! I'm thinking about duct taping it to something bigger.