Aunt Amy to the Rescue!

Brian's sister drove up from Iowa a couple days early before Ethan's birthday party to keep E and I company the last few days of Brian's long work trip.  So fun to have a visitor and E was in heaven.  He played hooky from daycare on Thursday to spend all day with Amy and I had Friday off so we went to the MN Zoo for the first time.  The monorail and tractor rides might have been more popular than the animals but it was a fun day!   So grateful to have an extra hand - we love you Aunt Amy!

Summer Random

Men in Plaid

They didn't even plan it but they sure wear a polo and plaid shorts well :)

Maple Grove Days

Bus riding is serious business!

My little fireman

Such a big boy - he wanted his own seat on the ride back to the car

E and I checked out our first Maple Grove Days the weekend Brian was in NY.  It was quite the town festival!  It was hot hot hot - 100 + degrees so we only stayed for a little while but had a good time.  Riding the shuttle bus in between activities was by far the highlight for E and I liked it because it was air conditioned.  I didn't bring the stroller as I couldn't haul both E and our big stroller on the bus by myself.  Big mistake - had to carry E everywhere so we were a hot sweaty mess.  I went and bought an lightweight stroller with a carrying strap the next day ;)  The big trucks and petting zoo were hits! Looking forward to the festivities again next year!

1-2-8

This was taken in July.  Now in December he has 1-3 and 7-10 down pat but skips 4-6.  Ironically, he can count from 1-10 in Spanish perfectly.  Silly boy!

Twinkle Twinkle

ABCs

Brian had to spend 2 weeks straight in Rochester, NY for work training in July.  They didn't even fly him home over the weekend which was ridiculous in my opinion.  It was a long couple weeks but E was a great little buddy and Brian did really well in his class.  We sent daddy lots of videos while he was gone -we sure missed him!  E picked up the ABCs pretty quick - he's just missing a few letters in the middle ;)

Reading in the Boat Bed

Snack/Dog Catcher

1st Trip to Weaver Lake Beach!

So lucky to have a great beach a mile away from our house.  Will be here lots next summer!