May Update!

Well, we headed to the cabin for Memorial Weekend and had a blast as usual. We spent our time golfing, fishing, playing outside, cooking/eating, & working on some projects. Maddox broke out his new fishing pole and Grandpa taught him all he knows

Maddox really liked reeling in that cute little plastic orange fish. I can't wait until he catches one for real!

Maddox also practiced his basketball skills on the old hoop. He loves to dunk. Everytime he sees a basketball he starts yelling "DUNK! DUNK!"

This weekends project was putting up the new basketball hoop. Maddox just liked taking a ride in the wheelbarrow.

Here we are digging out the hole and putting in the frame for the cement.
Maddox was the foreman.
He tested out the hole when we were done digging to make sure it passed his inspection.
It was cute because he actually cried when we took him out. I think he kind of liked it in there.
After that though he did require a bath.
Baby Emma! Here's Maddox checking out 5 month old baby Emma, Meaghan & Tony's little girl.
He gave her lots of kisses.
Penguin walk! Here's how Maddox demonstrates how he walks like a penguin. This was prompted by one of his new favorite movies, Happy Feet. Trip to the Minnesota Zoo. I renewed our season pass to the zoo and Amy & I took the boys the other day. It as beautiful out and all of the babies were out at the farm.
Here's a goat sneaking a nibble of Maddox's fingers.

Maddox is obsessed with tractors, diggers and pretty much anything that looks like a machine/tractor of any sort.

"Hey, I'm over here."

Diaper changing time!

Here's a cute shot of Hunter cooling off in the afternoon. Look at that belly!

Dinner is served...I've been trying to take after some work friends and plan my meals & shopping lists out ahead of time each week. It's been fun to actually have ingredients for whole recipes. I've discovered that I like cooking more than I thought.
Maddox likes it too!
Eggs with Daddy for breakfast.
The joys of having a boy. Maddox's legs look terrible these days. He is quite fearless and has gotten a number of bumps and bruises. I guess that's what you get for going down slides head first, backwards, forwards and every which way. My son has no fear of anything and thinks he's 5. I run my tail off at the playground trying to protect him from any major injuries, but we have a blast.

So much to update...

Well, Hunter turned 1! Last night we headed to Amy & Brad's for Hunter's 1st birthday celebration. Maddox had a blast with everyone and enjoyed his birthday cupcake.

Hunter got quite into it himself and almost finished a WHOLE cupcake!
Maddox wasn't sure about making a mess so much, so he asked for a fork.

Hunter just kept shoveling it in, so he spent a while washing everything down too.

Which naturally led to bathtime...

...and of course birthday kisses!

Here's Maddox trying on Hunter's helmet.
PARK DAY! I watched Rowan last Thursday while Angie worked since Kyle was in New York. We spent 2 hours at the park and then headed to the Java Train for another 1 1/2 hours for lunch and more fun.






Here's we're heading back home and Rowan was getting a bit tired, so I turned the stroller into a double stroller. This was found to be quite hilarious by the boys.

Day at Como Zoo! Last Wednesday Grandma & Grandpa had Rowan, so Maddox & I joined them for a day at the zoo. Here's a nice shot of how close we were able to see the tigers. Maddox kept making each animal sound as we went through the zoo.

Peeking at all of the fish!


Lunch! It was actually quite chilly when we were sitting outside, but the boys were troopers.

Dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings with Jenna & Andy. Maddox got to eat chicken legs/wings. He actually enjoyed them quite a bit.

I think they were a bit spicy at times because he would make this face and say, "Spicy!"
"Can I get a drink of water?"

With all of the sewing I've been doing Maddox & Cooper have gotten quite into it too. As you can see, we're all concentrating quite seriously on this pillow project.

Finished!
Now I better get some sleep!