Fun kid pictures

I always love when I see the boys playing quietly so I thought I'd share a couple pics that make me smile. I almost don't want to take pictures at these times for fear of distracting them from being so good.

Below Jacob is cutting the cake he made for Freddy.Next we have Evan reading Critters in his beloved box.

Rarities

Jacob hasn't taken a nap for months, he has quiet time these days. So when I found him sleeping during the day I had to capture it because it is very rare. ...He must be getting sick. Evan was able to take a solo bath when Jacob was sleeping. Another rarity in our household. I'm pretty sure that Evan has always had Jacob in the tub with him for baths. He enjoyed every minute of his alone time.

Firemans Park

Sunday we decided to check out Fireman's Park in Verona. It has a small swimming area with water slides and a diving board. It even has a little play area for kids. We had a great time. The water was nice and Evan loved the water slide. We'll have to go back again soon.

Mount Olympus

This past Saturday was the annual American Family work picnic at Mount Olympus in the Dells. We were able to have more fun this year because Evan was big enough to go on the rides with Jacob. We also had fun in the water, even though it was ice cold.

Tea cups still get me sick!
The boys loved eating their ice cream. Jacob managed to stay clean while Evan was dripping with ice cream.

I love seeing two sleeping boys! They were beat.

Dancing Queen

Over the Fourth Jacob and Evan spent the weekend with Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tom while Nate and I went up to Minocqua. We had a lot of fun over the Fourth fishing and relaxing with friends. The boys had fun too. They were able to go to a Fourth of July parade and stay up to see the fireworks. I hope to get some pictures to share with you from their weekend.

For now I will share some pictures of my Dancing Queen, Jacob. He found these radio headphones in Grandpa Tom's garage. We found him jamming out to the tunes.

Old Friends

Nate's best friend was in town this past weekend. They grew up together and have remained good friends even though Ryan lives in Arizona. So when Ryan came home with his kids, Tristan and Isaac and fiancee Megan, we were very excited. It was nice to see Nate and Ryan together again, and I think they were happy to see their boys playing together for the first time. Below are a couple pics from the weekend.

Brotherly Love

When I woke up the other day before going to work I looked out the window to see this. Jacob was giving Evan rides down the slide. So cute!

Baby Chicks

It's that time of year again. Gma Bindl just received her baby chicks in the mail. Nate took the boys out to see them while they are still fuzzy and cute. However this years trip was much more eventful than he wanted. Not one but two catastrophes. First Evan went up and grabbed the heat lamps you see in the picture below. He ended up with third degree burns on four of his fingers. Then, while everyone was tending to Evan, Jacob decided that he needed some attention too. So he ended up slipping somehow and banging his mouth on the counter. He broke open his gums above his front teeth.... blood bath! So while Evan played in cool water Jacob got to take a trip to the dentist.

I guess I am lucky that I was an hour away sleeping.

Fun at the Park

Today the boys and I met up with some friends at a park. Then about 30 minutes after we showed up a couple bus loads of kids joined in the already busy park! That made it next to impossible for us to watch all of our kids so we had to move the fun behind the park to the grass. The kids didn't seem to skip a beat. They all had a great time!

Jacob and Evan fell asleep on the way home and I successfully transferred them into their beds. I thought I was home free! I went outside to read my book and not even 30 minutes later they were bouncing off the walls again! Where do they get their energy?!

The pictures below are of naked balloon fun, as they like to call it.

Horsey Rides

Evan loves horsey rides and Jacob will amuse him from time to time when mom and dad are too tired to give another horsey ride.

Once you start giving Evan rides, he doesn't make it easy for you to stop.