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Month: July 2013

31 Jul

July 31, 2013

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Puzzled.

31 Jul

July 31, 2013

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Teague was really excited about his new car boxer briefs.

31 Jul

Long Overdue

Way back when we were working on Alex’s room (pretty much a year ago), Wade built and wired a lamp. He had an odd piece he had found at work and thought it looked cool. He added a round base, painted the top and bottom, and wired it. My job was finding a lampshade. We put it on Alex’s dresser and there it has sat. It turns out there are no outlets anywhere near the dresser. Last weekend was extremely cool (under 70 degrees) so Wade decided to run the electrical down from the attic and install an outlet. Now Alex can even turn on his really cool lamp!

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30 Jul

July 30, 2013

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Wade and I attended a Methodist church in 2008 and spent quite a bit of time with a group there called – Young Couples With No Kids. We still get together socially with the group, but the “No Kids” part definitely doesn’t apply…

30 Jul

July 30, 2013

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Teague found a girlfriend. (Does it make it sweeter to know there was music playing in the background? We were at an outdoor concert.)

30 Jul

Kid Friendly Decorating

In honor of Grant’s birthday (today is his “real” birthday), we joined the Strouds on a trip to Rachel’s bakery (she made Alex’s awesome pirate birthday cake) to decorate cupcakes! Everyone had a blast and Rachel was awesome with the kids. She pretty much let them do anything and everything to her bakery space – what a saint!

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29 Jul

Nook

Every once in a while Alex will disappear under Wade’s desk in the kitchen to do a little reading.
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29 Jul

July 29, 2013

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Zoo classes! (Full disclosure – this picture was only taken with the help of an M&M bribe.)

29 Jul

July 29, 2013

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Zoo classes! (Full disclosure – this picture was only taken with the help of an M&M bribe.)

28 Jul

Grant’s Birthday Party

Today was Grant’s birthday party and he celebrated with a bouncy house in the backyard!

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And then cake and ice cream too!

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28 Jul

July 28, 2013

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That’s my son – rocking the backwards helmet.

28 Jul

July 28, 2013

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Developmental milestone! These two are playing a game together. Teague rolls the ball down the slide. Grant catches it and throws it back up. The game went on an impressive amount of time.

27 Jul

Family Outing

Wade and I decided on a family outing to Port Washington. I’d never been and he thought it’d be fun. Alex was excited once fishing was mentioned and Teague always loves a trip in the car.

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27 Jul

July 27, 2013

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Yes it is the end of July and this is how we had to dress (and I actually had a jacket on except for the picture)!

26 Jul

Monster Knees

Alex’s awesome Granny made him more monster jeans and he was so excited to wear them today (and yes we are having that kind of weather in July!).
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26 Jul

July 26, 2013

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Just watching the vehicles go round and round.
(This doesn’t get pulled out often, but it is just as mesmerizing for all when it does..)

25 Jul

July 25, 2013

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Testing out the new slip ‘n slide.

25 Jul

July 25, 2013

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Splish. Splash.

25 Jul

Slipping And Sliding

The boys and I were shopping at Target and stumbled upon the clearance section. Imagine my surprise at finding the “deluxe” model of the slip ‘n slide on sale for $.99 (down from $10). When Alex asked if we could buy it, I quickly agreed. With the cold weather we have been having and his age, I actually thought we would put it up for next year. Alex has been asking me about this daily. Finally today was slightly warmer than previous days so I agreed to get it out. I thought after his running and sliding in the pool with Phoenix he might get the idea of a slip n slide. He couldn’t quite get past sliding on his knees. It turns out I had to put on a swimsuit and show him how it is done. (There is actually a picture showing me doing this but I can’t quite bring myself to post it – sorry Amber.)

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24 Jul

July 24, 2013

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I was a little unclear, but this play scenario seemed to include policeman and construction vehicles.
(Funny moment: Alex kept calling the handcuffs “keychains”. Abram kept correcting him and Alex kept making the same mistake. Hysterical to overhear.)

24 Jul

July 24, 2013

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Alex loves this new game. He pulls a crayon out of the box and asks Teague what color it is. Thankfully Teague seems to like the game too. The funny moment came when neither boy seemed to know the difference between black and brown. We had a learning moment and both boys can now correctly identify both colors.

24 Jul

Hide N Seek

We’ve had quite a few games of hide ‘n seek at our house lately. Obviously Teague has been enjoying them (and paying attention to the rules) because tonight he walked up to Alex and asked “hide n seek?”. Alex quickly agreed. Teague walked over to the chair. Climbed up. Covered his eyes and counted, “Two, three, two.” The boys managed to play several rounds together – laughing the entire time.

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23 Jul

Beach Weather (Or Not)

Milwaukee has had some crazy weather this summer. It was really slow to get warm and then we had a really hot week. Then it cooled right back down. Amy and I decided to take the kids to the beach today (regardless of the temperature). They had a blast and didn’t seem to mind the cool breezes.

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23 Jul

July 23, 2013

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My instructions were to get a pair of socks so we could try on some new Sunday shoes. Alex came back looking like this…

23 Jul

July 23, 2013

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Lunch at the beach.

22 Jul

Signature

Alex has been working on his signature. Here he has signed Granny’s birthday card all by himself.
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22 Jul

July 22, 2013

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A bedtime moment with Dad.

22 Jul

July 22, 2013

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A little light reading at the library – of course Teague is focused on the red car in the book.

21 Jul

July 21, 2013

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Brother pirates – argh.

21 Jul

July 21, 2013

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Teague is still learning about pirates. Today he learned that the looking glass goes on your eye, not your mouth.

20 Jul

A Lego World

Alex and Abram requested the Lego police station and rock quarry. Teague wanted the Lego cars. Amazingly everyone played pretty well together all afternoon.

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20 Jul

July 20, 2013

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Working hard in the shop.

20 Jul

July 20, 2013

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Pirate Teague.

19 Jul

Finally!

For the first time all summer, Alex is embracing the blow up pool in the backyard. And when he went for it, he really went for it. (Phoenix might have been a good influence here.)

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And the entire thing in video form. (I’ll warn you to turn down your speakers. Alex is a screecher.)

19 Jul

July 19, 2013

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Bowling – Alex loved it, after he was reminded not to kick the ball down the lane.

19 Jul

July 19, 2013

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Bowling – an interesting experience with four kids.

18 Jul

Red, Blue, Green

For those of you wondering what Teague has been up to lately, he has been learning his colors. His standby is blue, but he has learned most of them (red, blue, green, orange, white, black, purple). Today he came up to me with a stack of lego blocks and started naming colors. I thought to video the exchange. After this video was taken we added more colors and he did really well -until we added yellow. That one threw him and he kept calling it purple (which he does know).

18 Jul

July 18, 2013

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Alex was excited about going to the dentist, but not about being there. We tried to have him go first, but quickly abandoned that plan. Even after seeing Teague it took significant convincing to have his teeth counted and cleaned. Finally we finished and thankfully we don’t go back for another 6 months. (This is my child that was a model patient for the first 3 years at the dentist…)

18 Jul

July 18, 2013

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Teague was a rock star at the dentist today! Alex was having trouble so we decided to let Teague go first. He got shy and did not want to get into the chair – until I mentioned those new teeth of his (all four 2 year molars are currently coming through). He immediately opened his mouth wide and wanted to show them off. He had a full cleaning and was fine with every aspect of it – thank goodness!

17 Jul

Flowers For You

Alex has been picking me flowers for weeks now. Recently he has been asking to buy me flowers – sometimes randomly and sometimes when we are at the store. Today when we walked past them at the grocery store and he asked to buy me some, how could I say no?
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17 Jul

July 17, 2013

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Struggling to wake up from nap.

17 Jul

July 17, 2013

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Nap.

16 Jul

Heat Wave

Summer is officially here. It is hot outside! The boys were tired of the pool so I suggested the fountains at Hart park – instead they spent most of their time in the sand -silly boys.

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Alex had swim lessons after nap today and did an awesome job. He loved when I came inside the pool area with my camera and would get the biggest smile on his face.

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16 Jul

July 16, 2013

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Making stew.

15 Jul

July 15, 2013

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The love of Biscuit is being passed down to Teague.

15 Jul

Cereal Snack Mix

mixI was introduced to this snack mix by the Kubickis – yummy! It is basically sugary cereal goodness. The only downside is it makes a HGUE amount (meaning you have to find something big enough to mix and store it in). I started mixing it in the tupperware you see below and quickly ran out of room. I ended up filling this tupperware plus two other large ones.
Recipe:
1 box golden grahams cereal
1 box reeses peanut butter and chocolate cereal
1 box of fruit loops cereal
1 box alpha bits
1 bag teddy grahams
1 bag goldfish crackers
1 bag animal crackers
1 bag of pretzels
1 bag of M&M’s
1 bag jelly bellys (which I left out)
1 bag chocolate chips
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14 Jul

July 14, 2013

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This boy loves being in the shop with his Daddy.

14 Jul

July 14, 2013

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Teague needed a hammer – just like Alex and Daddy.

14 Jul

Just Building

Alex has been begging to “go down in the shop” and has also been asking for a critter catcher. Wade decided to take care of both wants this weekend.

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13 Jul

Snap Pops

Alex didn’t handle fireworks well last year and this year he watched 75% of them from inside on the 4th. My dad had bought some of his own and set them off in the backyard. Alex made it through part of those before going inside. Evidently snap pops are a different story…

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