Kids Day at the Park

We have great friends.

This past weekend, one of them informed us it was kid's day at the park.

And I had been dying to get Tennyson out to a park anyway.

We got to dig for some prizes.

Then we spent a lot of time mini golfing. Tennyson was a great help. Mike would hit the ball towards the hole and then Tennyson would pick it up and put it in. Hole in one! (That is how it works, right?) 

video evidence of golf expertise:

Tennyson also got to peek into a firetruck. We mostly went there to get the cool hat to add to our dress up collection. He honestly could have cared less about the truck. 

But Tennyson did love the elephant. He's been super into jungle animals lately. Lions are his favorite, but I don't know of many places that let little kids ride on lions. So the park had an elephant. Second best, I guess. We were pretty mean parents and didn't wait in the long line in the hot sun to let Tennyson ride. We weren't sure it'd go over great anyway, and I didn't feel like waiting for 30 minutes for something that had a 50 percent chance of being enjoyed. 

By the time we had done all that, we were pretty hot. So we sat in the shade and enjoyed a nice sippy. And mom and dad enjoyed some hot dogs and lemonade.

Tennyson had a blast. It was real nice getting out. We saw a lot of our friends from church while we were there, and Tennyson got to get out all that excess energy he has. 

Like I said, we have great friends. They keep us in the know. I would have hated to miss out on such a nice afternoon.

(proof that maggie and i attended)

One Month

Maggie is a month old today. Time is flying by. I think it goes faster when you have two kids taking up your time. Every day is the same. I wake up in the morning, and then it is suddenly 10 at night. I don't know where the time in between that goes (okay, so I do... it goes to nursing and pumping and feeding bottles and cleaning bottles and making macaroni and cheese and restarting Mickey Mouse and building block towers and nursing and pumping and...).

Maggie is a wiggle worm. We can't get her to stop moving. The only way we can get her to sleep is to swaddle her, or pin down her arms in some other way. She's also very dainty. I've never seen a baby spit up in such a ladylike manner.

Right now, we are learning to like binkys. We are getting okay stretches of sleep. She typically goes about 3 hours at night, and about 1.5 during the day. We are waiting to see what color her eyes turn into, and if her hair is going to lighten up like Mike's did. '

Most of all, we are just enjoying our time with our little newborn. She'll be a toddler before we know it.

grammy and grandpa

When grammy and grandpa come we...

play with the new toys they bring.

get to taste our first ibc rootbeer.

spend a lot of time in the outdoors. 

plant flowers and get new chairs for the deck.

get in a lot of good cuddles.

build the tallest block towers.

and we always look forward to when they can come and visit again.

A Week in Pictures {May 27-Jun 2}

sunday. funny face.

monday. sporting the red, white, and blue for memorial day.

tuesday. block tower engineer.

wednesday. playing in the tub.

thursday. sharing a midnight snack.

friday. meeting our grammy.

saturday. playing in the yard with grandpa.

blessed

Today was Maggie's blessing.

Isn't she such an angel?

We were lucky to have some friends and family who were able to come share in her special day with us.

the girls.

the fiskes.

family.

the cawleys.

the boys.

honorary aunt and uncle.

Tennyson didn't participate much in the photos. He was too busy being a two year old. But he sure looked charming. 

Mike and I truly are blessed. I love our little family.