Elmo Explosion

I have NO idea how a little red muppet monster became crack for kids but WOW!!!!!! He is everywhere in the stores, on TV, and apparently in our house!!! To be honest, I don't think I have bought a single Elmo toy....some have come from my aunt...some from Nan....and some must magically appear!!!! Needless to say....here is what our living room looks like.

Great Weekend

Ty decided the advertisement on the table functioned better as a HAT!!!!

Driving the "Little Monsters" truck.....so true!!!

We had a great weekend!! We managed to put a ton of miles on Chad's truck driving all over the cities from Stillwater to Maple Grove, Rogers to EP...even hitting the outlet mall (yeah!!). Had a fantastic dinner out with Nance and Jay on Friday night....adults only! Then took Ty over to Jim & Bren's place for a great dinner/picnic at their place Saturday night....let Ty & Eva wear each other out!!! One of their favorite things to do is put rocks in the tow pipe of Chad's truck. Little buggers.....they also like to stand in the raspberry bushes and help themselves!! We left with a gallon bag and barely scratched the surface. May have to look up a recipe for raspberry wine!!! :)

4th of July Weekend

We had a fabulous 4th of July weekend. Larissa and Craig came up from Chicago with their little guy, Eli...whom Tyler called "Baby" all weekend. "No, Baby", "come here Baby", "hi Baby", etc. He wasn't all that thrilled with having to share all his stuff with "Baby" but I think overall they had a good time. Ty kept asking when "Baby" was going home and once they did he kept asking for "Baby" to come back and play.

We had a great fireworks show....seemed to compete with one other house in the neighborhood...they had more but we had BETTER!!!! Unfortunately the part I didn't realize is that the huge ones that blow up in the sky...leave a crapload of debris on the lawn!!!! So the other day I was out pooper scooping and decided I might as well pick up the cardboard pieces as well. Halfway though I realized that people driving by probably thought I was picking up poop by HAND!!!! UUGGHHHH!!!!!!!

Eli had a blast playing with Ty's toys and I think made Larissa & Craig realize he needs some more older kid toys at home. Plus he seemed to think Tyler was the funniest thing around. He giggled at anything Ty did....it was a riot!!!

My Birthday

Well I'm finally 29.....again!!!! I've decided this is a great age to repeat over and over!! I had a fantastic birthday party Sat night!! Good friends, good eats, and plenty of wine! Chad even set a few fireworks off in my honor but I wouldn't let him do too many since we are saving them for the 4th!! (And yes we did drive to Wisconsin again this year to get the big ones!!! Don't pre-warn the cops...they managed to drive by a couple times on their own last year anyway!!) Back to my birthday though...Chad took me to dinner on Monday to a new place in town. It was fantastic!!! Definitely a great find with tons of great options. We'll be heading there again sometime!!! Nan took Tyler out to run some errands and when they returned he walked into the house holding balloons and a card he had picked out himself (it had horses on it....that's MY son!!!) He handed both over and gave me a big hug. Instant heart meltage!!!! What a wonderful way to spend my special day(s)....surrounded by friends, family, and love!!!!