Get in line girls

It was nice out on Saturday so we played outside at Grandma's for a little bit. Brendan was playing on his trike.

This picture would've been perfect if it wasn't for the for the reflection from the handle bars and the shadow across his. He's actually smiling and looking at the camera.

Adventures of Cole and Brendan

After a nearly three week hiatus, Brendan and Cole were reunited. They got to spend the day together at Grandma's on Friday. Then, since Uncle Tony was putting together Brendan's new playset (which I did not take ANY pictures of. What was I thinkking?) they got to play on Saturday while Papa helped Tony. It has been a really long time since Cole was at the house and Brendan was so excited and eager to show off.

Apparently, the world is their stage....er, or my coffee table is, I mean. They were performing for Tina. She was VERY impressed with their mad dance skills. Or jealous, if you must. She thought she had the cool moves. She was sadly mistaken.

Here are a couple of Cole that I found to be enjoyable from a few weeks ago.

Ole!

Oh deer!

We went last weeekend back to the Wisconsin Dells Deer Park. A good time was had my all. Sometimes so many deer come for their crackers that it gets a bit overwhelming when your stroller is completely surrounded but we dealt.

This is the face of a boy whose exhausted because his genius parents took him on an outing at naptime. Though, he did not have a meltdown.

Maaaybe I like her, but I'll never admit it...

Or maybe it's just that she's playing with my most favorite toy in the world. Brendan and Maddy had a little bonding time. This is probably the first time ever. She thought he was pretty awesome.

"You push this one for this song"

"Then this one to get really rockin'"

"OMG, he's sooo smart!"

I wanna be a clown when I grow up.

I forgot to mention in the other blogs that Brendan was a little social butterfly. He often walked up to random kids and said "Hi". That was always followed by a very fake "A-choo!" We tried to explain that's not the way to make friends in the height of the Swine Flu pandemic. And he wonders why he didn't walk away with any new BFF's.

The children's museum had a station where everyone could paint their faces. There were several brave parent's allowing their kids to decorate them. We were not so willing, but allowed Brendan to spruce himself up. He was not creative enough to try to add eyebrow. Jeremy can be blamed for that. Obviously, he wasn't into it since he only walked away with one.



I think this is his "What have I done to myself" face.

A day at the museum

The first video is him playing and playing. The second was him TRYING to play but being bothered by a crazy raccoon he calls Dad.

Explore your creativity

As I said in my last post, we went to Minnesota last weekend. We went to the Minnesota Children's Museum and the zoo. Here are some pictures from the museum. Just a few...

I have a couple more pictures and video that I'll post another day. Have to keep you coming back for more.

There is an arts and crafts area. Or as Brendan likes to refer....snack time. Who knew crayons were so delicous?

They make you work really hard there. There are bones to haul and mail to me sent.

We probably could've just gone to this area and spent the whole day there. There is a fish tank with a few fish and a turtle. Attached to it is a stream where the kids can play and it runs into a beaver dam that you can play in. He was perfectly content at the stream. I cannot explain what was going on with his tongue that day.

There is an area for small kids with hills, slides, and bridges.

You have to get really, really close to see the fishing hole properly.

Look how little he was when we went last fall. This was the week he really started to walk. **sniff sniff**

This place is a zoo

Here are a couple more pictures from the Minnesota Zoo last weekend.

Just a silly kid

We went to the Cities last week for a fun-filled weekend. Here are some pictures and a video of Brendan at the Minnesota Zoo.

Driving in style

Doesn't get much cooler than cruising the driveway in Mom's sunglasses. Even if they are upside down and the car isn't moving. Such trivial details.

Oschner Park

We went last Sunday afternoon to Oschner Park. Kind of disappointing. I'm not sure where all the animals went. Oh well, Brendan was happy as can be just roaming free. No chance of losing him there. Afterwards we went to Menard's to pick out his swingset. He was able to play on the floor models there. Who knew Menard's could be so much fun?