End of Summer Fun

So the Summer is wrapping up and we've been having a ton of fun. Here are a couple snapshots:

Went out to Soph's house and went to her neighborhood festival, then had an awesome sleepover.

All this while Sid and Pax hung out with mom and dad at the Renegade Art Fair. This is the scene of the crime where Pax picked up a wad of already-been-chewed gum and proceeded to chomp on it for a bit. Yah, he's gross.

Been making a habit of waking Pax up by jumping into his bed and playing animals with him. Preeeeeeety sure it's one of the best parts of his day.

All three of us take swimming lessons on Sunday mornings and then the ritual is to head up to Dinkel's Donuts on Lincoln Ave., snag some donuts and sit on the sidewalk and eat them.

And then apparently Pax decided he didn't want to wear pants, so there's that.

The Waiting Game

Not much going on lately as we're in waiting-for-baby mode but there are a few things to report.

Mae got herself to the dentist and hopefully got all the mango out of her teeth (man that kid loves mango).

She also went to her first swimming lesson with our friend, Ana. Here's the catch: this is the happiest Mae looked all morning. Soon after this photo she began crying about not wanting to go into the pool and it went on for nearly an hour... good times.

Me? I've been just kicking it old school...

And I went with mom about a week ago and we got our nails done.

Other than that, we've got our bag packed and we're on standby til this little bird decides it's go time and wants to meet the world.

Memory-Filled Memorial Day Weekend

So Memorial Day Weekend was a huge success. First, a few days before the weekend I got in the mail a new castle to play in. The house that Santa had brought us finally became a tear-down, so we replaced it with a castle.

And this castle is awesome for many reasons, among them - it has a drawbridge for a door. But also because you can paint it, so I got my paints out and got after it, and now it is a colorful castle.

It was also a memory-filled weekend because it was the first time that Mabel got drunk. Kidding, but Dad and I walked into the kitchen to find this scene. Something tells me this actually happening is closer than any of us would like to even think about.

We got a couple hours of swimming in as our pool opened. No photos though, no cameras by the pool.

And lastly, we got a new bike seat so the four of us can now go on a bike ride together, and Mae got her first bike ride in. Too bad her head looks like it's the size of an apple in the helmet.

We rode and rode, and then we stopped by Buckingham Fountain for some ice cream.

Bet you can't guess what flavor I had?

And then we rode and rode some more until finally, well, the weekend caught up with me.