Weekend at Papa's (not to be confused with weekend at Bernie's)

Last weekend we went to Papa Don's. Dad had business at the Aurora Caterpillar facility. On Saturday, we also went to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Anderson's house to celebrate Hailey's birthday party. We had pizza and a cake that Hailey decorated. Matthew ate all of the sugar cookies off!!! I also had a great time with Uncle Ben. Mom made him change a few diapers *hee hee*.

Illinois State Fair

Hello All!! On Friday, Dad took a half day vacation and we headed to the Illinois State Fair. We all had a wonderful time and both Aidan and Ethan were perfectly behaved!! First we went to see all of the animals. Because it was nearing the end of the fair, there were fewer than we would have liked, but we still enjoyed them none-the-less. Aidan loved the cows. He even enjoyed milking one. He got a special button and a free half-pint of chocolate milk for his endeavor.

It was hot, but not a scorcher. We had to take a break in a 4H building to cool off. There were neat displays of butterflies and other insects pinned in boxes. Aidan liked the selection of bees and wasps. He reminded me how he was stung last week.
The animals in the stalls had lots of fans to cool them off, and of course, Aidan had point out all of them (including the extension cords). He was in a near "fan paradise".
In the Conservation World section of the fair, they had a pond where kids could fish. After listening to the instuctions (I hope this bodes well for preschool), he went fishing for the first time. He caught 3 fish (the max)!! Ethan was just trying to catch a nap.

By the end of the day (5 hours in Springfield) Mom had crazy hair, and Dad's feet hurt. But we had a blast!

Why take a bath when you have this....

Aidan decided he wanted to vacuum Ethan's "muffin head". Then Rufus joined in by licking his face, hands, and feet. Looks like I don't have to give a bath for a few days when I have such dutiful helpers!

A boy and his dad......

Just to irritate Jeremy, I'm going to post a picture of him as a strapping young lad. Do you think he looks like Aidan???

heat wave

It's hotter than Hades down here. Even Rufus doesn't want to go outside. I really want to get back to the landscape cleanup, but this weather is really trying my patience.

Me and the Boy

Relaxing with my eldest.

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA

So we went back to Beecher this weekend to attend the funeral of Jeremy's Great Uncle-in-law. We didn't really make it because Aidan decided to play around in Ethan's portable swing and planted his face on the floor. One tooth through his lip and one trip to the ER later.....Oh the Drama!!

Then Brad stole his pants and decided to use him as a human football. He got a little relief in the corn.