Aaaaaand... we're off!

Well, we're off with a bang into some summer fun!  We did a CRAZY trip to Ikea with the Worsts.  Two mommas and six kids was a bit ambitious on our part, but we made it and purchased at least some of the items we intended to.  

Isaac's making great strides this month.  Look at how strong he is!  We recently moved him in to sleeping full time in his crib in his own room.  Just last night he slept from 10pm-6:15am, not too shabby!  The hair is just NOT going anywhere and I love it.

 The boys and I spent the night before Isaac's baptism at my parents house as Mike had to go to a wedding and it just made things easier in the morning.  Uncle Josh and Noah got creative with a box.  This is an IronMan variation, can't remember the model name but I'm sure Noah could tell you.

 The night before Ike's baptism we saw a rainbow (nice timing by the big man upstairs, eh?).  Noah was thrilled, "It's the first real life rainbow I ever saw!"  So we had to capture the moment.

 Pinterest is quickly becoming our go to place for projects.  This last week we did Duct Tape rocket ships.  Yes, we have Spiderman duct tape.  Are you really that surprised?

 Roselle had their community garage sale and I scored BIG.  I had been trolling around all morning searching for superhero stuff only to find massive amounts of things that my boys would not be interested in (barbie scooter, dora roller skates, etc).  Towards the end of my 2 hour window, thanks to grandma for babysitting, I came upon this great playset.  For 35 bucks you can't go wrong!

 The boys LOVE it and I love that we can play outside for hours in the shade.  It is fantastic.

 And Ellie even likes the "clubhouse" area below.

 We went to Fred's baseball game in Palatine.

 Spunky Dunker's donuts in the morning sunshine, don't mind if we do!

 Another project: homemade birdfeeder.  The plans called for a cutesy bird picture on the outside.  We had to change that up.  We haven't had many winged visitors, perhaps they are a bit intimidated...

 Mike and I realized just how much you can get done in a real 2 day weekend with 2 adults at home.  It was great and of course the boys got face paint!

 What happens when you leave them to wash their newly discovered rocks for the rock collection while you feed the baby?  Well, at least the rocks are clean...

 Noah is taking an "Intro to baseball" class with the park district.  It's not like organized, team, t-ball.  They simple practice skills like throwing, catching, and batting.  It was a little hard because the bat was much heavier than our plastic t-ball set one from home.  But he's still improving and enjoying himself.

 And chub-chub baby has begun bonding with his doggie.  He's definitely interested in watching her move around the place and smiles a lot when she comes near.  Ellie on the other hand, enjoys snuggling up to him.  I think she's thinking "whew, this one is calm and won't jump on me."  Not yet, at least.

 So the summer fun has begun!  Plenty more to come :)