Flashback

So, what have we been up to all summer? Having too much fun to post! Let's get caught up by heading back to spring and finishing off the month of April. What did we do in April?

We finally felt confident enough in Charlotte's motor skills to give up sippy cups for good. That's right, we packed up all the tops and bottoms and shipped them out forever. It was a joyous day.

We made an appearance at the Svithiod Spring Frolic. It's fun to get a little dressed up, but it's not the most exhilarating thing to do on a Saturday.

They upgraded this year from the one-man band to this actual band. Would have been nice except it was painfully loud and we couldn't hear each other speak. We left before the raffle was even over.

And headed instead to our favorite playground in the area where we met some friends and enjoyed the beautiful spring day.

Charlotte and I practiced t-ball so she would be ready to be the youngest player (at 2 1/2) on her 3/4 t-ball team.

 We attended a family fun night at Noah's school. This cupcake was the best part.

We went on a family hike. Charlotte, the devoted mommy, brought along one of her babies.

Wyatt wasn't feeling well that day, but we thought the fresh air would be good for him.

The turtle came right over to say hi to Charlotte

We also had an after-hike ice cream treat

Sibs sittin' on the stairs

Nick and I had a date night at a Robot Workshop downtown. We selected a racehorse. It was supposed to be moderately easy, but no. So I mostly watched Wall-E and enjoyed the popcorn and beer.

This little guy delivered us our popcorn.

We did end up beating the other couples (because hello engineer present) and our horse worked really well.

The kids attended a gymnastics birthday party for Avery and Ben

We painted tiny ducks

Noah passed all his sight word tests and was awarded this t-shirt. He really loves this t-shirt because he is so proud to have earned it.

Charlotte apparently had very important places to go

We found the remote that had been missing for over a year. Yep, I'm looking at you reclining chair.

Oh more ice cream, because ice cream is delicious.

Charlotte started taking less regular naps and instead would just crash on the couch. Stay tuned for an entire collection of irregular Charlotte naps because I just can't help myself.