Splish....Splash....

Cale seriously needs to come around this summer....I spent a good hour setting up water toys and his pool the other weekend. I mean, the whole nine yards....it was sweltering out and he was talking about getting outside in his pool like there was no tomorrow. Do you think he even so much as put a pinky toe in that dang pool???? NOOOO!!! I was about ready to flip my lid, especially when his answer for not wanting to get in the pool was because then "my shorts will get wet." Well, DUH!! Why would I not think of that! Of course he wouldn't want to get his SWIM TRUNKS wet...seriously.

So he barely ran through our little sprinkler either....and the only way we were able to even talk him into this was having the water barely turned on. Jason says "like father, like son" as he didn't really like water stuff either when he was a kid. I'm thinkin' "come on! It's flippin' 90 degrees!"

Cale thought it was much funner to observe the balls flying out of the sprinkler from afar
(after all, if he gets too close them dang swim trunks could get wet)

Who says curves aren't beautiful???!!!!

Keegyn made my day after all the huffing and puffing I had done trying, and failing, to get Cale in the water. She played and splashed in the water for a good long time! And then passed out from sheer exhaustion not long after!

Just our random days at home.....

As much as Keegyn can be a handful...(usually vocally) and annoy the pants off Cale, he still loves his little sister and insists on playing with her to no end. Here they are peeking out of the crib..Keegyn just trying to stay above the sea of stuffed animals!

Cale enjoying his new crane from Grandma and Grandpa B....I guess playing on the stairs is as good a place as any...right????
Beautiful Baby Blue Eyes

Whos's got the cutest butt in town??? "I do!, That's who!"

Ready for daycare...looks like she's heading off to her first day of school in her little mini!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!

(to our SUPER DAD!!)

This year, Cale had no trouble picking out which ice cream cake to get for Daddy. He saw the SUPER dad one and knew right away that was the one he wanted, saying, very seriously "we should get Dad this one cuz he's kinda super sometimes."

The only trouble Cale had this Father's Day was actually keeping Daddy's presents a secret...somehow he worked that into every conversation we had over the weekend. The kids and I went to Home Depot to get one of Jason's gifts, the weed hound, and it just so happened that later that day Jason was commenting on how his weed wacker wasn't working right. Well, sweet little Cale gets so excited about giving people presents and he just blurts out "I'm pretty sure we got you a new weed thing Daddy!"

HERE'S TO OUR SUPER DAD!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!

We spent the day enjoying the sun at Grandma and Grandpa T's. It was beautiful outside and the kids had a great time playing around the backyard.

They did everything from relaxing in the wagon (Keegyn) to digging for worms in Grandma's garden (Cale).

Cale and Daddy playing a little b-ball!! Cale's actually become quite good at hitting the ball. When he misses, especially after a few misses in a row, he gets discouraged though and wants to move on to something else. So now we've figured out that if we blame his misses on Jason, then he actually has more fun with it! So, if Cale swings and misses, it's because Jason either pitched the ball too high or too low....and sometimes it's even too high AND too low! (however that works!)

Poor Grandpa T! He can never catch a break with Little Miss Keegyn! She's sees Grandpa coming and gives him the look like "you better take a hike, pal!"

And forget about letting Grandpa hold her!

Daddy and his little princess

She was really digging the outside..she played with that leaf for a good 20minutes!

Last week, we decided to take Cale to Como Zoo....minus Keegyn! We had gone to the MN Zoo the week prior and Keegyn wasn't really digging the hot weather and the screaming, yowling monkeys. So needless to say, we didn't really see many animals and Cale was kinda bummed. Soooo....Jason took last Friday off and we headed off to Como....after dropping Keegyn off at daycare. (Cale thought that was pretty cool, too!)

This picture was just prior to dropping off our little pumpkin at daycare...poor Keegyn had no idea that we were getting ready to spend the whole entire day WITHOUT her!!! Cale, on the other hand, was well aware, and was plenty pleased by the idea of it!JOE COOL!!

(he still can't quite figure out the correct way to wear his "shades"...as you can see, they are bending his ears forward in the most uncomfortable looking way!) But at least now he wears them on his eyes, not on the back of his head!
Cale and "Mr Tiger"


Cale, Daddy, and the giraffes! Mommy's favorite!!!! Cale was actually loving the giraffes as well, which surprised both Jason and I cuz we had been talking up the polar bears for like a week before we went and he barely gave them a second glance!

Time out for lunch!

Of course, we had to make a stop at Como Town! The actual zoo area was totally crowded, where even I was a bit annoyed with all the people...Jason, as a given, was annoyed as soon as we walked up the front doors and we realized that almost EVERY elementary school was there for their "end of school" fieldtrip! So, Como Town was our escape...we got there before the school age kids grew tired of the animals!

Cale LOVED this ride...a fire truck with REAL water to put out fires! He could have stayed on that thing all day if we let him!

He actually was quite talented (not trying to brag)! He was actually hitting the fire most of the time! We might have a real life fireman on our hands!

Enjoying his unicorn sucker

Showing off his prizes of the day...unicorn sucker (most of which was on his face) and the wax polar bear sculpture that Daddy just had to have! (a favorite thing from daddy's childhood memories)

FUN AT HOME WITH THE KIDDOS!!!

PICTURE PERFECT

One more day at home with the kiddos....gloomy day = pajama day = messy house!!!

Look at my house!!!! Sad to admit that this is what my house typically looks like for most of EVERY DAY!!!

I SURRENDER!!!!!!

We have been very busy around here lately. With the weather being so beautiful, we just can't get enough of the outdoors! Even if it means helping Dad trim around the shrubs! Cale was so excited to help Jason get busy tackling the shrub trimming! Here he is...all ready to help...so proud!Getting a little lesson....pre shrub-trimming.....so as not to trim too much!
Cale much rather preferred throwing the "weeds" over the fence to our neighbors' yard...and Jason adds.."Good, that's where they came from anyway!"
(if you look hard enough you can see the little weed in Cale's fingers!)

Cale's task was to rake the shrub trimmings/weeds away from the shrubs...into the nearest garbage bag.
By the looks of the jungle in the background, they have a LONG way to go!

Time for a break! And they were only on shrub number TWO!!!

Always willing to take a photo with mommy!

Other exciting news....Keegyn now has moved on to cereal! We started this about a week or so ago. It's coming along, slowly but surely! It's funny how different Cale and Keegyn are (in EVERY way). With Cale, he would cry cuz we couldn't possibly shovel the food in fast enough...with Keegyn, she cries cuz she really doesn't want to eat it...she much prefers her bottle! But we're getting there!

Here she is right before her first "solid" meal!

Happy enough!

She loved chewing on the spoon...wasn't too fond of what was on that spoon!

Cale and Keegyn now bathe together whenever possible to save time. Granted, I know this can't go on forever...but I'm gonna milk it for as long as I possibly can!

And...it goes EVEN faster when Cale helps me wash Keegyn's hair!

We make almost daily trips to the park these days it seems. Cale can't get enough of swinging....

...and neither can my little pumpkin....

MISS SASSY PANTS
All dressed up on her way to daycare!

A day out at the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa T

...Enjoying the sun....

LOVEBUG!!!