Weekend Part 1, Hotel and Milwaukee Zoo

We had a busy, fun-filled weekend with family!  Our weekend started at Best Western Midway Hotel in Brookfield where we met Grandma and Grandpa P for the night then went from there on Saturday to the Milwaukee County Zoo where we also met Grandma and Grandpa M!

Aiden fell asleep int he hotel room right before everyone wanted to go swimming so we hung out in there and watched from the balcony. He hadn't napped much all day so he needed it!

The butterfly exhibit at the zoo was pretty neat!

But the girls were scared to hold them

Aiden didn't mind!

He thought the reptile house was pretty cool :)

and these girls loved the snakes, goofy kids :) scared of butterflies, love snakes.. lol

The girls rode the ponies too, of course. One of their favorite parts.

I spy a monkey by the giraffes!

and they got to ride the carousel two times!

Sleepy boy on the train with Mommy

It was a hot, humid day but the humidity cut way down after early morning and it wasn't too bad!  I tried to stay in the shade with Aiden and the cool animal houses cooled us off in between, plus there was a breeze.  Thanks everyone for enjoying this fun place with us again this year! We even ran into Justin & Heather & kids, plus Jeff & Aleigh and Arianna.

Happy Birthday Ben!

Happy 26th Birthday to Ben today, a wonderful father and fabulous husband! We love you!

Three months old!

 Aiden will be three months old tomorrow, believe it or not!  He has transformed into quite the little boy the past couple of weeks, gradually erasing the little baby things away each day.  He's laughing, playing in his exersaucer, sitting up with much less help, sucking his hand, grabbing and feeling books and toys and whatever is within reaching distance.. hair.. clothes.. etc... to name a few.  He's recognizing people and things and has grown a great liking to this deer he got from his Uncle Tim and Auntie Mel when he was born.

 

Oh, and he's now into all of his 3-6 month clothes... I packed up most of his 0-3 month ones yesterday and put them downstairs.

 

We've been enjoying the nice weather this week, it was even cool enough one morning to wear long sleeves and leggings outside.  Tomorrow it's supposed to be 96, go figure.

The kids had fun doing this project earlier this week

Aiden still likes to spend his tummy time in the early morning hours with just Mommy :)

 Yes, he was reading a book here.. not quite able to turn the pages himself just yet but he was very much trying to.

The girls weren't really in the picture taking mood this morning, but I tried!

We have a fun weekend planned starting tomorrow night at a hotel in Milwaukee with Grandma and Grandpa P then going to the zoo on Saturday with them and Grandma and Grandpa M as well..  Then we'll follow my mom & dad home for the rest of the weekend with fireworks, a family picnic Sunday evening and maybe a parade and/or beach time somewhere mixed in there!  Hope everyone has a fun, safe holiday weekend!

Swimming

We had a fun family weekend which included lots of swim time.  The girls had their swimming lessons on Saturday and did great!  It was such a beautiful weekend weather-wise too, it was nice to get some much needed vitamin D!

Waiting for lessons to start

Aiden crashed in the shade with Daddy

Playing a game at swimming lessons

Taylor's turn "racing cars"

Aiden was up early with me one morning (as usual) and was just sitting here watching me on the computer, guess we need to get him a chair that's not pink or purple :)

I made the kids in the bed and they thought it was great :P

We went to the pool once it opened to the public. Aiden was napping so when he woke up to the brightness outside he wasn't too pleased.

He did have fun in the water a little bit, once he got used to the cold feeling of the water.. he hadn't been in the water yet except bath time.

Taylor was going under water and everything, she was doing awesome.  She also is jumping in the pool by herself now!

Hailey was just lounging watching Taylor swimming around. She did swim around a lot herself.. they said they want to live at the pool.  Sorry girls. We're glad it's so close though!

Aiden was loving kicking his little legs in the water then crashed right there, lol

So, Mommy & Aiden laid in the shade for awhile

But I did get some swim time too, felt great!  The girls enjoyed the water slide too several times. We need to get to a water park!

Hailey was out of energy when we got home. Not even enough to lay on the couch, lol

Missing Daddy this week...

Ben has been working and staying in Milwaukee this week, so I was thinking it was going to be extra long for me.  The kids have done well though, and it's gone fast thankfully.  I'm ready for a half hour of "me" time though tonight when he gets home, maybe an uninterrupted bath even!  The girls really missed their Daddy though, more this time than ever.  Last Spring he was gone for 4 weeks in a row, so we can't complain too badly! Work is work, right? Knock on wood! 

We didn't get to play outside too much this week as there has been a ton of rain, but we made due with indoor activities for the most part.

This little guy has taken up squealing... and it gets pretty high pitched! Not sure who taught him that! lol

First time Aiden was in the bumbo chair.. he was just smiling I swear, lol.  Maybe he doesn't like that it's purple!

Taylor loves having her friend Grace here for the summer, they act like sisters though now spending so much time together so they too need an afternoon "break" from eachother once in awhile.. we've broken out the leapsters or movie time and it helps break up the day.

These two were "helping" me fold laundry the other day :)

One of the many times Taylor wanted to hold her brother yesterday.. see Hailey in the bumbo chair on the couch in the background... lol

and there's Taylor checking out the bumbo

Goofy Hailey in the exersaucer!