Easton finished up swimming lessons this week and got an awesome certificate of completion from the pool. Before his last day on Friday he jumped off the diving board again and even learned to hang from the side, go under water and safely climb the ladder.
Thursday I picked the boys up from daycare. Marilyn was showing me how Christian likes to play Ring Around the Rosy with everyone. Once they were done we were talking about how close Christian and Charlie are to walking. Marilyn stood Christian up in front of her and he proceeded to take his first two steps!! We were all so excited. I was excited that I was there to see it! When we got home I told Tyler about it and tried to get Christian to do it again. It took a couple tries and he finally took a step for him to see. Charlie, liking all of this excitement, got in on the fun too and showed us all how he could start walking too! He took his first steps as well!! Way to go boys!!
Saturday we decided to pack everyone up and go to the Farmer's Market. It was a little rainy and not as many vendors as normal so we didn't end up staying too long. By the time we were on our way home the rain was going away and the sun was coming out. We decided to go to Oxbow Park and visit the animals in the zoo. I guess everyone else had the same idea. It was pretty busy out there. We got to see the Otters swimming, the Bear finding food hidden in his cage, the Cougar pacing & waiting for his lunch, the Prairie Dogs eating their lunch, the Turkey gobbling at everyone (all 3 boys thought it was hilarious), they got to pet the Calves and baby goats (I know they're called Kids, but didn't want to confuse anyone by saying the boys pet the kids ;)
Easton thought it was hilarious when the goat licked him
All the boys watching the Turkey walk around and gobble at everyone
The Prairie Dogs really know how to share their lunch
The Badger was being lazy
On our way out of the Zoo we stopped to see all the Owls and Eagles
Next week we have a trip to Como Zoo (in St. Paul) planned with some friends!!
When we're not out and about having fun we're having fun at home.
These 2 hooligans like to get into trouble. They were both banging on the window and when Mom told them NO, this is the reaction I got from them. Priceless. Can you tell which one is the instigator of all the trouble making?
And of course, like father like son (except Tyler isn't running around in his underwear)
We read a lot of books too :)
We didn't think we had a lot going on this summer, but we were looking at our calendar yesterday trying to figure out when we could go visit friends in Wisconsin and realized we have a lot more going on than we realized! Our weekends are filling up fast. I guess we'll have a lot to post about in the coming weeks!!
