wip 9.14.13

friday:
did some errands while my mom stayed with amelia. came home and cleaned.
nick went on a bike ride and we had a lazy evening with the kids once he got back.
but while nick was gone, i made ben some roads out of painter's tape. thank you pinterest!

she was thrilled by the roads. :)

saturday:
made apple crescent roll ups as seen on pinterest. {meh.}

watched capture while both kids napped. pretty cool show.
headed out to kids in capes at the fairgrounds.

ben got to reuse last year's halloween costume.

was a perfect day to be outside. really glad my coworker told me about the event. was for a great cause!

there were little stops along the 5k route where kids could get bad guys! 

and different obstacles and activities.

someone was super excited and kept running ahead. daddy was on ben duty and i just walked along carrying a sleepy amelia. 

trying to lasso in and bring back those balls.

miss kate was upset that i didn't wear my cape, so she gave me a special one!

batman and robin!

frisbees! dad and ben were stoked about this one!

time to get the bad guys with water guns.

really wish they had a shirt like this. i always feel terrible supporting one type of cancer and not another with my job.

there were refreshments afterwards. i didn't get a rootbeer cookie but heard they were fabulous! 

cheese! two of my loves.

someone still had lots of energy when we got home. so he took off on his 'bat mobile!'

someone is silly long. her 0-3 month rompers and complete floods. sigh...

article in paper about the event. and quoting the 'pressman' family.

sunday:
ran to gym first thing in morning, and then stracks. when i got back, nick got called out to work. :(

 

the super hero fun continued. ben was getting bad guys to keep 'mommy and baby safe.'

 

don't ask. it really wasn't up his nose. just perfect placement.

and camped out so he could use his phone that needed to be plugged in.

wip 8.31.13 - labor day weekend

friday:
mom and son dentist appointments. then errands. got ben some new kicks and took lunch to nick at work.

 

 

hiding after lunch at nick's work...

ben almost fell asleep in his cocoon! 

love our naps together. yay for grandma who spent time with melie! 

nick worked late, again. so it was mommy and kids time. 

went to bed early because we had an adventure planned for saturday.

saturday:
rennaissance faire with the coopers. 

we drove through a monsoon to get there. but we made it and the weather was perfect!

one of little miss cutie pie when we stopped at a rest stop. so chubs. so cute.

the kids on a swing. had to do a ride first.

time for archery. i think the big kids had more fun.

hanging out in the play area.

watching the jousting.

someone passed out while we watched the fire whip guy. was pretty entertaining! poor ben missed it!

jacob's ladder fun.

nick even tried. not sure why i don't have a picture of it. i don't have any pictures of him throwing the tomatoes at the heckler either, i suck.

we're done. ready to go and the kids are enjoying their swords. we took ben's from last year and bought miss wynnie one for her birthday. we technically don't exchange gifts. we go on adventures with the coopers instead. however, wynn insisted on buying ben this giant kitana sword for his birthday, so it was only fair that we returned the favor. apparently, swords do not count as birthday presents.

miss braiden showing off her tiara and the knights with their swords.

refreshment time before we hit the road.

made a stop for some starbucks on the way home. then nick got food. then baby had to eat. then baby pooped twice. i swear we were in the damn rest stop for like an hour! the joys of mini car trip adventures with a baby!

sunday:

go figure. amelia slept in. i got up with ben and daddy and baby slept.

came downstairs to this. apparently, someone had plenty of time to hide while i went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth!

nick went to his pay league fantasy football draft and i took the kids to my parents. my brother was awesome and entertained ben in the pool. hadn't technically been cleared to hang out in the water... ben loved it!

then uncle kevin snuggled up to baby amelia. ;)

monday:

labor day parade. 

i didn't take many pictures. thinking it's a good thing that i'm slowing down on the picture taking or these wip would be a nightmare. 

baby chillaxin.

ben patiently waiting for the parade to start. 

he asks all the time to take a picture with his baby sister. so cute. so hard to get a cute one. one of them usually has a crazy face. ;) these are three of the five i took. notice that if baby isn't cooperating then it's ben's turn...

nick took melia duty while i hung with ben. i guess he even changed a diaper while she sat in his lap. earned lots of praise for val!

after parade, nick went and played frisbee golf with his dad and uncle. the kids and i went home and slept! it was a long weekend!

the boys worked on ben's homework in the evening. he had to make a photo collage of his family. nick totally had to help, my ocd would have prevented it from being 'ben's' project!

the final project.