Eight

Today Paul and I celebrated our eight year anniversary! We enjoyed the day to ourselves while the kids were at day care. We headed to the casino and then had a late lunch. It was great to have a day to ourselves!

Minnesota Zoo

On Sunday, we decided to go to the Minnesota Zoo. We usually go to Como Zoo, but decided to try this one instead. Paul and I were there seven years ago and wanted to see what it was like now. First we went through the tropics trail. Of course, Ashton loved the turtles. Carson liked the fish.






Then we went to see the dolphins. Ashton really enjoyed watching them swim around.




After the dolphins we rode the monorail. They boys really liked to look out and see the animals.



Lastly, we went to the farm area and rode the tractor. This was Ashton's favorite part of the entire zoo!

Quack Quack

We headed back to the duck park on Saturday. Last time we were there, the babies weren't born yet, so there wasn't too many ducks to feed. This time, however, there were plenty to feed! The boys had fun throwing bread to the ducks.

Quick Trip

Last weekend we made a quick trip to Fargo to visit Grandma and Grandpa W. We made a stop at the Children's Museum. It was the perfect size for the boys to run around in and there wasn't too many people there. They did some shopping and painted pictures for Grandma and Grandpa.




Then we rode the train and played outside on the playland.





Of course there was swimming on both Friday and Saturday nights. They had fun going down the slides and swimming with daddy and Grandpa. Mommy and Grandma were the supervisors out of the pool!




We made a short stop at Allison and Ross's house. They welcomed their daughter Nora Grace on the 11th. So, it worked out that we got to see her. She's beautiful!


Then there was popcorn before bed and rides on the "choo choo" before we left!

Carnival

On Saturday they had a kiddie carnival at one of the local parks. It was raining when we first got there, but then started to clear up. They got to ride in a train. It seems Ashton found a girlfriend on one of the trips!




Their favorite was the giant slide and the bouce house!

Colored Eggs

When I asked Carson what he wanted for breakfast on Saturday, he said "green eggs, no red eggs." So, he got his red eggs.



Ashton then wanted blue eggs. So, he also got his blue eggs.

Bubble Machine

The boys loved the bubble machine that was at day care, so we decided to get one. It is pretty cool and you have continuous bubbles, so you don't have to do any of the work!

Swimming

I took the boys swimming at a hotel with Travis and baby Bella. I had to make sure they had their life jackets so it was a little easier to watch them both at the same time! Bella just chilled and relaxed.


The boys had fun. Ashton wanted to jump in by himself. Good thing Uncle Travis was there to help!




Carson enjoyed hanging out on the stairs. It took him a little bit to get used to the life jacket. But, once he did then he liked floating on his own.