State Fair

We brought the kids to the Wisconsin State Fair recently on one of the hottest days of the year. I was bummed we missed it last year with moving, so we went in spite of the heat. We made the rounds early in the morning and headed out by lunch time.

Kyle loves all things truck related. Giant tractors included. 

The kids managed a pony ride. Near the end Kyle just asked to get down. He'd had enough.

We made a trip down the giant slide.

And we posed in numerous cut outs. 

And of course sampled delicious food, like cream puffs. (My favorite is still the fried Oreos.)

Still Summer

The weather's been hot. We introduced the kids to water balloons. Claire has quite an arm. Luckily they didn't turn on us and actually asked us to throw balloons at them. Win win.

Aunt Mimi took us to the kids' museum. It literally took the two of us to keep track of Kyle and he still ran off a number of times. That boy has a mind of his own. I think school with be interesting for him next month:)

We finished our soccer program. With great effort I kept Kyle on the field for most of the hour. I think he is happy to be done.

We were very proud of Claire and her efforts. After the first class she was a real trooper. (Secretly, I think she is happy it's over as well.) Back to gymnastics for these two.

Kyle prefers no clothes a lot of the time. I'm ok with it. As you'll notice with the pull-up, we are still potty training. He has mastered #1, but it not on board with #2 at all. 

I thought there was a break through last week when he was home with my parents. He had a success and got to open one of the wrapped presents I have ready to go next to the toilet! 

Were were back to square one a few days later...

A great shot of little blue eyes in the back yard (courtesy of Lucian, of course).

And a fun dinosaur at the park last weekend, Yee haw!