The Fair

 

Ryan had to work late, so Grandma and I took the kids to the fair for a while after daycare today. Some more cages for them to stick their fingers in!

 

Brenley loves a pony ride!

 

Brody was determined to do the big slide by himself and he says it was fun. Not sure this face looks totally thrilled!

 

 

 

The rides were pretty interesting. I wonder how old some of them are?

 

We enjoyed a shake after we toured the livestock barns, but it made Brenley really mad because it was too thick to suck through the straw and she refused to eat it off the spoon. Eventually it melted enough for her to drink it.

 

Guess he had enough fair! Kind of felt the same way.

Sibley Park

 

Grandma and I took the kids to Sibley Park today while Grandpa and Ryan worked on the boat. Brenley is the brave one and sticks her hand in every cage.

 

We remembered to bring some buns to feed the ducks, but ended up feeding the fish instead.

 

Not sure what she was doing - probably trying to fit under the railing!

 

Brody climbed the rocks.

 

Grandma just got a new prop and wanted to see what it looked like in pictures. We have just as many or more pictures of Brody and the parasol, but we will just share Brenley.

 

She wasn't exactly sure what to do with it and wanted to drag it around, but it will be a cute prop for the girls.

 

Brody actually stood still for a couple of pictures! Then he had one taken in the tree with the parasol. Then they were off!

Baby #3

A yawn:)

We went to the cities Friday night to get a sneak peak at baby number 3. I think he is going to fit in:) I will see if I can find pictures from the other two- I bet they are pretty similar!

Fishing!

 

Brody went fishing at the river bottom with Grandpa yesterday. He is pretty proud of this catch. Grandpa took the picture with his phone. Must be practicing to get the big ones up north!

Haircut

Brody needed a haircut so we got the job done today. Seems like you bring home a kid that's 6 months older!

Playdate

 

We had a playdate at the Johnson's tonight. We were a little behind getting Hudson his birthday present! Grandma came along because she got a new lens for her camera today and she wanted to see if it worked.

 

The kids really played good together. Pax and Bren had a little time together in Pax's crib - mostly jumping and laughing, but this was a little hug.

 

The big boys played in Hudsy's room and they wanted everyone out. This was their "Smile, and I will leave" faces.  They were reading books together - so cute!

The Zoo

 

We took our annual "Meredith" family trip to the zoo on Monday. There were 17 of us! That's a lot to stick together, but we managed to most of the day.

 

Five of the eight kids - missing Henry, and Dylan and Chunmie's Nathan and his friend.

 

Fun in the goat pen. They soon had the mean one that knocked Brenley down pegged, and stayed away from that one.

 

It was a great day to see everything. Got a little warm, but nothing like last week!

 

On the monorail.

 

Two tired kids - Brody didn't even make Cedar Avenue before he was out. He was a great age for it this year!