Cut off...

I got a call last night from my mom! She told me my inheritance is being taken away after posting those pictures of her! I told her that they just prove how much of a "cool Nana" she is!! And, assured her that they could have been a lot worse (better!!)......

Sand Dune City!

Pupsi, Nana, Auntie Susie, and Annika are picking rocks out in what will be a hay field for the little horses. I had Issy on my back, so I couldn't help (grin!).....so I was just there to chat.


The new house! It looks so nice and we cannot wait until its done! I've asked my dad in the past if there is going to be a charge to stay and play! It will be so much fun.

Issy was in this pack for 3 hours! She loved just riding around. She is sleeping here...


Annika looks like she is in the Grand Canyon of Wallace, MI!! Annika refers to these as the sand dunes and can't wait to play on them next time we go to Chuck and Buck's house! Too bad they'll be gone next time!

And who is this??? Oh....its Nana!! I knew she'd be up there when she saw how much fun Annika was having. I didn't get any pictures of her sliding down, though. Actually, it would have been better to have a video camera!

Let's play Nana of the Mountain!


I bet Annika went up and slid down 50 times. There were 3 huge mountains like this, so she kept alternating them! The kids did get dirty, though. Erik and Alaina were there the next day and they all completely destroyed their clothes. Even Nana Shirley couldn't get them clean! But, the laughs were worth it.


Now today I have to make bread, cinnamon rolls, and hamburger/hotdog buns. And, Erik has to help make more cookie balls! Auntie Lissy (Ante Lise) and Uncle Brian are coming tonight, so we have to get all ready for them. That will be fun....they'll be here until Thursday....we are going to a Cubs game tomorrow and am not sure what we are doing the rest of the time! I'm sure it will be a little overwhelming to get dumped into a family with 4 kids for 6 days!

Have a great weekend!!

YEE HAW!

Here's Caleb digging at the construction site!


Chuck and Buck were pretty excited to be ridden! Erik did fall right off...he kind of slid off, saddle and all! But, he got right back on. That was the first time Chuck (the dark one) had a saddle on! He did pretty good! Alaina got a little scared, so the riding didn't last long, but next time everyone will feel a little more confident!



Annika had no fear! She and Chuck could have gone all day! She just bounced around and laughed.


Here's Alaina and Erik on top of the mountain! They are really going to miss these sand piles when they are gone! (I'll go into greater detail about this tomorrow...I'm too tired now and need to get to bed! I have more fun pictures of the "sand dunes" as Annika calls them!)

4 wheelers!

Pupsi is having a good time with the kids....can you tell??! we went to Amy's for dinner (actually it was a David Cook party if you asked Alaina)! Alaina is riding Rosebud....she did very well! It was funny to see Rosebud come around the house with Caleb driving, though! Uncle Aaron was following close behind pointing at which way to go and he would turn in that direction! Caleb already wants to ride the 4 wheelers all day anyway!! That won't be enough....now he'll have to drive by himself!!

2 Wheels!

Erik was so excited to finally be able to ride a 2-wheeler! He practiced with Tim all day on Saturday up on "the hill". I was gone and didn't get to see him, so on Sunday morning he got up and told me that he just couldn't ride without his training wheels. He said he tried and tried, but it was too hard. Of course, he wanted me to be really surprised when he jumped on it and took off down the driveway! He had a permanant smile on his face and even sang while riding. It was so cute and he was so proud! The most exciting thing was the mud puddle at the end of the driveway!

Fat Wip

Whoops!! A little boo boo on the "wip". Annika is pretty tough....she just went with Tim to get grass bags and came home with a McDonald's ice cream cone. She said the ice cream made it feel better. :) And, while we were at Costco today I was never so excited to come across "freezies!" I just can't get myself to by the regular freezies and have been looking and looking for a "kid" popsicle that is not loaded with sugar (or the fake stuff) and that doesn't cost a fortune! Well, Mott's (100%juice) has a freezie!! There are 40 in the box for $7.99. How exciting!!

I always like to have frozen stuff on hand for accidents like this!

7 months

Time flies! Issy turned 7 months on the 19th. Isabel had a "first" and a "last" today. When we were at Costco she sat in the seat like a big girl! It was fun having her right there in front of me. Annika sat next to her (love the 2 seater!) and ate a Churro....a.k.a. fish stick! Erik started calling them fishsticks a long time ago, and it stuck. Well, Issy was not going to let Annika eat it by herself! She had to have many bites, as well. And, to think you could get a sample without having to share?? Nope! She is just a big girl all of a sudden! So, along with the "fish stick" she had curly noodles with marinara sauce, spinach ravioli, and a hunk of cheese.

She took her last bath in the kitchen sink today. For one, she kept flooding it over the side even though I didn't put very much water in it and she, also, kept trying to escape to reach things that were on the counter! No more for her. She has officially graduated to the big tub. It was just convenient to have her in there b/c then I can see what is going on in the backyard.

Erik still wishes Issy was a boy. Today Chloe was sitting by Erik, Annika, and Tim and Erik asked Tim if Chloe was a boy. Annika said she was a cute little girl. Erik decided that there are too many girls and that Chloe should be a boy. You can imagine the conversation between Annika and him! He compromised on calling her a "girl-boy".