Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Even though Anders spends his life with a ball stuck under one arm and most nights he sleeps with one, I thought it would be a looooong time before I brought him to his first Twins game.  He is no where near having the attention span to sit through a game but every year Brian and Melody spoil us with some amazing tickets to a Twins game. This year all our sitters were busy, and I wasn't about to miss out, so Anders got to come with.

Fortunately we were in a suite! Told you, spoiled!

Mommy and Anders at his first Twins game.

He did well but still got a little antsy until Auntie Naty bought him a ball.

Balls have the ability to keep Anders entertained for minutes, and that's saying something.  He even sat and watched five minutes of the game with Uncle Jared.

Luckily there were lots of people to help keep him entertained.

And when all else fails, pull out the nuk. Best. Invention. Ever!

We Fest

Yep, you read that right, Brian and I went to We Fest. I haven't been in 10+ years but it was just as fun as I remembered!

On the Homefront

This picture is from "coffee with the ladies," one of Anders' favorite things to do with Grandma Dorla.

There is an impressive posse of five year old boys in the neighborhood who are nice enough to tolerate Anders copying their every move. Like when they are running around shirtless while packing heat.

A trip to the zoo with Daddy while I was at work.

A 31 picnic at the park.

Sending me a goodnight picture at work.

South Dakota

We spent a beautiful weekend in Clear Lake, South Dakota with the Grandma Dorla's side of the family. Usually this reunion is so hot we completely enjoyed the chilly weather.

Between Trips

Who am I kidding, we had less than 24 hours between these trips but some other time this summer we

celebrated Autumn's first birthday at The Lake House. For those of you who have had to hear about it, repeatedly, this is also the event where he "played on the girls bed."

We also crashed Sister's Day in Owatonna to check out Vivi's new digs.

Minoqua

My BFF moved to Mexico and now I'm lucky if I get to see her once a year. The good thing about BFFs is it is easy to pick up where we left off, except, we are both too exhausted after chasing kids all day to catch up. Sigh. But it was totally fun chasing these cuties around Minoqua, WI.  Thanks Vargas and Crawford families for allowing me to intrude on family time!

We visited a fun Children's Museum.

And played outside, a lot!

This is Anders version of rolling down the hill :)

This is my favorite pic from the trip. Some day Jake and Anders will probably be good friends(they don't have a choice, they are Mytrle kids) but right now, all they wanted to do was steal each others toys.

Home Sweet Home

We have been home this summer long enough to....

Set up a red neck slip and slide,

check out the lawn mowers,

stop to smell the roses big tires

and even run an errand or two.

 

Anders does this every time. It will be sad to me when he finally discovers he will never be strong enough to lift the Target ball.