Childrens Museum

After the Denver Zoo on the 5th, I thought I would take the kids to the Childrens Museum to play since we were already in close by. We bought a year memberships so we can go back and play more, our boys love it there. Will fell asleep in the car on the way over so he slept in the stroller for an hour of our stay there. Once he woke up I took the boys downstairs to the baby area. They have a very neat place for the babies and toddlers to play. It looks like the outdoors with fake Aspen trees and logs for them to crawl through. Joshua had fun painting, playing with bubbles, grocery shopping, and helping me build a little box for him. Joshua enjoyed the toddler area too, it was fun watching the boys play together and giggle with each other. I am looking forward to our next trip down there.


Joshua painting


Joshua painting and Will snoozing


Joshua and I


Bubble on the wall


A bubble filled with Gas that is falling down and Joshua is trying to catch it.


Will sleeping


Will having fun in the baby/toddler room.


My boys


Will crawling through a log


Coloring


Will frustrated because he doesn't know how to sit down.

Bounce!!

On August 4th we took the boys to bounce in Loveland, CO. When Michael was at an interview this Spring I took the boys and they had a great time so we thought we would go as a family. Joshua LOVED going down the slides and jumping around and Will had a great time going down the slides with his mommy and daddy. They even had a smaller area for the babies and toddlers to play.

My sister Erin came to visit

July 29th my little sister Erin flew from Oregon so she could go to Gillette to be with her Fiance. We were all very excited to see here and didn't expect to see her twice in one year!!


Joshua and Jennifer playing in the back of the van. We got to DIA very early for Erin's flight so I put the back seats down in the van and Joshua and Will played in the back while they watched a movie.


Will enjoys playing with all the buttons on the car, I think he could do that all day.


Our 45 min wait zone


DIA


Will playing with my sister Wendee's cat Max. Will loves playing with all of her cats but this one in particular likes Will and sticks around for Will to play with him. He is old and blind so that might be why he doesn't run off quickly.


My sister Heather with Erin


Heather with Will


Heather with Joshua


Will snoozing on the car ride home.


Jennifer, Will and Joshua snoozing


Erin was talking about how ugly her toes were so I thought I would give her a pedicure. She just graduated from beauty school so I told her she isn't allowed to judge me. I washed her feet and put lotion on them, then painted them the only way I know how... from behind. She thought this was a very funny method but it got the job done and I think they turned out well.


The final product.


My excited sister ready to see her Fiance


Will, Michael, Jennifer and Joshua ready to go. We dropped off Jennifer in Cheyenne on the way to Gillette so it wasn't so crowded the rest of the trip.




We made it to Gillette only 15 more minutes to go.


My sister Erin with her Fiance Forrest. Congratulations you two!!!

Swim Date

On July 24th we went swimming with a family from the church we have been attending. They have two little boys one is three and a half and the other is only 5 days older than Will, they love playing together a lot so we have had a lot of play dates.




Will going swimming in his float on land. He doesn't care for the water much but loves playing with his float.








They have this big barrel that fills with water then when it is completely filled it dumps all the water out in a rush. It startles me almost every time.


Joshua decided it would be fun to be under it. He was a little nervous at first but loved it and did it again and again.

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year I took the boys to the dollar store and had Joshua pick out something he thought his dad would like. The first thing he said he wanted to get Michael was a book. Of course all they had were kids books or books for women so I tried to get him interested in something else. We were in the same isle as the office supplies so he picked up some pencils and said Daddy needed those, they had High School Musical on them :) As he was walking around the store he saw a box mix of cookies then a box mix of a cake and said Daddy NEEDED a cake for Father's Day. We walked around some more and he found a huge party hat and later some M & M's. I think he did pretty good!

Childrens Garden

June 11th Michael's Grandparents and Aunt were in Cheyenne so we drove up to see them all. That afternoon we took the boys to the Children's Garden in Cheyenne. It is so beautiful and Joshua had a blast, Will took a nap in the stroller. They had several sand play areas, a puppet theater, some places to play chess and other games, a pond, you could plant flowers (if you brought your own), Joshua and I even had a potato sack race. I plan on going back there a lot this year.