Happy Christening, Mason!

We were all excited to finally meet Baby Mason.  Dylan and Logan already can't wait to have a sleepover with him.

Congratulations Mike and Tessa!

Sussex County Fair

For the past three years, we've been going to the Sussex County Fair.  This year, we brought Jaden with us to enjoy the farm animals, tractors, and carnival rides.  Dylan remembered the place from the year before and knew exactly where we needed to go for his favorite parts.  We were so impressed at how everyone behaved themselves.  The weather was perfect - warm but nice and windy.  We all had a great time!

Three boys packed in the back

 Always our first stop -- feeding the horses, donkeys, sheep

we were outnumbered.. thank goodness for the strollers

 

 

 

 tractors, tractors, tractors.. did we say tractors???

Jaden working on his walking and balance

 

sitting together watching a show about yummy veggies

 

 brotherly love

We think they are getting sick of looking at the camera

enjoying a couple of rides

Kid knows how to nap!

Mommy's Date

While DD went to summer camp, Mommy enjoyed some one-on-one time with Logan, or as he called it - "our date".  Every morning, while Dylan got ready for camp, Logan would walk around the house asking if we're going on "our date".  We'd have breakfast at Panera, run errands, go shopping, and have snacks at cafes in Sparta.   Although Mommy and Logan very much enjoyed each other's company, Logan couldn't wait until we picked up DD. 

having a strawberry smoothie at Panera on one of our dates

Camp Sacajawea

We've heard a lot of great things about Camp Sacajawea in Sparta so this year we registered Dylan for one week just to see if he'd like it.  And he LOVED it.  Everyday they had different activities (carnival day, crazy hair day, princess day, arts and crafts day, super hero day) and he was excited to participate in all of them, except for the princess day.  Ha!  He wanted to go for another week, but our crazy summer days just wouldn't allow it.  Next year, we'll have to plan better and make sure he can go for at least a couple of weeks; this time, Logan will be old enough to join him.

his homemade super hero cape - Thanks Daddy!

crazy hair held by some super duper hair gel

Birthday fun

The eve of his birthday, we sneaked into his room to decorate with balloons, a banner and streamers.  We wanted to surprise him first thing in the morning when he woke up.  At 1:45am, Dylan came walking into Mommy and Daddy’s room – "I saw balloons in my room.  It’s my birthday.  I’m so excited".  He jumped in Mommy and Daddy’s bed and went back to sleep.  Mission FAILED!  But he still did wake up the next day, remembered the balloons and ran to room to check it out.

Before Daddy headed to work in the morning, Dylan opened his presents.  His electric scooter (from Mommy and Daddy) and new Hess truck (from Logan) made his morning.  He spent part of his morning playing with his new toys.

We were all packed and ready to go to the lake when the clouds got dark and lightening started. Apparently, Mommy missed the forecast for thunderstorms and lightening.  We waited it out hoping for the sun to come out and sure enough it did with still lots of time to head over to Tomahawk Lake.  We jumped into our cars (after Dylan blew out his cake from Lolo and Lola) and headed out to celebrate Dylan’s birthday (again!).

We were glad Grandma and Lolo were able to join us with the cousins, Ate Cece and Baby Jaden.  It’s been awhile since Dylan had been to this lake and Logan was still a baby the last time we went so everything was new to them.  They spent hours going down the slides, playing on the lily pads, bouncing on the inflatable platform and building sand castles.  Grandma even treated the kids to a paddle boat ride.  So much FUN!

Next time, we’ll have to bring along all the other cousins, titos, titas and grandparents for a BBQ.

After the Tomahawk Lake, we headed home to have dinner, ice cream cake, cupcakes with Daddy, Ninong Jeff, and Tita Juli – we missed them at the lake!

Happy Birthday Dylan – hope you enjoyed your 5^th Birthday!  You are OFFICIALLY 5 years old!

(mismatched pajamas due to having an independent 5 year old who insists on changing himself).