Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Trevor’s Birthday, County Fair, Couch Climbing, and a New Hairdo

It has been a busy few weeks at our house. Last Tuesday Trevor celebrated his 35th birthday. He chose to go golfing on his birthday, so we celebrated on Sunday with his family and he came home early for cake and presents before golf on Tuesday.

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Taylor testing out Daddy’s new hammock.

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A little relaxation before golf.

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The Green Lantern snuggling with Trevor! Smile 

Last Thursday I was able to take Taylor to the county fair for the afternoon. He was so excited because they had an antique tractor parade that afternoon and a free lumberjack show. It was a perfect day for the fair!

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Let the tractor parade begin!

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An Oliver tractor!

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His favorite, John Deere!

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The one ride Taylor wanted to go on was the Merry-Go-Round.

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Lumberjack Jack running the log chute.

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Getting a block of wood signed by lumberjack Jack.

We now have three couch climbers in our house, which has made it a little more challenging to keep them safe.Addilyn, Oliver, and Micah are the climbers right now. Once they get on the couch the first thing they do is squeal with delight and sit so proud for a few seconds. It would be fine if they would just sit on the couch and play, but not Oliver and Micah, the couch is a great new place to chase each other and try to wrestle! Yikes what are we going to do now?

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Two of the climbers proudly sitting on the couch. This calm doesn’t last long at all and they are off and running.

Being Addilyn has decided to grow out her bangs she has needed a new way to keep them out of her face. Barrettes and headbands don’t stay in, so we have resorted to the Pebbles Flintstone do. When you are one you can certainly pull this hairdo off.

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What a cutie!

Seth is our gentle giant. He is now 22 pounds and often enjoys time playing by himself. He definitely looks up to big brother Taylor though and wants to play with him any chance he has.

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In this picture he was not ready to leave the blanket and touch the grass with his bare feet.

I tried keeping their shoes off when they were outside, so they would stay in one place on the blanket and not venture too far into the yard. That was a great idea for a few weeks, but now they are all comfortable with grass between their toes. Look our world, here we come!