Peek-A-Boo

This is a short video of me and Novak playing peek. His giggle is so adorable!

A few pictures from the past week or so.

Novak taking a nap =)

First day of day care at Lisa's. Liam gets to go this year and so far he loves it!
Dan's sister Karen had a baby girl, Sara, earlier this month. She and Novak will be best buds!

Dan and the older two "camped" in our backyard with the neighbors.

And as Dan says "his favorite day ever on the golf course!!" He took Connor to Enger Monday night and they both had a great time. Check out Connor's swing!!

Hope you're all having a great start to fall.

Novak's 2 months and one FUN weekend!

Novak turned two months!! He has changed so much over the past eight weeks. He's beginning to develop a loveable personality and has the most infectious smile with just the hint of a dimple. He enjoys splashing in the tub with his brothers, walks in the stroller/front pack and just being outside. He is starting to reach/bat at toys above him and His chill personality has made the transition from 2 to 3 kids an enjoyable one!! Stats as of 9/9/09 - 14.1 pounds 24 1/4 inches

So this past weekend we packed up and headed south AGAIN! We stayed with Dan's friend Chad Friday night before meeting my sister's family(she has two boys, age 4 and 3) at the State Fair Saturday morning. We spent atleast an hour exploring the city-block jam packed with John Deere tractors. The kids went on several carnival rides-Connor's been asking to go on a ferris wheel for awhile now and Liam inched his way across the swaying path in the fun house, holding up a long line of kids =). We ate corn on the cob, french fries and, of course, cookies and milk. We witnessed my brother-in-law eat deep fried snickers, oreos and a twinkie-YUM! We walked through the animal barns and had a blast taking in the large crowds of people!

Can't wait for next year.

We went back to the hotel for supper and swimming that night. I think Connor gained some confidence from his cousins(they swim quite well) and was jumping off the wall into the water then swimming the length of the of the pool on his own!! We couldn't believe it!

Sunday we woke up and headed to the St. Paul Children's Museum(after we jumped our mini van bc I left the cooler plugged in all night-whoops!). The kids spent 2 1/2 hours running all over that place, discovering new things even this time. Back to the hotel for quick naps then off to the Mall of America for more rides in Nickelodeon Land. Connor: bumper cars, pineapple jumping house, Dora bus and the fire truck. Liam also rode the fire truck and the carousel but was most fascinated with all the Dora stuff. It was loud and crowded but so much fun to see the boys faces on all the rides.

We finished the night at supper and ice cream with our dear friend's the Wheeler's. The kids ran around the restaurant and outside Dairy Queen until 9:30. It was so great to see them and catch up.

Monday morning we woke up, said good bye to the Claussens, swam then packed the car to head north again. We were pleasantly suprised with how managable this weekend was with three little boys at the fair, museum and the Mall but we think we'll stay home for awhile now. Thanks Claussens for coming up for another fun-filled, food dominated!!, weekend!!

My favorite part you ask: the black out shades that allowed us ALL to sleep until after 8 am both mornings!!!!