Memorial Day Weekend

We spent the weekend at the Nisswa Cabin with Grandma & Papa, Steve's brothers and their families. It gets a little crazy when we're all up there...the cabin's not that big and the kids keep getting bigger. Ethan and Ellie had so much fun playing with their cousins and the weather was perfect for playing in the water.
We did the traditional breakfasts, grilling brats, pizza at Rafferty's, the Chocolate Ox, playing in the water, boat rides around the lake, playing games until late...you get the idea.
It was a great way to spend the weekend.

What's up Ethan?

Ethan is still in love with his cowboy boots. He wears them all the time...while playing with his trains, doing dishes, at nap time...you get the idea. His favorite movie is "Cars" and he could watch it everyday and not get bored. You can see that he is even playing "tractor tipping" like in the movie with his toys.
We even got Ethan a "Cars" sleeping bag/mattress for cabin trips this summer, but he didn't want to climb in and check it out until after Ellie showed him how it was done. They play so well together and Ethan still doesn't mind sharing his toys with her.
Now that the weather has gotten a little bit warmer we've been able to get out of the house more and play at the park. We have some good friends that live walking distant away and have a little boy Cooper who's Ellie's age and a nephew (Boston) living with them that was born the day before Ethan. We've been trying to get together as much as possible. In the picture we stuck Cooper and Ellie in the swing together. Alone they are too small, but together the fit quite well. In the background Ethan is trying to get Boston to hurry up so they can get down the slide faster.

Creativity at work

I've been wanting to get a little more creative with Ethan, but it's hard when his attention span is so short. That is unless he's watching "Cars," which is the only time I see him sitting still for more than a few minutes.
Anyway, we did manage to make Valentines and Easter cards, die Easter eggs and make Easter cupcakes so far this year...

Muhr Spring Staycation

Instead of heading south to Florida for spring break we only made it as far south as Lakeville Holiday Inn (about 45 min. away). We spent the weekend with Steve's family playing at the water park on Friday night and then heading to the MN Zoo on Saturday.
The kids had so much fun playing in the water and eating snacks that it was really hard to get them to finally go to bed.
Saturday morning came way to early and was just chilly enough that we were glad we had our coats and that much of the Zoo is indoor. We took the train around the whole park and were able to see most of the animals from up high.
I hope you can see these pictures, there were just too many cute pictures to only blog a few.



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Ellie's 5 months old already

Our sweet little girl is growing up so fast. We started cereal when she turned 5 months old, and now a few weeks later she still can't get the hang of it, but all kids learn to eat eventually right? :)

She has been cooing and laughing at our antics and loves to watch Ethan run and play around her. Lately she's been getting better about rolling over and has found some fun things to suck on...like the baby wipes that happened to be sitting on the floor.

Everything is going in her mouth and coming out covered in drool...she just might get over that in a few years. (Ethan is still sucking on his toys...then again who wouldn't want to suck on rubber wheels from his cars.)

Up, up, up,...down, down, down,...

We had so much fun sledding today at Valley Place Park, otherwise known as "Crystal Bump." Ethan is still not quite sure about this whole sledding thing, but he did have a lot of fun too. Ellie came with us and slept the whole time. She was probably so warm and snug that nothing would have fazed her. Ethan on the hand could be heard saying "down, down, down" all the way down the hill and then "up, up, up" the whole way back up the hill. We are blessed with such good kids and have so much fun with them.
He was definitely ready to go home by the end.

Chuck E. Cheese

After having worked 4 twelve hour shifts we headed to Chuck E. Cheese for an evening of fun with friends from church. Ethan had so much fun running around watching everyone play games and played on some of the rides too. I'm not sure if Ethan or Daddy had more fun with the games though. :) Ellie and Cooper are still a little young, but they still seemed to enjoy themselves.