August Update

We have had a very fun August!! 

Here's the rundown...

Our Softball Team, BUZZ.....FINALLY won a championship!!  Matt and I have been playing for about 8 years now, so it has been a long time coming for us.  It's getting harder these days to play - with two kiddos to care for in between innings!  Matt and I usually trade off innings, but we also have some very awesome fans (Bonnie, Rachelle) who make it way easier for us to play most of the game. 

Here's our team picture with the kiddos on the team getting in there as well.  :-) 

Matt's Father's Day charter fishing trip was a huge success.  He and Joel got 4 fish to bring home - one of them is pictured here! 

Maddie gets her exercise every day by jumping in her bouncer.  She LOVES it.  I'll post a video of this soon, but let's just say that if you are in the basement - it sounds like she is coming through the floor.  :-)

Then, it was Anika's first birthday.  Our group of friends felt the the most appropriate gift would be a pink drum set - decorated with Minnesota stickers!  Caden loved the drum set - we might have a great idea here for a Christmas present.  The kids all took turns and now Anika's house is the place to be for the kiddos.  :-)

Happy Birthday Anika!

It was Jackson's 6th birthday this month!  His party was at the community center in the gymnastics room!  Caden loved the party, and is also starting gymnastics class this week.  This got him warmed up for the class.  He is turning out to be quite the daredevil - he jumps off of everything that he can.  Joel is here helping him out on some of the equipment. 

What a fun party!!  Happy Birthday Jackson!

Maddie has also started solid foods. Well, she's been eating yogurt since she was 6 weeks - so actually, she has expanded her menu items.  Because the yogurt has such a strong taste, she doesn't like regular oatmeal and rice cereal - I have to mix it in with the yogurt she eats.  Veggies will be interesting when we start those this week!

 I had to post of picture of Maddie's hair.  It's out of control.  Instead of measuring how much she has grown every month, maybe we should be measuring the length of her hair!