July 4th Vacation Week

Getting our sillies out at the splash pad before the drive to grandma's house. 

Redecorating grandma's house.

We bring our crazy with us wherever we go.

Doodles made a friend. 

Ellybear helping out with dinner.

Doodles too?

Hiding some special presents for grandma to find after we leave...

Nathan does his best to be polite, but we forgot to give him a napkin.

Fun fact:  Doodles loves cat toys.

Nathan working on his photography skills.

He took videos too....

Story time!

Playing at the children's museum in Sheboygan.

Giant lite brite

Fishing with grandma.

Sampling today's catch...

Fun Rube Goldberg machine.

Wawa!

Elly trying to erase everything grandma writes.

Cheeburger.

Grumpy girl refusing to pose for a picture next to the cow.

Fresh milk...?

Showing off the picture Elly drew for grandma.

What's in here?

It's Ella!  (Doodles can't say Elly yet)

Waiting to get back in the pool.  It started raining 2 mins after we got there and they cleared the pool.  We got in again and 2 mins later there was thunder and they closed the pool.  Bummer.

Ice cream after the pool closed.

Nathan didn't want to share mommy's ice cream with mommy.

On the magic school bus at Bookworm Gardens. 

Working on a fairy house. 

Wawa!

A Doodles 'then and now'.

We built a pretty awesome fairy house.  Some might even call it a fairy mansion. 

Testing out the three bear's chairs.

Click Clack Moo!

Doodles once again drawn to something that might hold wawa.

Trying to steal someone's glasses.

Macaroni!

Doodles taking selfies at dance class again.

Playing after dance class.  (No pictures from dance class this week.  Elly got her costume and we don't want to give anything away before her big recital.)

Nathan does some cooking.

Fruit box!  Time to take a bite out of everything!

Puppy seems unsure about this situation. 

Elmo came over for hot dogs.

Silly guy!

Elmo likes relish. 

Chocolate pudding for snack time!

Doodles enjoying daddy's cool mist zone.

Picking berries. 

Daddy/Doodles day at the grocery store.

Elly working on her backstroke at swim class.

Dirty, dirty Doodles.

The picture doesn't quite capture it, but our kids looked like they belonged in a Dickens novel.

Day at the zoo.

Bucky!

Another 'then and now'

Look! Mulch!

Look who can just reach the pedals on the tricycle!

Mr. Wawa playing a game of 'keep it in the pool' with daddy.  Daddy lost.  A lot.  Big time. 

Daddy also lost at a game we're calling 'Two kids tackle daddy over and over'.

Doodles loves to eat googlie eyes.

But at least he is polite while doing so.

Making waffles.

Crazy art time.

Unplanned swimming time at Salmo Pond.

Baseball and snapdragons.

Cruisin'

Elly working on her poster for her 'Big Cheese' week at school.

Watermelon popsicles.

Doodles played in a bucket of dirt for a good 45 minutes.

Elly helped Nathan finish his first puzzle.  Much excitement followed.