Riley's Cute Qoute of the Day

Today at Tammy's (daycare) Riley made some interesting pancakes.

Riley:  "I am making dog pancakes.  Pancakes made out of dogs."
Tammy:  "I hope they are pancakes SHAPED like dogs?"
Riley:  "Yea, I'm making pancakes in the shape of dogs."

Ha!  Now that is funny! 

I love the sound of rushing water from a waterfall or stream

 

I love the feel of crisp cool air on a beautiful fall morning

 

 

I love the beauty of flowers blooming, colors of every kind

 

 

I could take endless pictures but they can't compare to the view at the moment in time

 

This world is so beautiful it's got me thinking,

What's Heaven gonna be like?

If earth is this good

Then Heaven must be a perfect paradise

 

 

Along the bike trail...

Austin and I took a walk on the Holmen bike trail today.  We wore our sweatshirts as it was a crisp and cool morning.  Very odd that it is this cool at the end of July but I like it when it isn't so hot.  Felt like fall outside today.   I was in the mood for some pumpkin spice coffee.  Still I am glad we have some summer left....winter will be here faster than you can think about it.

Puddle Stomping Fun!

We had a nice pour down of rain today.  The rain didn't last long and the sun came back out again after it rained.  Riley immediately went and got his rain boots out and begged if he could go outside and stomp in the puddles.  He was surprised and overjoyed to hear me say he could.

Sloshing in the mud

splish splash it is time for a bath

mid-air

 

Oh to be entertained by puddles again!

Austin's favorite place.  Sitting in a chair.

Visit to Auntie Kelly's in her new Condo

Took Riley to visit Kelly in Milwaukee this weekend.  We got to stay in her new Condo and it is amazing!  She has so much more space and it is so nice that she has an extra bedroom.  Riley went to bed about 9pm both nights and  never once came out of his bedroom.  He just hopped in bed, said good night and that was that.  He is a perfect traveler....I really enjoyed going somewhere with just him.  We took him to his very first movie, "Turbo".  It was a cute movie and Riley loved it.  He really got into it.  It was nice that Auntie Kelly got to share his first movie experience with him.  On Saturday we went to a waterpark and Riley was able to go down the two waterslides all by himself.  He must have went down about 100 times!  It was hard to get him to go home.  He had a blast and so did we.

 

  

 

 

At the Bird Sanctuary

Austin was 16 months old as of yesterday.  He is an adorable but stubborn little rascal.  He was always such a sweet, quiet and peaceful little baby.  Look out world here comes Austin the howling toddler!  Ha!  Don't get me wrong he is still my sweet and cuddly buddy but now he has a voice of his own.  He only has one cry and that is the "screaming until your throat goes horse" kind of cry.  Jason has nick named him "the howler".  He has a strong will and lets you know when he is NOT happy!  His facial expressions alone tell you exactly what he is feeling.  I love it though.  His personality is spunkier every day.  He LOVES eating Cheetos and he likes to try and feed himself now.  He loves eating with a spoon and if you try to feed him he grunts at you as if to say "No!  I want to do it!"  Babies sure grow up to be big boys fast.  Especially little brothers who can't wait to do everything big brother can do.  He also has a fascination with chairs.  Rocking chairs, kitchen table chairs, patio chairs, bench's, couches and any other thing you can sit on.  He likes to pull himself up all by himself and plop down like he is a big boy.  He  gives kisses on command.  He is a very affectionate and loveable guy.  Oh how I love him.

     Riley is doing great these days.  He is an awesome big brother and most of the time is very sweet to Austin.  He calls Austin "Bud" all the time.  Even when he takes his toys or has something he wants he will say "No Bud, give me that back."  It is sweet. 

Riley is really into playing baseball lately.  He loves going to the baseball field across the street and hitting balls.  Jason bought him a bunch of tennis balls so we can pitch to him and he can practice hitting.  He is a good little hitter and it is a good work out running after tennis balls for hours.  He also loves being in the water, he is always begging to go to the pool or on the slip and slide.  He loves his new daycare lady, Tammy because she takes him outside and plays a lot of fun things with him.  Last week he made us three cut out pictures.  It was his first experience cutting paper with scissors and he did a really good job.  We hung the pictures on the fridge.  He was so proud of his work!  Good practice for pre-school. 

Family drive to Chippewa Falls

Took the kids to the Chippewa Falls Zoo yesterday.  Our first family road trip in the new Subaru.  The drive to the Zoo was nice and peaceful and the car is AWESOME!  My favorite part is the sun roof.  Had fun hiking around Irvine Park and seeing all the animals at the Zoo.  Got a lot of walking in.  Stopped at the Leinenkugel Brewery gift shop.  Had a nice day.  The drive home was NOT as peaceful.  Austin screamed most of the way home.