You probably don't want to know just how long I have been working on getting these pictures up. Not a few hours or a few days but about a week and a half. They are from Memorial Day and well that was almost 2 weeks ago now. It seems our summer has kicked off to a rip roarin start. We are traveling four weekends in a row. Crazy I know! The packing and unpacking is a little ridiculous. Not too mention a business trip has been involved in this too. Unfortunately stay-at-home moms don't have business trips so I get to stay home, imagine that. But some how I was still involved in the packing.
Oh, I digress....
The first of our four weekends away was Memorial Day weekend. We were traveling fools putting in over 800 miles, hitting both grandparents, a picnic, a 6-seater bike ride, a Twins game, a train ride, a zoo, Chipotle (totally worth the 800 miles) and Dinos Gyros (again, totally worth the 800 miles). Here are some lots of pictures from our fun weekend.
We rented a six seater bike to drive around the park with grandma and papa Cameron. The boys were pretty excited. We did this once before about 2 years ago. Let's see if I can find a picture.....
My how they have grown! Carson has the same look on his face...some things never change. I didn't get a very good video of our bike adventure this year. But you can check out the fun video from 2 years ago
here.
Carson likes to play shy for the camera. Declan on the other hand.....
he's a little ham.
I could use a bike like this all the time. So much fun.
My goal this summer is to get a decent picture of the boys, together, in this outfit. From the looks of things that might be easier said then done.
It seems Carson and Declan's favorite thing to do this summer is pick dandelions. Last weekend we were in the car and we passed a big field full of them and Carson said, "Look at all those dandelions mommy, I wouldn't know where to begin."
We took the light rail train into downtown Minneapolis for the Twins game. The boys thought that was the neatest thing we could have done.
At the game all the kids got wooden bats. We are know the proud owners of 2 wooden bats that are bigger then they are.
Look! Papa Cameron even played in the game. It seems he got a really dark tan though. ;-)
We didn't get back from the game until 11:30. The boys don't normally sleep in the same bed. In fact, they never have. But it seems when they are uterrly exhausted there is no time for goofing around and they pass out. I'm not even joking when I say they both were asleep in less then 3 minutes.
And they stayed that way until long after the sun was up.
Off to Como Zoo.
We love Como Zoo. It's free and it's perfect size. It's been awhile since we've been there though.....
Seems the last time was 3 years ago on Carson's first birthday.
And they are still trying to catch up on sleep from the past few weeks.
This weekend we went to a Twins game. The best part of it was...it was in a suite! I'm not sure I can ever go to a game and not sit in a suite again. Lots of room, lots of food, our own entrance, upfront parking and a great view were just some of the many perks!
Too much fun for one 2 year old.
Enjoying unlimited peanuts with daddy.
We went to the zoo where we mostly climbed on rocks and played on the playground.
Declan also rode the VERY fast carousel. Somehow Papa got chosen to ride on it, seeing how he and I have the weak stomach I'm not sure how that happened. But he was a trooper and rode not once, but twice. Seems Declan has the ability to ride things like that without feeling sick for hours after wards. Carson, I'm afraid to say, has mine and Papa's tummy.
We visited another park where we found a clown making balloon animals. Carson requested a red puppy and Declan in his indecisive ways first asked for a turtle, didn't like it since it was for his wrist, so he then requested a teddy bear. And he would go no where near the clown for a picture but he did say thank you.
They also had a bounce house at the park. The boys played so long they got kicked out.
And then we went swimming.
Where Carson had a blast with all the fountains.
Our traditional family photo on the REAL steam engine train. It's one of the neatest trains to ride. And I think the boys enjoyed it since they asked no less then 173 times if we could ride it again.
Apparently it was wear blue to the zoo day. Declan and I seemed to have missed that plan though.
Success! They are both looking at the camera.
Even the loud noise of the train whistle and the blowing steam couldn't keep him awake. When he's ready for a nap, he's ready for a nap. Good thing Papa's hand was there for a pillow.
All sacked out.
Like the bears
And the penguins (probably my favorite exhibit)
Carson was in animal heaven. Running around like he was on crack from animal to animal. He is definitely a fan of the zoo.
Time for a break and a snack.
We also checked out the gorillas (not just the ones you can climb on).
And before we left we hit the carousel. Not once...
But twice.
After 5+ hours at the zoo they crashed on the ride home., watching Transformers of course.
We rented a six seater bike to drive around the park with grandma and papa Cameron. The boys were pretty excited. We did this once before about 2 years ago. Let's see if I can find a picture.....
My how they have grown! Carson has the same look on his face...some things never change. I didn't get a very good video of our bike adventure this year. But you can check out the fun video from 2 years ago here.
Carson likes to play shy for the camera. Declan on the other hand.....
he's a little ham.
I could use a bike like this all the time. So much fun.
My goal this summer is to get a decent picture of the boys, together, in this outfit. From the looks of things that might be easier said then done.
It seems Carson and Declan's favorite thing to do this summer is pick dandelions. Last weekend we were in the car and we passed a big field full of them and Carson said, "Look at all those dandelions mommy, I wouldn't know where to begin."
We took the light rail train into downtown Minneapolis for the Twins game. The boys thought that was the neatest thing we could have done.
At the game all the kids got wooden bats. We are know the proud owners of 2 wooden bats that are bigger then they are.
Look! Papa Cameron even played in the game. It seems he got a really dark tan though. ;-)
We didn't get back from the game until 11:30. The boys don't normally sleep in the same bed. In fact, they never have. But it seems when they are uterrly exhausted there is no time for goofing around and they pass out. I'm not even joking when I say they both were asleep in less then 3 minutes.
And they stayed that way until long after the sun was up.
Off to Como Zoo.
We love Como Zoo. It's free and it's perfect size. It's been awhile since we've been there though.....
Seems the last time was 3 years ago on Carson's first birthday.
And they are still trying to catch up on sleep from the past few weeks.
