Last weekend - fun and cranky

Last weekend was a tough one - but lots of fun, too.  About halfway through the weekend, we discovered that Kylie has a molar coming in so that explained her attitude, but Noah was pretty whiny also and we still aren't sure what that was about. 

Friday night, we thought it was going to be the last weekend of the pool (turns out they extended it so it's now open until Oct 2nd!!).  Anyway, we were trying to get the most of our last weekend at the pool so we took some sandwiches down for dinner and had a nice evening down there.

On the way, Kylie screamed, 'We're coming pool!!'

Noah had fun pushing Kylie and Abby in a raft.  So cute!!

Saturday morning, Waylon mowed the lawn and the kids and I went over to Savannah's for a playdate. Once we made it there and I relaxed a bit, it was nice (Kylie screamed the whole way there so I was a little high strung when we arrived!).

Beautiful Savannah

Kylie is starting to get into the dress up stuff

Lunch time!  Noah was busy watching a movie and opted to eat in shifts  :-)

We were hoping the kids would get good naps because we had our neighborhood block party that afternoon... but no such luck.  Kylie woke up about 20 minutes after she hit the crib.  We heard her wake up but she wasn't upset so we decided to let her stay and thought maybe she'd go back to sleep.  She never cried and never called for us.  She was just talking and playing from what we could hear through the monitor.  All of the sudden, we hear a door slam and the sound of someone trying to open a door.  Waylon and I looked at each other and ran up the stairs and Kylie was just standing on the other side of her door!!  She had crawled out of her crib!  We thought we might have to get her into a big girl bed but she hasn't done it since so we'll see....

Anyway, around 4:00, we took off to our neighborhood block party.  It was so much fun!!!  We seriously have the best neighborhood ever.  Everyone is so nice and participates in everything.  The last RSVP I saw had 85 adults and 79 kids attending!  We had BBQ catered by Backyard Bistro, a DJ, two big inflatables, a 'dunk tank', and a firetruck came.  It was awesome!

When we first got there, the kids were all over the place and it was hard to keep up with them.  After a while, Noah got busy with the 'dunk tank' and ended up playing with other kids his age for most of the party.  At first, it made me nervous for him not to be in our sight all the time but he did really well.  Kylie had a blast, too!!

Noah checking out the fire truck

Kylie LOVED the fire truck and didn't want to get out!!

The 'dunk tank' - Noah is getting ready to pull the string  :-)

Noah's friend, Fred, getting soaked (Noah is standing behind him laughing his head off!)  :-)

Kylie had so much fun dancing to the music!  It was so cute.  The DJ was doing a freeze dance game and she really got the hang of it.  She'd dance and when the music went off, she'd hold up her hands like jazz hands and say, 'FREEZE!'  SO adorable!!  :-)

Dancing

FREEZE!

All the kids dancing - you can see the fire truck in the background

Noah found someone's battery operated car and had so much fun driving Abby around!   So cute!!

Looks like a date to me!!  :-)

The kids started breaking down at about 8:15 so we took them home for bed and then I went back to the party for a while and Waylon stayed home with the kids.  Some of us ended up on a neighbors' back patio around the fire pit listening to their son play guitar.  So fun!!

The last picture of the night - pretty accurate.

Sunday morning, we had a lazy morning and then went to drop off my car to get some work done.  Then we went to McDonalds for lunch (didn't want to deal with a real sit down meal) and then the kids had a BLAST on the play area.  Home for naps and then Noah and I went back to the pool for a very short trip.  Then we were off again to pick up the car again and met Nana and Grandad for dinner.  Very nice!

Two last pictures to sum up our weekend.  :-)

When we got home, we had a movie night for the kids.  We watched How to Train Your Dragon and it was really cute!

Movie and popcorn

The weather is getting cooler so we can actually play outside without being in the water!  Noah started soccer at school this week and was so excited so they played soccer together outside one night this week.

This week is going to be all about getting ready for DISNEY WORLD!!  We are getting so excited.  We leave next Wednesday for Disney with Grammy and Papa for a week - and Aunt Leah is coming for the weekend, too!  YAY!