No Naps....

So Braxton has not been wanting to go to bed lately...we put him there and he is wide awake wanting to still play. This is usually not like him...so I decided to try cutting out the nap...BAD IDEA! He did alright for the first couple of days. He went to bed smoothly at night and things were great. And then...he decided at dinner time he was going to just be mad at the world. We finally caught him on camera shoving food in his mouth with his eyes closed in between head bobs! There was some crying in the middle of this, but the whole food thing while sleeping was too good to pass up! Needless to say....we are back to taking naps!

The Dirty Dash

So this crazy lady (my mom) talked me into joining this crazy team to run in the Dirty Dash up in Midway. (Side note: she was so excited to watch and help with kids, but didn't realize she would be nice and clean in China at the time...gee thanks!) What is the Dirty Dash? A 5K for crazy people that consists of a lot of hills, a lot of obstacles, a lot of COLD water and A TON of mud! Honestly, if I would have been in better shape then maybe I could say I had fun. But seeing that I did no training, and hardly ever see the inside of a gym, the entire event was quite a shock to my body! We started out nice and clean, but had a very hard time staying that way. We do not have pictures of ourselves running it, but do have lots of pictures of the kiddos participating in the Piggy Plunge. This was the kids turn to play in the mud, hike up to the giant slip and slide, and wade their way thru the pig sty that was waist deep in mud. The boys had a great time (Braxton was done after the cold water hitting him on the slip and slide)! Trenton cannot wait to take part again next year. We will see about that.....if so....I will be nice and dry and clean cheering from the sidelines! Enjoy the mess!

I forgot to mention how much Nickolas HATES to get dirty. It is really funny to watch him play in sand. He doesn't really play, but puts his hands to his side with his elbows in and lightly touches it. Needless to say, this was not his thing!

They were so busy spraying us as we tried to get on the slide, that it was very hard to just sit on your butt and slide down the entire slide. So, I had to hold Braxton up and walk him down it. Trenton tried lots of times to ride it out, but ended up just bouncing himself down most of the way.

Daddy finally was able to get to us at this point, and not a minute too soon! Braxton was done after being sprayed, and Trenton couldn't move fast enough to get to the huge mud pit!

My cute boy did such a great job and made sure he made the most out of the opportunity to play in the mud! I love that happy face!

This is our crazy team once we all made it through the finish line. Josh ended up fully submerged into the sty...so yes...that his him in the back! And yes...I wore a swim cap and goggles as to not get a head full of mud, and not to loose my contacts!

Zoorastic Park

We love to go to the zoo! It is a small enough zoo that it only takes a couple of hours of wondering around to get thru the whole thing. This summer they brought in HUGE dinosaurs that roar, move, spit water and are just kind of scary! They have done a great job with them, and the kids loved them....at least the older kids did! We went up with Carmen, Lincoln and Erin to check things out. Carmie and Trenton thought the whole thing was totally awesome, the little ones...not so much. We steered them away as the big kids got as close as they can. Linc could not ever look at them without freaking out, Brax didn't do much better. I had to get a picture of Braxton's frowny face! He got a little bit braver towards the end, but was ready to leave the big scary things when it was time!