Time to catch up

I knew it would happen.  It always does.  I started out strong and then...wham...I am super behind on documenting our lives.  So, my goal for the next few days is to get caught up...here we go.  

Mike had to work last Saturday so he decided to take Friday off.  We told Ryan and Leah that it was "Special Friday", we didn't tell them where we were going, we just kept telling them that it was a surprise.  The kids were super excited.  We packed up the car, stopped at Festival Foods for our "car doughnut" and were off.  Here are some guesses the kids had as to where we were going -- Jamaica, the zoo, Grandma Joan's, Grandma Seston's, Bay Beach, the children's museum, the airport.  GPS took us a crazy way, and we ended up going through Amish country (it was kind of fun seeing a horse and buggy, or 3 again though).  For awhile I wasn't even sure where we were going!  Anyway, when we got closer we said that we were by Baraboo and asked Ryan if he had any ideas.  He said "The Dells...Waterslides!".  He was right!  Mom had given us free passes to Mt. Olympus, so we thought we would give it a shot.  We had so much fun!  Both kids loved the little water slides and the wave pool.  

I love that Leah is getting to be braver when it comes to slides.  She has so much fun once she actually tries them!

Someone wants to be just like Daddy.

Everyone loved the wave pool.  The kids giggled the whole time we were in there.  

Ryan asked me to take this picture.  He loved the big orcas.  

Fun!

Mike and Ryan waited in line to go down a bigger slide, but when Ryan got to the top the lifeguard told him that he was too short.  On our drive home, Mike asked Ryan what his favorite part of the day was, Ryan said "when the lady said that I couldn't go down the slide.  I was kind of scared".  Now I can't help but giggle when I see this picture.  You probably can't tell without zooming in, but he does look a little worried.  Poor kid!!  

Leah wanted nothing to do with any of the bigger slides, so the boys took off and Leah and I hung out by the little slides and then "after word" (a new Leah-ism) we got an ice cream cone.  

Leah wanted to take a selfie :)

Waiting in line to go down a really big slide.  

After a full and very fun day at the water park, we went to dinner at Macs (a macaroni and cheese restaurant), walked around on the strip and the boys got ice cream (Leah didn't eat her dinner, as usual).  It was  a very special Friday.  Ryan said it was "better than awesome".  

On Saturday we went to Arthur Marble beach with the neighbors.  We had a good time, but Eric ended up getting hurt, which was a big time bummer.  

All of the kiddos.  

Playing catch before the injury.  

Leah just wanted to play by herself.  I think she was a little tired from the day before.  

Matching swim shirts.  We didn't even do this on purpose.  

Building their village.

After we got home from the beach, we offered the kids some candy from the candy store.  Leah was eager, but Ryan said no.  This seemed really odd.  Mike asked him why not and his response was because his chin felt funny.  A few seconds later he was getting sick all over the kitchen floor.  He said he didn't feel sick and acted fine the rest of the day.  Before bed he grabbed the puke bucket and went into the bathroom.  I asked him if he felt ok and he said "Yes, I'm just going to get my puke out for the night".  I explained that wasn't really how it works.  It was pretty cute.  I am glad to report that it seems like it was just a fluke...maybe all of the excitement or the heat.  Sunday was a low key day with the kids second fun run of the season at night.  The kids did great.  Ryan finished in 3 minutes and 34 sec and I didn't catch Leah's time. 

All in all it was a pretty terrific weekend...except for breaking our neighbor, that kind of stunk!