Big Brother/Little Brother

The boys have been playing with each other more and more everyday. Tyler helps us with Ryan, if we need to give Ryan something Tyler will give it to him. At night when we are putting the boys to bed, Tyler makes sure that Ryan is in bed and gives him a goodnight kiss. After we shut the door, Tyler plays with Ryan for awhile and sometimes he falls asleep in bed with him. One night I went in to check on them cause I heard Ryan fussing, I looked an Tyler is asleep in bed next to Ryan. It was so cute that we just had to take a picture. Tyler does his babbling talk and when he does this he is looking at ryan. After he is done talking I ask Ryan what he said and Ryan just looks at us and laughs. So I take it that it is something that we as parents are not supposed to know.

Splash Pad/Parade/ Taste of St.Cloud

Yesterday we took the boys to the splash pad. Both Ryan and Tyler enjoyed themselves. Eric took Tyler thru the water at first then Tyler went on his own. I pushed Ryan thru in his chair and just loved it, he kept asking for more. Afterwards we came home and we sat in our pool for awhile. We had a fun time as a family.

We went to the Granite City Days parade. We were there for about 1 1/2 hours and then we left because it started down pouring and the boys were shivering. During the parade they were throwing candy and we got a good handful for the boys. Mommy and daddy will probably get the most of it. I then got a shirt thrown at me, it is a pepsi shirt which would be nice but it is size large and I would only be able to fit it around my neck because of my big jugs.

Yesterday we went to Taste of St.Cloud. It was ok except on the flyer it said free food and other free things. We get there and the food costs. So we just walked around and looked at a few things. There was wave runners on the lake and a petting zoo. We were going to get a picture of Tyler petting the animals but of course our camera decided to act up. I hope everyone else had a great weekend.

Grad Party Weekend/Father's Day Weekend

This past weekend we went to Chelsey's grad party. The boys had a great time. Before the grad party we went to the park across the street and put the boys in swings. Ryan has always loved the swing, it was time to see what Tyler would think of it. He loved he, he kept smilin and didn't want to get out when it was time to go.

The boys had fun seeing some family and eating lots of food. Tyler was showing everyone how much of a big boy he is by eating. Tyler was sporting a new do. Daddy put it in a mohawk and he looked so cute. Usually Tyler doesnt go up to people that he doesnt know. There was kareoke at the party and Tyler walked his way up to it. Deb's mother picked him up and he was helping them sing. I don't know if he was trying to tell them something, but he did really good. When Auntie Vanessa went to get him to say good-bye he didn't want to go.

After the party we went to G&G Rollands house and Tyler found Pierce. He chased Pierce around the house with Vanessa's hair dryer. Poor Pierce was wondering what was this lttle boy doing to him. Tyler also went down the slide in the swingset in the backyard. He wasn't so sure about it at first til I showed what to do.

On Sunday we went to G&G Hedberg's house. We had some cheeseburgers and hotdogs on the grill. We had some funtime with family. I thought it was so cute when Ally wanted to go play with toys downstairs and Tyler went with. Ally grabbed his hand and held it while they walked to the stairs. We had a good time just gabbing and watching the kids play.

My little chef's

Tyler found the cupboard that holds my pans. He got them out and was using a spoon. He looked like he was stirring some food. He has helped me stir noodles and eggs. Whenever I am cooking in the kitchen he wants to be right there and see what I am doing.

Ryan had a little bowl with a spoon and he was stirring food also. When they get old enough they can make me my meal and I can rest on the couch.

Ryan and Tyler doing art work

Yesterday Ryan got some sidewalk chalk from the school and Tyler wanted to go outside. We went outside and wrote on the sidewalk. We have a broken tv tray and we used that for Ryan to do some of his handywork. Tyler enjoyed himself also. He wanted to stay outside but we had to bring them in for nap time.

Tyler's 1st haircut

This weekend we took Tyler to Fantastic Sam's and got his haircut. He did a great job sitting in the chair like a big boy. He didn't cry or anything. He looked so cute sitting there while the girl was cutting his hair. I told them I want him to have a boys haircut and to get rid of his wings. After his haircut was done he got a sucker. They taped some of his hair on a card and it says when and where he got his 1st haircut.

Ryan and Tyler's trip to the zoo

Yesterday we decided to take the boys to the Minnesota Zoo. We had 2 free passes that we got and it helped us with the cost for getting in. It was a nice drive there since Tyler slept the whole way down there. Ryan was asleep and watching the scenery. When we got there we slapped on some sunscreen on the boys and on daddy's head. Don't want any sunburns. We walked around the whole entire zoo. Ryan was just looking around, everytime we would tell Ryan to look at an animal he would just look at us. So we just decided that he can look for himself. We first looked at discovery bay and watched the dolphin swim around. Tyler kept saying fishy fishy. He really liked it when the dolphin swam right in front of where we were. We went and looked at the rest of the animals, but some of them were taking their naps. We went to the Wells Fargo farm house and Tyler petted a kid(baby goat). At first he wasn't so sure about touching it til mommy petted the little one too. We then went and had lunch, the boys were very hungry. Ryan had a stare down with a kid that was sitting next to him. The kid had down syndrome and they both kept looking at each other, I thought it was cute. We then went thru the Northern trails and saw some interesting animals. They have an aquarium that you can see from underneath and that was cool. Tyler kept saying fishy fishy again. Then we went thru the Medtronic Minnesota Trails. It was cool to see some animals from Minnesota that you don't see all the time. Daddy got a good picture of the bald eagle. He also got video of some coyotes doing some naughty stuff, if you get my hint. We then headed home. It was a long day for the boys, but I was glad that the boys got to see some new stuff. On our way home we stopped at target in plymouth to meet a guy that was giving us a gas grill for free. When we were about to leave, 4 deer jumped in front of his truck. Tyler just looked and wondered what they were.
Next trip we will possibly take is to the como zoo. I would like the boys to see other animals that they didn't see at the Minnesota Zoo.