Woody Joins Forces with Buzz

We celebrated Kenny's and Andrew's birthdays while they were here in KC.  Since our kids love dressing alike, we thought it would be fun to do something similar for Erin's boys.  

After much thought, we decided Buzz Lightyear pajamas would be a great complement to the Woody ones our kids have.  I must say these are the cutest Toy Story kids I have ever seen!!

Lake with Zach's Family

Zach with 4 of the 6 kiddos

We headed back to the lake for another long weekend the weekend after the 4th of July.  Zach's sister Erin came to town with her three boys, and they were going to the lake with Zach's parents.  We decided to go back down so all the kids could play together.  Erin has three boys, all about a year apart from our kids, so it is a blast watching them play together.

Charlie and Jake before Kenny got to the lake

I love this picture

I actually got in the pool!

When they arrived at the lake on Saturday night, the power was out at Zach's parents' place.  So Zach's parents, Erin and kids, and Kelsey came over to our place for dinner.  Anna was already asleep, but Charlie was thrilled to see everyone.  Thankfully the power came back on later that night.

Anna now loves swimming on her own

Charlie loves cuddling with Zoe

On Sunday we had everyone back to our place.  It was insanely hot, so the pool was the place to be.  I kept Zoe inside since it was way too hot for her, but everyone else kept cool by swimming.  After that we made burgers and chicken nuggets and chowed down.  Something about being at the lake that makes you starving! 

We headed back Sunday afternoon and spent the rest of the week meeting up back in KC.

Lake for the 4th of July

This sums up our weekend

By the 4th of July we were going stir crazy.  It has been a ridiculously hot summer, and we just wanted to get out of the house.  Zoe was finally old enough, and I was finally feeling well enough, to head to the lake for a long weekend.

It felt so good to get up to the lake for some relaxing family time.  The kids just love it there!  Our complex has only 8 families living there, so it is very private.  There is a pool just outside our backdoor, which is awesome.  There is also obviously the lake to swim in.  

Charlie and Anna were most excited to get on the jet ski, though.  Zach was brave enough to take both of them at once, and they all had a blast out on the water.

We also have a small blow up pool and water table to use right out back.  It is great because I can have Zoe inside in the guest room with the screen door, and I can be right there on the back patio playing with kids.  It was a great first visit to the lake for the season!

"Eyes"

The kids love getting new sunglasses or "eyes" as they call them.  Charlie and Anna are obsessed with getting new pairs.  They are very opinionated on which pair they will wear with which outfit.  It is really funny!

We went to Target the other day because my sunglasses broke, so I needed to pick up a new pair.  Anna made sure to try them out for me.

The kids were so excited that I got a new pair that they started begging for a pair too.  Charlie has about 5 pairs of Thomas the Train ones, but he has decided that he has gotten to old for train stuff now.  How is he getting so old?!?  He picked out a new pair of Cars eyes and Anna went for a hippie style.  These kids make me laugh!

Maker Faire

Me and all three kids

There was an exhibit up at Union Station at the end of June called Maker Faire.  It sounded interesting since it was supposed to be full of things that people created themselves from technology to homemade clothes.  They billed it as a family-friendly venue with crafts, inventors, etc.  Let's just say the descriptions put out were very generous with outlining the exhibit.

Lego table!  Only one we stopped at

We got there and went to pay.  Thankfully someone gave us a wristband to enter one person for free because it definitely was not worth the $10 entry fee.  The booths were packed into the aisles and really not very interesting at all.  We didn't really stop at a single booth to check anything out.  

A vendor mentioned that there were some kids things to do outside.  Sounds good in theory but the temp was over 100 degrees, and we had Zoe with us.  We decided to head outside for a few minutes, it turned out there was really just one kids' booth, and then ran back to the a/c.   

Train section

As we were heading out someone mentioned that Science City was included in the cost of our ticket.  We decided to leave through there since the kids had not gotten to really enjoy the exhibits.  We have been to this museum before and the kids have liked it.  This time there was an extra section open pertaining to trains, so that was fun to check out.

Me and my guy

Definitely would not attend Maker Faire next year, but it was good to try once.  Plus we got to do Science City for a little bit and were inside during the crazy heat, so it worked out in the end.

Sassy Face

This picture just sums up Anna.  She's doing her "sassy face."  She is definitely going to be trouble in the coming years!  Just love all that personality in her little body.

There's a New Sheriff in Town

Charlie and Anna were so ridiculously cute dressed in their Woody pajamas that we could not resist the urge to get Zoe in on the action.  The Disney Store where we bought the clothes did not carry infant size so I checked out eBay.  There was an infant Woody onesie just Zoe's size.  Now we have a new sheriff joining the ranks and just as cute as the other two!

Cheering because they all match

How adorable is she??

I love how sweet this picture is

We also got a set of Jessie pjs for Anna back a while ago.  She had been refusing to wear them, but we finally got them on.

The sassiest Jessie ever!