Ahhhh...summer

Well, today was one of those days Minnesotans wait for all year. It was amazing.

Back to this week, it was a pretty average week. I had my 12 week OB appointment Monday - I have another post to go with that whole story later. Thanks for all the nice congratulations!

Ever since we got rid of the paci Kasper has been waking up way too early in the mornings so I invested in a toddler clock to see if that would help. The clock glows yellow all night (another bonus - a nightlight!) then turns green when it's time to get up. The first morning Kasper still woke up at 5:30 and called for me. I reminded him that I would come get him when his clock turned green (6:30). He whined until it turned green and I went to get him. After the first morning he seemed to get it and is quiet until the clock turns green! I don't know if he actually goes back to sleep if it's still yellow or lays quietly and I don't really care all that much. he gets it. For the weekend I set it for 7:15 and it worked. Nice.


This boy is OBSESSED with Berenstain Bear books. He totes them all over the house to read. This was 6:45 one morning before school.


Saturday we played outside and did some gardening in the morning. It was nice and sunny. We pushed nap back an hour so we could go to the Chanhassen Library to watch one of our favorite bands - the Okee Dokee Brothers! Kasper loves theses songs so we thought it would be fun for him to see. He's a pretty shy guy at first and wanted to sit on my lap in the back of the room at the beginning.



Eventually he got up and danced.


One of the funnest parts for Rob and I - the tallest guy we've ever seen was there! I've talked about him on the blog before. We saw him at the zoo once. We didn't notice him at first because he was sitting on the floor. Then when it was time to dance he somehow unfolded all 7'3" of himself and got up to dance. (Someone asked how tall.) He was dancing and having a great time. Isn't he TALL??

Rob is standing right next to him. Also, that's his wife standing in front of him.

Ready for a nap.


We delayed the nap for an hour so of course he only slept about an hour. Boo. He was totally grumpy last night. He did help me make brownies.


This morning we got up, had breakfast and headed over to Lake Nokomis for a beach day with friends. It was such a beautiful morning and it was so fun to see everyone out enjoying the lake. Us Minnesotans take advantage of every nice MINUTE of the summer. It's amazing. Kasper started out shy again and only wanted to sit on my lap while the other kids hopped right in the lake. I think he's going to be more like his Mama sometimes. He eventually warmed up and left the nest. We had SUCH a fun time this morning!



This is about as close as he got to the water. He didn't go in past his ankles.



The Dads

Checking out the lifeguard. This is before that back board totally fell down and almost nailed him.



At around 12:30, Kasper walked up to me and said he was cold and wanted to go home and take a nap. After yesterday, I knew I owed it to him to let him have a nice nap today.





Nap time!


Homeboy slept over 3 hours this afternoon. In fact, I went in and woke him up when he stirred so he wouldn't sleep all evening! We had such a fun morning outside and the weather was still so nice we decided to pack a picnic dinner and head to Excelsior!








Cool kid


He is CONSTANTLY licking his top lip. It's always chapped.








We ended the day with some ice cream. The perfect summer day.


Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!