Trip to MN

We spent this last weekend in MN at my brothers house. It is my only weekend in October without a swim meet.....so we decided to head North to have an early birthday party for Ben and Daniel! Benjamin turns FIVE on October 18 and Daniel turns THREE on October 24. We brought cakes up to celebrate too.....as their "real" party is later in October. The weather was perfect all weekend....and the kids spent a lot of time outside! ALL FOUR kids got along great....and played really well together!!!!

Cousins!

Blowing out the candles!

Ben with his own fish cake....the fish under the water before......

....Daniel caught the BIG FISH!

Molly's favorite toy of the weekend! She played with this ALL THE TIME when we were inside...and played with it at 6am both mornings too!

Kelly & Ben playing a game of foosball Friday night.

Kelly was really intense!

Riding & walking to the park on Saturday.....Ben is REALLY far ahead on his bike!

Sisters playing together at the park.

Papa Michael and Molly swinging together!

Molly LOVED Papa swinging next to her.....she cried when he stopped and she had to get out to go back home!

Kelly & Daniel riding in the Jeep....they were squirting squirt guns too!

Kelly & Daniel stopped for a quick picture......Kelly drove the Jeep later.....but that will be another video post for you to giggle at!

Molly stayed on the deck during all the Jeep driving & squirt gun craziness!! She even gave Daddy a back rub!!!

We stopped at Mall of America for a few hours on our way home. Molly LOVED the American Girl store....as she LOVES babies! We stopped so Grandma could get her a baby (as Kelly already has one) for Molly's birthday or Christmas. She pushed strollers, wagons, etc. around the store the entire time! We also stopped so Kelly could play at Legoland.....but it was closed for re-modeling!!! What a bummer! Kelly shed a lot of tears as we told her we were going to Legoland before we went home!

Molly with another stroller and baby!

Kelly WANTS everything these days....it doesn't matter what it is....if it's a girl toy....she WANTS IT!!! Whether a commercial on TV or any store you go to....there is something Kelly WANTS!!! As we are walking around Mall of America she spots two Dora things....a doll and coin purse. Yes, Kelly does like Dora...but it's not her favorite thing by any means.....but she WANTED IT!!!!! Wow....I hope this WANTING stage stops soon! Kelly asked me to take a picture with these things so she would remember she wanted them! Grandma Peggy ended up getting her the coin purse....since she was so upset about Legoland!