Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Fun Weekend!

Sam and I had a great weekend! Saturday morning, we went to the Madison Farmer's Market for the first time this year. Despite how our faces look, we DID have a good time.


The rest of Saturday we spent a lot of time playing outside. Here is Sam grilling out.


Sam also got to try out the water table while I helped Daddy go to the recycling center. Sam went through 2 outfits with the water table. I think he enjoyed it!

Sunday was my last day of Sunday School. We had an event outside going to different stations, and Mommy helped with one. I had a great time!
Sunday afternoon, I had my superhero birthday party. I got to wear a Batman costume for almost the whole party and had SO much fun with all of it. By Sunday night, I was EXHAUSTED.

Showing my Batman moves...



The playset was Gotham City! Matthew and Allie's mom is amazing!



Here's a picture of the birthday boy and girl (from the back). Matthew is in the GB shirt and Allie has the purple cape :)



There was even a pinata! I love pinatas!




What a great weekend. Mommy is going to see if she can get pictures from G&G Hyland of Uncle Mickey's party since Mommy let Daddy have the camera for the party I went to.

Have a great week!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

It's almost SUMMER!

Well, I am a little behind on blogging! I'm going to talk about last weekend, while this one is over half over. 

Here is Sam wearing sandals for the first time. What ARE these HOLES?!


Grandpa Rikli found me this bike at a garage sale. It is PERFECT for me. It's close to the ground so I'm not scared, and I am really getting the hang of the whole pedaling thing.


Sam thinks he has it figured out too!



Sam is one cool dude!


Last Friday night we got to go to the Kalahari to play in the waterpark. Grandma and Grandpa Hyland had a conference there so we got to play for free! We had SOOOO much fun! Sam got really tired after about an hour as you can tell from the pictures of him. Unfortunately, Mommy didn't have her camera at the beginning so we don't have any of Sam in the water or of me going down the slides. :(




Braving the waves with Grandma Hyland...


So sleepy...


Still sleepy with Grandma...


Well, now we both had a treat so Sam got a burst of energy. He had fun playing with Grandpa on these chairs. I did too, but I was losing steam pretty quickly from going non-stop for over 2 hours in the water.



Saturday, I got to go to Natalie's 2nd birthday party with Mommy. We went swimming and went to Natalie's house for dinner and cake. Even though I was the oldest kid, I had a lot of fun! Sam was too worn out to make it from the night before, but he would have had fun too!



Sunday, we celebrated Mother's Day with Grandma Hyland and Great-Grandma (and Mommy too).

Sam is always so happy when he gets to go outside! 



This past week was my last week of school. Wednesday we had a fun day and picnic so Mom and Dad came to the big kid school with me (Sam stayed with Grandma Rikli). I got a mustache painted on me that I was VERY proud of.


Here I am with my wonderful teacher! I am going to miss her!


And here I am with my girlfriend, Babette (I called her Fabette the whole year, not sure why because I knew her name was Babette, and I could pronounce it...hmmmm)


Being silly with Daddy...



Stopping for a picture with Mommy...



Tomorrow I get to go to our neighbors' 4 year birthday party. It is my first birthday party for someone my age, and it is a superhero theme. I am pretty darn excited!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wedding Fun!

This past weekend, we got to go to Rhinelander for Mommy's cousin Sarah's wedding. We had a GREAT time. We did really well in the car both ways and got time to play and have fun. As I said when we got back to the hotel room after the reception, "that was the best Sarah's wedding ever". I also asked if Sarah could get married again :)

Here we are at a park stop on the way there. The weather was BEAUTIFUL all weekend.

Sam waving to Daddy...



Sam's choice for attire...diaper and shoes


Ready to go to the wedding...


The attempt to get the same picture with Daddy. Sam wasn't having anything to do with staying still!


Mommy forgot to take her camera to the actual wedding so now we have to skip to the reception. Sam always enjoys food!



This was our favorite part. Dancing!







Mommy tried to upload video, but it isn't working. Sam was hilarious with how into the dancing he got. He had other people copying his moves :)

Back in the room and unwinding. I created a bed on the floor and told Mommy and Daddy I was going to sleep there. (That didn't happen though.)



Back in the car on the way home. Being silly with Sam's hat.


Stopping at the same park on the way home. Sam's scrunch face.



Here are a few random pictures from the park when it was 80 degrees outside!