More Minnesota!

  Tuesday morning we got up and went to AM's gym- the YMCA! It is seriously awesome! They had classes running every 15 minutes and several pools that you could swim in with your kids! We took a seriously HARD CORE boot camp class, and by the end, we were drained.  We grabbed the kids and got everyone changed and went for a nice swim...except for the anal lifegaurds who found every single thing Jaxon did to be breaking one rule or another...he's 4 FOR PETE SAKE!
 We got home and had lunch and quiet time, and then walked with the kiddos to a great neighborhood park.  Jaxon loved it (it had sand, sand= Jaxon loves!)  And let the kids just run wild!

They had a great pulley/sand system that Jaxon adored!


Pushing Jaxon- and look Marie- I do have a shirt on after all!!  :o)


Do you think the "flared nostrils while fake smiling for a picture" phase will pass soon?
(good thing he has those gorgeous green eyes to save the picture!)


That's a little better...


We came home and played more in their awesome backyard and cooked hotdogs and marshallows over the fire pit.  The weather was perfect...did I mention that already?


Turns out...Jaxon doesn't like Marshmallows...but don't tell him that...he finds it very offensive!



Happy Marshallow face



Again with the nostrils....


This was later that night.  Jaxon was winding down after a long day and just about ready for bed. Enjoying a short Backyardigans video before turning in!



Wednesday morning the kids had a great time playing outside...and it REALLY was cold enough to need their hats and gloves! They play together great....usually!
Little Miss "Vocabulary of an 8 year old but reasoning skills of the 2 year old that she is" Katie was cracking me up. She kept kept kicking over Jaxons sand bucket.  He came to tell (with her at his heels) and I told him, "Just say, 'no thanks Katie, I don't like that!' and I know she won't do it anymore!"  to which Katie said,
 "OH YES I WILL DO IT AGAIN! I WILL DO IT!"
(At least she's honest...)

See- they can play nicely, and boy are they cute!





Hello Nostrils...


Gorgeous green eyes!




We went to the gym again, and did a pretty lame class with AM's wonderful SIL and had lunch at her house. She made homemade chicken noodle soup and homemade bread- what a lady!!!
  The kids also played at another park, and had a great time pretending this and that-

AnnaMarie tried valiently to have them use their sticks as magic wands instead of guns...



Rolling down the big hill was fun!


When we came home we raked up all the leaves in the front yard, because seriously...could we go to a place with such great leaves, and not get some leaf-pictures? NO!




He's dirty, his face is chapped, but my goodness he had a great time!








Later that night we ate at restuarant called "The Good Earth" everything is all natural and locally grown, and good for you and all that Jazz. I had a delicious grilled veggie sandwhich! YUM YUM!!!

Thursday we just let the kids play out back again, and it was really chilly.  They kept their jackets, hats and gloves on the whole time. It's a shame we had to leave that day, because they really started to enjoy each other! They played outside for a solid 1.5 hours! (these pictures were taken from AnnaMarie's blog, and she took much more time to edit the pictures than I did...so enjoy!)

Thursday afternoon we went downtown to a cute little candystore and walked around a tiny farmers market! We were sad to see our time there end, but I find that it's better to leave wishing you had stayed longer, than to leave wishing you had left a few days earlier!  In the airport when we flew in Jaxon saw this play area and couldn't wait to try it out! It kept us busy as we waited for our slightly delayed flight out of Minnesota!

We had an absolutely perfect time. It was fun, it was relaxing, it was fall, and it was with family!  We already want to go back!  I sure my little traveling companion, he makes my life wonderful!