The State Fair, Putt Putt, and a new School year

One of our favorites at the Fair...the Little Farmhands exhibit.

 

Aiden loves the car and motorcycle rides where he can push the horn

We have ridden this boat ride every year since Luke and Liam were around 1.5 years of age.

One of Liam and Aiden's favorite rides

Aiden LOVES pickles!  He got a pickle on a stick and was so excited.  Pretty sure he ate at least half of this and then asked for another one the next day. 

We got to milk cows and Liam was very proud of his green ribbon that he received for milking the cow 

All three boys loved the tractors 

 Little Farm Hands exhibit at the Fair

 

Here we are...arguing over balls in the hole. 

 Here is our group picture.  Aiden was less than excited about having his picture taken (in case you could not tell).

Luke spent a good amount of time sitting on the green

We enjoyed the final weekend of summer with a nice long weekend.  John was off work for an extra day and we enjoyed having him at home.  We spent one day at the Minnesota State Fair.  This was our fourth year at the Fair and I still won't say I love the fair, but I have noticed that some things never change at the Fair.  We have ridden the exact same rides every year so it has become a bit of a tradition for us and the boys were counting down the days until our visit.  We made some progress this year since we stayed for 6 hours at the Fair and we were able to make it with only the double stroller (Liam is the most dependable walker).  Overall it was a good time.  The funniest part occurred when we inadvertently were walking in the opposite direction of a parade.  We somehow got caught up in the parade and on one of the floats was TC Bear (the Twins mascot we met a few weeks ago).  TC was holding a big water gun and squirting people in the crowd.  As we approached, he squirted Luke with quite a bit of water and Luke looked at me (almost in tears) and said, "Mommy, why did he do that; that really was not a nice thing to do at all.  He should have asked before he squirted me!"  Luke is not a fan of getting even the slightest bit wet when he has on his clothes and he really did not appreciate the water gun soaking from TC, but John and I thought it was hilarious.
Another first for us over the weekend was a trip to play putt putt golf. I am not even sure how to summarize how this went, but John said that if you have been reading the blog over the last year or so then you can imagine. It was a relatively hot day for Minnesota and even though we went early, we needed a "water break" after 8 holes of putt putt golf. The idea of putt putt started when the boys saw a cartoon where they talked about playing the game. In the cartoon, they said "take your time, concentrate, aim, and hit the ball"... Liam repeated this phrase at each and every one of the 18 holes. All of this while Aiden was concerned about whose ball was in the hole (only his could be in there) so he kept throwing the other balls on the course. Luke was hot and using a club that was right handed (he bats and hits lefty) and twice as big as he needed so he was a bit frustrated. Oh...one thing to add....Mommy was the only one who got a hole in one during the game. Just thought I would point that out.

 First Day of Pre-K and Preschool for 2012

 

Aiden is moving up to a preschool class with bigger kids this year.  He is really heads above many two year olds in his vocabulary and other skills.

But, then again, he is still TWO!

This is the last year before kindergarten begins!  Luke and Liam will remain in the same Montessori classroom as last year with the same teacher, although they will be the oldest in their room this year.

Always difficult to get Luke to stand still and smile nicely

Happy Birthday Daddy!  We love you!