Toys

As most everyone knows, Max LOVES his toys. It's not unusual to see him walking around with at least 2 toys in his hands at all times. He sleeps with toys, he starts his night-night prayers saying "Dear God, thank you for my toys, and what else?"

While we were staying at our friends in Minnesota, Max got to sleep in Will's room which was like a toy store to him. Every morning he would wake up with yet another toy in his bed. On our last morning as I went to get him up to leave, this is what I found in the bed with him. I don't know how the kid got any sleep.

Max's 3 1/2 Year Pictures

Trisha did an awesome job at getting him to cooperate for pictures. Here are a few of my favorites. Not showing all of them because they just might show up on Christmas cards or randomly in your mailboxes....

St. Croix River

On our last full day of Minnesota bliss, we rented another pontoon boat for the day and sailed out on the St. Croix River. It wan absolutely beautiful day. We had Wisconsin on one side and Minnesota on the other. I was convinced we should buy a house there on that lake and relocate but Trisha said I should revisit in January and see what I think when that river is frozen solid. I think I'll pass.

Minnesota Zoo

We took the boys to the zoo one day. The weather was awesome on this day. The dad's went to play golf and we hung out with the little dudes. Max doesn't stay close to me. He likes to run off so we had some adventures with that but for the most part, all went well. One of the coolest things was seeing a pack of caraboo linked at the horns walking around their pen.

Fishing & Boating in Long Lake, Wisconsin

On Sunday, we drove about 2 hours to Wisconsin to Long Lake and rented a cabin on the lake. The first night the boys stayed with Trisha's mom and then she brought them to us. The cabin had a pontoon boat for our use. It's a very small lake with two areas of lilly pads which were optimal for fishing. Everytime we casted, we caught a fish. It was perfect for the boys. Max deemed the night crawlers "his cute little pets named Pokey". He and Will both proceeded to kill several of the worms by holding them until they dried up and/or 'fell' into the water.

Slip N' Slide

The day after the fair, the dad's took the boys to play miniature golf that morning and then Trisha and I sat outside while the boys played in the slip n' slide. Max jumped right on and didn't waste time. He didn't even have his bathing suit on. He had a ton of fun trying to drink the water.

Fair in Minnesota

We are back from vacation. I'm going to blog the days as opposed to one big one. We crammed soooooo much fun stuff in the 10 days we were there. It was a great vacation and very nice to escape the heat! So bummed to get off the plan to 107+ degree weather.

Max went to his first fair/carnival. He did awesome looking at the animals (except for the "stinky" pigs). He tried ever so hard to like the carnival rides but he was just misreable I think. He put on a brave face but just couldn't hang. That said, he LOVED LOVED LOVED the crazy shack. He and Will went through that thing a million times.

We tried cheese curds and fell in love them! Wish they were a Texas Thang'!