Lake 5

Today we made the drive up to the Milwaukee area to visit Derek's brother's lake house.  What a gorgeous day we had!  The boys had a fantastic time with their Uncle Brandon, Auntie Alli, and Cousin Natalie.  They swam in the lake, went for paddle boat rides, fed the blue gill, and played with Natalie.  What a great little taste of summer!

Paddle boating with Daddy and Uncle Brandon

 Floating in the lake

 Camden and Uncle Brandon

 Way out there!

 Donovan swimming to Daddy

 Pile on Daddy!

 Uncle Brandon, Auntie Alli, and Cousin Natalie

 Our family

 Playing with Cousin Natalie

Supersized Playdate

Today we had a playdate with some of our very best twin friends.  Amazingly we got all 7 families together for the morning.  We had a blast in (the other) Camden and Ayleen's backyard... until a big storm rolled in.  

Here is our little "playgroup" in June of 2012- 2 years ago!

Here we are now!

I have fond memories of my Mom taking my brother and I to "Mom's Club" when we were little.  I'm excited for my kids to have the same experience.  I feel so lucky to have all these fabulous twin Mom's as my friends and that my kids have made so many wonderful friends too. 

32 weeks

32 weeks this week!  Went for my bi-monthly check up on Wednesday- everything still going well.  No signs of the baby coming earlier than it's 39week delivery but you never know!  Next visit I will meet with the dr who will do my scheduled c-sec (since my dr will be on vacation).  7 more weeks!  

In the next week or two the closet in the baby's room will be installed- the baby is moving into our current office space where there is no closet.  After that comes big time nesting!  We will be painting the walls a pretty grey color that we can then accent with gender appropriate colors once the baby comes.  This (hot) weekend I plan to start pulling things out of the basement so we can get a few loads of laundry going.  Everything needs to be washed after being stored.  Anyone want to help with laundry duty? 

Best Buds

Camden and Donovan have been best buds lately.  They are playing so well together- creating lots of imaginative games (they love to play pirate) and of course driving their matchbox cars all over the house!  We love seeing their friendship develop.

 

 

Water Fun!

We are so glad that Camden and Donovan love to play with water- makes the summer a lot more fun!

Here the boys are playing at a local park's splash pad

 The only picture with all 3 sets of twins (kinda) in the picture

 a picnic lunch with our twin friends-we found the one little bit of shade at the park!

Some backyard fun

And hitting the local pool/waterpark

runnin' through the waterfall

 Donovan on top

 Cam loved the waterfall!

 Donovan getting wet

Disney Part 6- Magic Kingdom (Tuesday)

Vacation is drawing to a close- it's our last park day.  We decided that we HAD to go back to Magic Kingdom one more time.  

We arrived early enough to catch the opening show again then it was a mad dash for Adventureland.  Surprisingly it was very empty when we got over there so we were able to hop right on the Jungle Cruise.  A little hokey with the fake animals and scripted tour guide (corny jokes and all) but the kids loved it.

After the cruise we took off on The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, twice!

We then walked over to Tomorrowland.  We walked around a bit then noticed this rocket ride WAY up at the top.  It didn't look so bad from below and we asked if there was a height limit- "no, it's like the dumbo ride but up high".  Well, why not we thought.  Oh my!!!  Not a good choice.  Camden and Donovan seemed to do okay on it but Mom was not a happy camper- too fast and to high for me!  

After that traumatic ride we decided to take it easy on the Transit Authority- a tram that circles Tomorrowland.  The kids loved riding "the train" so us moms stayed on with them for an extra loop while the dads took a quick trip on Space Mountain.  The highlight of the kids (and Dad's day) came next: The Tomorrowland Indy Speedway!  Camden and Donovan jumped into a little indy car with Daddy for a spin around the track.  Of course the tears flowed when it was time to get off so back in line they went.  Daddy didn't mind at all.  

Oh yea, and one more twirl on the Dumbo ride!

After a picnic lunch it was back across the Seven Seas Lagoon on the ferry for a much needed nap.

Our return trip after naps was spent re-riding a few of the rides (most had such long waits at this point we didn't get to do much).  Amy's friend Christy happened to be in the Disney area so she met us there after her flight in and spent the evening with us at the park.  We ate dinner at a hot dog place then used our fastpasses to visit Mickey and Minnie one more time.  This was quite a set up- M&M were in a little room and they only let two families in at a time- very exclusive!  

Our final Disney moment- the light parade.  We'll miss you Disney!

 Tinker Bell- who blew kisses right to Camden and Donovan!

 My tired guys