A Wonderful Weekend! Part 4: Stillwater

The job of running after, playing with, climbing with Brendan fell on my dad again...(LOVE YA)...here they are climbing the stairs to the "tree fort" area where Brendan went down a really long slide all by himself!! I was at the bottom to catch him and he had the biggest grin on his face when he came down the slide.

Crossing the bridge to the big slide!

Brendan and Layney going down the double slide together...

Wheeeeeeee!

Having the TIME OF HIS LIFE!!!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 3: Stillwater

I love this shot! His cheeks were so red from all of the hard playing he was doing...you know it's hard work running from one play thing to the next!

Grandpa Bill showing Brendan how to play with the sand without throwing it into the air!

Brendan and I on the giant teddy bear right before heading out to enjoy our picnic supper.

Here's the whole gang (well, sans me of course) enjoying the beautiful night in Stillwater. We have my nephew Liam in his stroller, my Mom and Dad, sister Casey, niece Layney, Brother-in-law Brian, his sister Bridget and Brendan.

We saw this hot air balloon we off in the distance when we were setting up our picnic and were completely amazed when we saw it floating just off the top of the river's water 20 minutes after that we sat down to eat. It was HUGE and beautiful!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 2: Stillwater

My kid is a mover...Grandpa Bill tried his best to keep up with Brendan while he walked all over the area where we had our picnic.

Liam thought that he too should run around the picnic area, only he needed a little bit of help doing so!

It was a gorgeous night down by the river...going, going...

Going...that's what Brendan was all about!

My kid also LOVES, LOVES, LOVES dogs. (Can you blame him when he has the most awesome dog in Mr. Pibb at home! ;D) He saw many dogs while in Stillwater, but he really fell in love with this one. It was so cute!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 1: State Fair

It has now become tradition for Brendan and I to spend Labor Day weekend at my sister's house while Grant goes up fishing with some friends in Canada. We go to the State Fair on Friday (where we meet up with our parents) and usually hang out with family on Saturday. I will start out by saying the kids play like there is no tomorrow while we stayed this year and it was so much fun to see how much Brendan learned from his cousin Layney in the shart amount of time we were with them. He now eats off of his own plate and he is going down to sleep at bedtime in record time! He also learned how to run down the hallway yelling "Ahhhhhh!"; so cute!

I will start you out with some pictures of our State Fair trip...

Our dueling strollers. Layney is wearing her lovely big blue hat, Brendan is checking her out and Liam is covered up in the back of the stroller!

Brendan listening to Tonic Sol Fa where he greeted many in attendance and did some dancing.

My little man did not stand still for long; he's watching Layney dancing away to Tonic Sol Fa.

My dad playing baby corral-er during Tonic Sol Fa...Brendan wanted to explore the whole area on his own...

Brendan, Layeny and Casey catching up with TC! Go Twins!!!

Well, those are just some of the pictures from the State Fair. Next up will be pictures from our trip to Stillwater's Teddy Bear Park and our family picnic by the river.

Fishing take 2

We took Brendan on his second fishing trip in the boat on Monday evening. While he didn't last very long in the boat, we all managed to have a great time. He even practiced holding a real muskie fishing pole...with momma right next to him!

Playing with Layney

Summer...at a glance

Brendan loves going to the beach!!!

The whole family at Auntie Jenni's wedding

Sitting in his spot on the couch...he got up there all by himself!

Out to lunch with Great Grandma Thon, Grandma Ginny, Auntie Casey, Cousins Layney and Liam and Mommy at Bennihana's.

Riding on the carosel at Mall of America with Grandma Ginny.

It has been a very busy, very wonderful summer for us here at the Lindberg household. Many family get togethers, lots of fishing and duffels bags that never seem to get unpacked before they are used again. Weddings, fishing trips, family reunion vacations, biking around town, playing in the pool in the backyard, Kids day at the County Fair, antique shows, going, going, going all summer long. It's been fun and crazy all at the same time!

B is getting bigger and bigger every day and is showing us just how smart he is every day. He now uses sign language to say "more" whenever he wants to more of something...food, playing with toys, reading books...it's totally awesome and used often! He is a climber. We find him in places that he should not be. He escaped from the house a few evenings ago while I was bringing something from the garage to the backyard and when I returned to the house, he was nowhere to be found. I looked out the front door and there was a toy on the top step. (I had left the strom door closed, but he figured out how to hit the knob to open the door!) He was exploring the garage and some fun styrofoam on his own. Mommy was having a heart attack, but he was all smiles! OY!

I'll leave you all with some pictures...