Heat Wave

We're having a mini heat wave here. Really hot and humid - yuck! Last week's gorgeous spring weather is now feeling sticky, muggy, and too hot for fun outside (unless spent in a body of water). There is even an excessive heat warning, weird because I think of this weather as typical Minnesota summer stuff but I've never heard that warning before.
Anyhow, it's making Parker go crazy! (nothing really happens after about 30 seconds so feel free to move on then :)



Parker jumping through leaves. He is now on the look out for Snakey (the snake that Tom so graciously left in a box on the deck).


Some Eloise firsts of the week. I didn't take a photo of the first "first", poor Eloise woke up with her foot wedged in between her crib bars. She is always scooting around in there, kicking the sides of her crib, and rolling this way and that. She started crying really hard all of a sudden around 11pm and I usually wait to see if she falls back asleep but for some reason I could only give this cry a few minutes. Poor little thing, I un-wedged her foot and picked her up and she was back to sleep in seconds.

Onto a more fun one...First time riding in the front of a shopping cart. This really made shopping a LOT easier. There was room for groceries, I wasn't worried her infant seat would somehow topple to the ground and Eloise enjoyed her new view. Finally, I can go to Costco again with a baby. THAT was an impossible trip with the infant seat since everything is over-sized.

I even let her gnaw on my purse strap the entire time...


Another first, a bottle from grandma! Um, kind of never thought I would see this before my eyes.


Before the weather turned super hot, we had a chance to visit the MN Arboretum. We love that the arboretum is about 5 minutes from our house. The gardens, flowers, and waterfalls are beautiful. It's neat to see the varieties of plants that can grow here. Tom was very inspired and is planning on creating a mini arboretum in our yard...well, maybe not but perhaps we'll get some cool new plants. Here are some of the views we enjoyed.






This was pretty cool. An artist created an all twig house that is currently on display. It is huge!

Just because Eloise is cute:


Last week we were able to pull off a last minute get together with good friends Rachel and Mike (more like, they were able to pull it off since they had to find a babysitter for four kids on a week night!). We had a great time enjoying a spring evening on the deck (pre-heat wave) and they were gracious enough to share a bottle of wine from their Napa trip - yum, thanks again! Rachel and Mike like to take advantage of "date" nights and borrowed Mike's dad's collector car for the drive up from Mankato. Somehow, Tom convinced them it would be a good idea for him to test drive it and I think he had fun. (note - I should really remember what type of car this is and I can't for the life of me, I do remember that there is an a-track player in it though)


Going to give Parker some "ice cube" treats now. The cheapest dog treats out there!