Free Day at the Shedd

A couple of weeks ago we checked the Museum listings to see if there were any freebies out there. Brent's day off is Monday & that day the Shedd Aquarium was free. Well, not all of it but a good portion. So we all loaded up & headed to the city. Just wanted to share a few shots from our outing. The boys had fun checking out all the cool fishies & other critters that live in the Shedd. There was a good bit of chasing but overall a good time was had by all.

.I just love this one of the boys. See the snake they are looking at?

Row,row, row your boat...

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The Plastic Boat

A few months ago Luke discovered a long,shallow storage container under the bed in our guest room. He insisted on pulling it out, dumping all the clothes out of it & turning it into his "boat". Night after night he would pull it out & curl up in it with his blankie until we would come get him & put him back in his big boy bed. Finally one night we decided that he could just sleep in the boat if he really loved it that much. So that's what he did, FOR WEEKS. In fact, just a couple of nights ago he decided he was OK sleeping in his nice, comfy big boy bed again. Isn't it funny the things kids do & how wild their imaginations are? This one we sure will not forget.

More TN fun...Canoe ride for the big boy!

Since June we have been working on potty training with Luke. We thought since he was a bit older when we started training it might go faster. Well, not so much. Out of desperation we came up with some pretty lofty rewards to motivate him. His Daddy told him when he started using the potty like a big boy he could do some fun big boy things...like, go riding in a canoe with Daddy. So we held up our end of the deal this trip home -since he's now 95% trained on a good day. That's a victory in my book- it's been a long road & lots of laundry folks.

Brent & Granddaddy unloaded the canoe from the barn & transported it down to Horse Creek for launch. I didn't plan to go on this outing but decided I couldn't miss it & suspected Brent would need some help along the way. You see, Horse Creek is REALLY shallow. It ended up being so fun. The first hour we were able to float pretty easily then we hit lots of rock & trees down in the creek. This meant walking, wading & carrying the canoe in some places. Brent shouldered the majority of the the "dragging the canoe" load while I tried to keep Luke from falling or running up the creek bank :)

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Gotta love that cheesy grin!

I always thought I would have girls when I had children...I'm so glad to have my boys though. I get to explore and enjoy the great outdoors with them. Coming home wet & dirty from an outing is actually really refreshing sometimes.