Just A Swingin'

As many trees as we have in our yard, none of them are suitable to hang a swing from. So...we have our baby swing hanging in our garage (sad I know!) Anyways...Lucas loves the swing and I managed to snap a few photos of him enjoying it!

Strange Sleeper

Nights in the Lancaster household are never dull! Both Ben and JJ have inherited Mark's habit of being a sleepwalker! So last night it was Ben at 9:30...after we got him back to bed, it was JJ around 10:30, after getting him awake and reoriented Lucas woke up to eat! When Mark went in to get Lucas this is how he found Ben sleeping!!! Poor Benny-Ben! I don't know how this was even comfortable! Luckily I could pick him up and get him back into bed without waking him!

Off to Mirror Lake!

The boys have been begging to go to a beach all this week! So I decided that we would head out to Mirror Lake this morning! It was a nice day to go! When we arrived, there were only a few kids there and after they left we had the beach to ourselves for a little while. But by lunchtime the people started rolling in! But it was a fun morning! Lucas enjoyed eating the grass, Ben enjoyed playing by me (Ben:"The water is yucky!") and JJ managed to find friends to play with in the water the whole time we were there! Here was the only time that Ben got close to the water himself.
Lucas enjoying the taste of Mirror Lake grass!

Lucas enjoying the taste of Ben's sand covered sandal!

JJ my little fish!

Milwaukee Zoo

We headed out to the Milwaukee Zoo last week with the boys! When we first got there we realized that we had forgotten a hat for Ben! And while browsing the hats, JJ found this hat that he had to have! He promised to give Mark money from his lawn mowing jobs when we got home!

Mark's favorite thing to do at any zoo is to create a plastic figure at the Mold-A-Rama machine! Here they are making monkeys! Of course, the first thing to do is smell the warm plastic smell when it comes out of the machine!

AHHHHH! The misting station! The best thing at the zoo!!!!

Yikes! A rattlesnake! This is as close as JJ will ever get to a rattlesnake!

JJ and I rode the Sky High ride! Here is our view looking down at the boys! JJ wouldn't open his eyes the first half, but the second half he realized how cool it was to get such a "bird's eye" view of the zoo!

Of course we had to ride the train! You can't see Ben, but he is next to me anxiously waiting for the train to get moving!!!!

Fourth of July

I am trying to catch up on some posts that I forget to do!!! Here are a few memorable moments from our Fourth of July! The fireworks stash ready to be lit!!

OOOOOOoooooooo! Sparklers!!!

JJ: "Me like fire!"

Being goofy with the glow sticks!