Summer Fun

A little biking

(in the driveway)

A little History Cruising in North St Paul.

Some swimming at the local wading pool.

Admiring flowers on the front step(with Merida from Brave)

Swinging in our friend Kitty's backyard.

Riding a real-life pony!

(at Canterbury Park on the 4th of July)

Petting a bunny

Hanging with Dad

Cuddling with Mom

:)

cars and cars

One afternoon we took out all your cars. Eight or more Lightening McQueens? Why? I don't know for sure, although some of them came with sets of something...

But they are still a favorite. 

Your Dad's been working hard (3 summer school classes - brutal) and 'work' work too. When he finally had a day off he declared it to be Back to the 50's MSRA day at the fairgrounds.

 I was free to take a 'Mommy day', but I went along after Zoe insisted. We got to check out some cars.  Zo and I rested tnext to this one for awhile while Dad and Roman meandered.

We got to sit IN this pink one. 

Lots to see.

"I want to go to the next booth!" Meandering = shopping for more toys. Ro scored a model Harley Davidson motorcycle, of all things! The price is right.

"I want my pink polka dot!"

And Cheeeeze. Your messiness still amazes me, little one.

CARS!

Grandpa Jon's old stomping grounds.

North St Paul History Cruzers started with a perfect weather night, and lots of people (but not so many that we felt the need to leave, if you know what I mean).

Pink. Worthy of a kiss.

Noise!

The car your Dad is currently enamored with.

As evidenced by the pictures that follow.

Must say, it does look nice. But I'm still not agreeing that he can buy one off Craig's list and fix it up. And that's all I will say on the blog.  

And I thought the shadow of the letters on the interior looked kind of cool. But part of me wanted the shadows to spell out something funny. Although I don't know what that would be with those letters. lack i. 

Huggy, huggy Roman.

The car that I thought your Dad was obsessed with (he does like his cars...)

She gets Daddy's sunglasses.

Ok, let's face it, she gets whatever she wants!

Friday

On your mom's birthday, we enjoyed a pizza dinner at Village Pizza (****yum!) in NSP with your grandma and grandpa and uncle Dave.  It was car show night and we hadn't been yet this year. It's somewhat of an effort since I work late ("late" is relative I guess), but I took a few hours off so we could get together. Plus it's been h-o-t most nights.
It's kind of cool how the downtown has morphed. There were a bunch of businesses there that weren't there last time we went. And the Chinese restaurant even added some tables outside to dine al fresco. It was a perfect night to stroll.
Here's what Roman is telling me as I type:
"I don't like the very, very loud Mustangs.... I like the ones that aren't very noisy. I like the better ones."
Yes, Roman, I think we can agree to that. We like the better ones.

We even found a pink one for Zo!

Don't forget Mater!

Who's happier to see him? You or your Dad? Maybe you were still thinking about that mean old security guard. Ruining all your fun. Pshaw!

Or is your Mom happies to see Mater?  How can you not love him? I was trying to calculate the number of times that dvd or bluray has played in our house. I would not be surprised at a 100. Oops. Should I be admitting that in public?

Two buck teeth for one buck! [see "Mater the Greater"]

The Car Show

I said to your Dad this January "I'm not going to the car show". Every year your Dad likes to go. That would be fine if it were free, but it's not. Since we both have new-ish cars there is really no reason to go. That's how I see it. And I'd been unable to find any deals. I have a hard time paying full price for anything. There's ALWAYS a discount.

So it was left at that, but last week the car show was going on and quickly approaching its end. In true fashion (not just for him, but me too) there were no firm plans for visiting the 2011 show. Dad was talking about going with you and Grandma Candy. Or going with Shawn's (daycare) Mike (that would be an adult person!). Or just taking one of you. Or or or... Lots of options are out there until you make a decision, kiddos.

A few days before your Dad was online and said something to me about a Cars (the Pixar movie) exhibit.  It was probably after 9pm and at that point in the day my brain shuts off.  What I recall hearing is "Oh wow!....Cars.....interactive....at the car show". And "Wednesday was half price day". Hmm. Sounding more and more interesting to cheapskate Mom's ears.

The next morning, as I considered it I thought that it might be fun to go with you all and see your reactions.  I mean you LOVE Cars. I wasn't expecting what we saw.

NO, not THAT. Although you were pretty intrigued by that one and kept telling us it was "hiding". Yep, it was.

A full size McQueen! Oh how cool is that? I was talking to another mom who said "this is the only reason we came down here". Uh, ditto (for me at least!).

So the reactions were varied. You were largely interested in the Cars 2 preview that was playing next to the cars (see above).

And not very happy when the security guard yelled at you ("No, no no!") when you ran up to the car to touch it.  She did say she hating doing that and made another little girl cry earlier in the day. Good thing Dad was there to comfort you.

No worries, Ro was over it pretty quick. And there was more to see.

'Queen (as he is known in our house) smiling at us.

So is Zoe. "Cheese" means squint your eyes shut.

 

 And you better keep an eye out for that security guard.

  Speed. I am Speed.

And...back to watching the video.