Twins Game

It's almost the last day of September and I'm still catching up with a post about the Twins game we went to in August!

The day after we got back from the week at the cabin we went to our very first Twins game!  Well, Erik and I had been to games when they played in the dome but we hadn't been to the new stadium yet and it's been around for 8 years!  I remember we had tickets to a game in 2010, the year the stadium opened, but Kade came along 4 days before we were supposed to go so, needless to say, we gave those tickets up!!

We went with our friends, the S's.  Porter and Kade are in class together.  And Mason LOVES Lauren (I think she likes hanging with him too) so it worked out well!

 Pre-car ride pictures:

Porter, Kade, Mason and Lauren

Erik and Scott

The funniest part about this picture, besides the sweet Senior Picture Pose, is they had no idea I was taking it!

Sandi and I joined in the pictures too

It was also our first time riding the light rail.  

On our way to hop on the train.

Waiting in line to get autographs from Twins players

Kade was too shy but Mason gave knuckles to both the players.

He must've been good luck because one of them hit a home run in the following game!

Our seats were awesome, we were only a few rows up from the field, behind 1st base.

So, we got to enjoy the 1st Base Lounge.  Good thing too because it was right behind our seats, it was air conditioned (holy cow it was hot that day), the bathrooms were clean and the food was easily accessible!  All important things when at a game with kids!

Mason did really well but he did get a little bored.  Thank goodness for youtube!

After the game the kids got to go on the field and run the bases!!

I'm not sure who was more excited about being on the field.  

The kids or the dads?

Riding the train back to our cars!

The next morning Kade was watching the game and he saw us on tv!!

Scott and Porter are directly left of the word "FOX", Mason and I are directly underneath it.  I'm covering Mason's head because there was a foul ball in our area, but I lost sight of it, so it was the best I could do to protect him!  Erik and Kade must've been in the bathroom.

Mason entertaining us during the 7th inning stretch

Back to School 2018

I can't believe I still have more summer activities to post about but I wanted to get first day of school pictures up before we get into October!

Kade is in 2nd grade this year and Mason started preschool.  How did that happen already??  Time literally is flying by.

School didn't start until the Thursday after Labor Day for Kade and Mason didn't start until the following Monday.  The day after Labor Day, when most schools are starting, we actually had conferences, meet the teacher and school picture day.

Just a little added fun confusion for us...Kade's teacher is Eisenman and Mason's is Einsman.  I think we are finally starting to get them straight, 3 weeks later.

Conference Day

Look at these big, handsome boys!!

Official First Day of School Pictures for Kade

Kade and Kennedy.

We give her a ride to school every morning too.

Kade loves school.  

He thrives on routines and schedules.  He loves being around a bunch of kids and being able to play with everyone at recess.  

This kid is made for school!

Official First Day of School Picture for Mason

Poor Mase had a rough allergy day on his first day.  You can see in these pictures how red and itchy his eyes were.

Mason doesn't go anywhere without his na night.  I was super worried he wouldn't be able to leave it home for school so we had been preparing him for weeks that na night had to stay home.  We decided that Mousey would LOVE to snuggle with the blanket while Mason was gone.  This is how he decided it was best to leave them on the first day...

Mouse with his arm around the wood fish he won on vacation, all tucked in with na night.

I'm very proud to say that he's not had any issues with leaving na night at home since school has started.  He really is such a big boy now!

Walking in with the big kids!

Mason let me walk him into his classroom the first day.  Everyday since then he's requested Kennedy to escort him.

Hanging his backpack up in his very own locker!

He only goes for half days, 3 days a week.

He also goes with 3 of his daycare friends, so the bus drops them off at daycare.

Amanda, our daycare mom, sent us this picture of all of the little cuties getting off the bus!

I was really worried that Mason wouldn't like school.  He's never really shown interest in wanting to go and whenever we talked about he said he didn't want to start school.  Well, my worries were for nothing.  He loves school too!!  He cries on the days he doesn't get to go to school.  But the little stinker likes to try to trick us, every day we ask him how school was and he responds, "I got sent to the principal's office!".  Let's hope that joke doesn't ever become a reality!

Kade has to read 25 minutes a day.  Kade, who has never sat still for 25 minutes in his life, has to sit and read.  The first day he did it, he sat on the tractor, pedaled in circles while reading out loud.  Problem solved!

Vacation # 3; Part 2

After fishing, the next most popular attraction was boat and tube rides!  This year's weather was much warmer and sunnier so the kids (and adults) got to do a lot more water activities.  The cabin is located on a very small lake, I think we saw 1 or 2 other boaters the whole week we were there.  The only water hazard we had to watch out for was the occasional loon!

Speaking of loons....

Kade caught a turtle!

Who taught that guy how to hold a fish for a picture?!

A whole bunch of "jumping off" pictures....

The in-between guys.

Not the oldest, not the youngest.  

Definitely trouble 😉

Eve

The littles.

Eve and Lillian

Violet and Mason won the fish trophies this year.

Vi caught the smallest fish.

Mason won the biggest fish for the amount he caught and his willingness to take them off the hook with his bare hands.

Grandpa and Grandma with the grandkids

The whole gang