Summer Fun

We’re loving summer at home. We’re staying busy and enjoying every moment. 

We’re spending tons of time at parks. 

We celebrated Nate’s birthday. 

The boys celebrated Pride with rainbow day and a parade at school.
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Swim lessons are going really well. Xander keeps saying “I nailed it” after each new move. 
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The puppies are doing well- they are almost completely potty trained, they are enjoying walks, they play super well together and they are so snuggly (with each other and with us)

 
The boys are also busy with Sports Sampler class from the YMCA and Xander is loving golf lessons. 

The boys go to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They have weekly water days, are doing lots of crafts, and play outside a lot. 
 

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We had a picnic at a new park. 

 
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On July 3, we went to a Saints game. We weren’t sure how long the boys would last, because within the first few minutes of the game, they were not super into it, but there were fireworks after the game and they really wanted to see them. They made it through the game and really enjoyed the fireworks. When they ended and we were walking back to the car (it was around 10:15pm), Augustus said, “What are we doing next?” I asked him if he wanted to go to an after party at a club and he said, “sure!” He was asleep before we were out of the parking garage, so we went home and went to bed instead. 

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Fourth of July was low-key since we’d had a late night the night before. I attempted to take our annual picture, and no one was cooperating. 

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We went to the beach. We went to the camp beach a lot but I haven’t been to a beach in the Twin Cities in YEARS. It was SO SO fun! 

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We had our St. Paul Thanksgiving buddies over for dinner, ice cream and hanging out. 

The boys have been swimming at Grandma Debbie’s house twice a week and they are getting so comfortable in the water. 

Nate and I double dated with our neighbors to see a concert (a band that our other neighbor is in). It was VERY fun and the boys got to spend the night at Grandma Debbie’s house overnight. 

We had 2 playdates with Xander’s buddy Leo. Xander went to his house for the day, which was the first playdate where we just dropped him off and no parent stayed with him. And then later in the week, Leo came to our house where we made our own pizzas for lunch and spent a lot of time riding scooters and playing with legos. 

Gussie is potty training and he is doing SO WELL! He is wearing big boy undies and hasn’t had any accidents in weeks! I’m so proud of him! 

We’re staying busy and enjoying our summer!
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