Friday, June 11, 2010

new little cuz....

we now have two cousins with june 2 as thier birthday. riley who was 6 this year, our newest member on the pingel side of the family.

sweet little ellison

lilly did say a few times that her name should be "rosie" she said that was going to be the name of our little baby but it a boy so it wouldn't work. so aunt val was going to name her baby that.
(the things little kids come up with:)
max just loved looking at her:)
lilly loved holding her:)

Thursday, June 10, 2010

cheese fest:)

last weekend was the "great wisconsin cheese festival" in our home town little chute. on saturday lilly max and i attended the parade.
lilly and max waiting for it to start.
lilly got so much candy! and yes she did share one sucker with her brother:)
we then went down the park and had a cheese burger with grandpa elrick and went to the petting zoo.
max was a little shy he kept his distance from the animals.
lilly on the other hand was so excited to touch them all!
three little piggies:)
and a goat:)
lilly had her face painted... i said lilly would you like a flower or a heart? "no mom i want an air...row...plane:)"
max waited patiently. for his sister masterpiece on her face to be finished.
hmmm. i don't think an airplane is a normal request.
by the time we got back to the car max was sleeping... lilly wanted to take a picture of her and max sleeping after their big adventuress morning. so she is actually fake sleeping in this picture.
we then went to see nick who was moving lilly and max's grandpa and grandma pingel's new house! it's beautiful:)

on sunday my uncle kurt's band played down at cheese fest, and it's something that the whole family attends so we were super excited to go and see them... kurt is one in from the right.
max loved listening to the music.
he always had a smile on his face:)
he was dancing with his aunt:)
clapping with his grandma.
did i mention he was all smiles:)
lilly went on a few rides with her cousin, and daddy.
and played tricks on people under picnic tables.
by the end of the afternoon max was pooped again.
we then spent a great night with new friends, california noah his little brother and his mom and dad... i wish i took pictures of that, there is always next time.

Friday, June 4, 2010

what a wonderful morning:)

it's so great to have them home.







it is amazing how a spotless house can turn into a disaster after a half an hour of your kids being home:) i missed the mess:) we have a fun filled day of going to the bank, grocery store, kohl's and later we get to visit aunt val in the hospital and meet lilly and max's new little cousin ellison! lilly is very excited to meet a little girl cousin:)

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

holiday weekend.

last holiday weekend up at white potato lake.
we did a lot of swimming...
sweet little lilly.
sweet little max.
lynn's 60th birthday jessie made a cake!
a super sad looking cake:( but it sure tasted good:)

max didn't take his eyes off of it.
so handsome.

max loved the little gator ride lilly gave him, they want around and around the cottage.
his therapist would have been so proud, he stood the whole time:)
hold on max, your sister can be a crazy driver:)
kids fishing off the dock.
kids playing on little riding toys.
kids sitting in chairs.
kids, kids everywhere:) big adam and little adam joking around.
careful with the fork evan:)
max 's sweet cheeks just about to go in the water:)
water trampoline fun:)
this was the last day that nick, max and myself were up north for the holiday weekend lilly stay up with the rest of the family. we came home on saturday max had a terrible case of pink eye, i have never seen such sad eyes:( he also had a fever and that night had some sort of stomach bug all night:( sunday night was much, much better. his eyes cleared up after the first drop of medication. nick and i had planned to stay up north all weekend then my mom and dad were going to be keeping both kids up there and bringing them home friday morning. so monday afternoon we brought max back up north and spent the day with the family and then left the kids:( it was a really hard thing for me to do, but nick and i planned to put a fence up at home and we would get so much more done with them not around. plus i know they would have so much more fun up there.
so the last few nights have been really strange. i feel a little free in a way? i have gotten so may things done that i was putting off, and i am happy to say the fence is almost finished. the kids are doing great, lilly told me a story over the phone that she and grandma found a painter turtle on the road and it peed on grandma! she laughed so hard:) then they let it go in the lake.
i am so excited to see them in the morning! i have missed them so much, it's one thing to feel a little free... but now it's more of a free but very empty feeling like i want to be doing something else (like take care of my kids, hug and kiss my kids).