TGIF!

Yeah for Fridays! I'm normally happy for Fridays because it means that Jeff will be around for the weekend to help with Graham duty. This Friday is extra great though, because Jeff took off an entire week off from work and we have no real plans!!! We'll head up to the lake at some point next week and stay through the 4th, but we're looking forward to just playing things by ear for the next few days.

In mid-July, the three of us are taking part in The Relay for Life up in Duluth. My mom is organizing one of the teams and our team has chosen a Hawaiian theme. Last week Jeff's group at work hosted a party with the same theme and they were just going to throw out all their decorations. So, Jeff was kind enough to lug home an entire SUV full of stuff and it's been filling up our guest room. This morning my mom came over to organize the decorations and in the bottom of one of the boxes was a child size grass skirt so of course we had to try it on my little model!

Hawaiian Boy

To kick off our weekend we visited the Children's Museum-our Friday nights have REALLY changed! Graham and I visit the museum fairly often, and I have to say that as far as crowds go, Friday nights are the best time to go! Because we normally try to avoid places like museums and zoo's on the weekends in order to avoid the crowds, Jeff usually misses out on seeing Graham's excitement as such places. Graham had a great time showing is Dada around the toddler room, a place he's grown very familiar with!

Attempting the rope ladder


Practicing the stairs

There was a fairytale display set up in one room and this is Graham working on a pair of shoes from "The Elves and the Shoemaker"

We ended our evening at Cosetta's, one of our favorite local Italian places. This was the first time we've taken Graham there and judging by the amount of food he ate, we think he loves it there too! Let's just say that he ate so much we were honestly worried about him throwing up on the car ride home! No worries though, we made it home without incident! :)