All aboard!

MeMe and Papaw came to visit us this weekend, and we all went for a ride on Thomas.

Thomas is THE thing in our house at the moment. We watch Thomas on tv. We play on the train table. We play with Thomas in the bath. You get the picture.

So the boys were a little excited to see Thomas in person.

The actual ride on the train was maybe not worth the small fortune that it cost, but hey, how many times do you get to ride on Thomas the Train?

Alter fun

For the second year in a row, we took the boys to the Alter Family Fun Fest on Labor Day weekend.

We quickly learned that Monday is way more calm. Kinda boring. But no lines for rides or food (yay).

So we rode on some tea cups, went down the big slide (twice) and enjoyed some very unhealthy food. Yum.

First baseball game

We waited until the very end of the Dragon's season to finally take the boys to a game. The Dragons did not have a good season (maybe they finished last in their league), but the boys didn't seem to mind.

And we had awesome seats through Chris' work. But really...is there a bad seat at a Dragon's game?

Quinn LOVED the game (I'm guessing that being outside had something to do with it). Liam LOVED the mascots. I hate people dressed up more than almost anything else in the world (just look at my face), so I'm not sure where Liam got his love of all things in costume. Ew.

Look how cute all the boys are paying attention to the game!

First day of school! First day of school!

Well, we survived the first day and first week of pre-school. It was a little hairy at times, but Quinn seemed to enjoy what he was doing and learning in his class. The biggest issue was the new, no napping schedule. By Friday he was begging to take a nap. :)

He also was not a fan of his big boy backpack (you can kind of guess that from the pictures), but he learned to deal with it by wearing in the front instead of on his back. Whatever works, dude. And he's recently developed a hatred for shoes and socks, but his teachers seemed to have convinced him to leave them on after the first day.

It also helped a ton that their theme for the first week focused on trains, which is the current obsession in our house. Nemo and Cars are old news. Thomas IS in...in a big way. We read about, watch and play with trains most of the day. Could be worse.

Keeping our fingers crossed for an equally good second week!

Wegerzyn Gardens

Wegerzyn Gardens might be Dayton's best kept secret. Why have we never been here before? No idea.

Since it's finally not a million degrees in the anymore, Jenn and I took Sadie and the boys to explore. It was A-MAZ-ING. Aside from all the flowers being beautiful, there was so much for the kids to do. From instruments and a little house to gardens and dinosaurs, it pretty much had it all.

And, of course, there was a waterfall at the end, and we were not successful at keeping the kids away. Oh well...we had spare clothes.

Definitely support Dayton's metroparks; they're awesome.

EnterTRAINment Junction

Last weekend we visited EnterTRAINment Junction with Mamaw and Papaw (these are all Liam's pronunciations). Quinn and daddy went last year with Papaw Tom, but the rest of us had never been before.

Can I just say that if your child even remotely likes trains, this is the place to be. Wow. It was amazing.

And in addition to the giant display of model trains, there is a great interactive play area.

The boys were a little bit in love. Can you tell?

Summer at the park

We spent quite a bit of time at parks this summer. Lucky for us, we have a ton around us. Water parks, gardens, playgrounds, etc.

The park near Jenn and Jim seemed to be the boys' favorite. Quinn loves the water while liam loved the playground.

These pictures of the boys and Sadie are some of my favorite...