LEGOland!

Well you know my big brother loves all things LEGO.  The highlight of our week in Chicago was definitely the trip we took to LEGOland!

I loved it too!

Can you believe the things they can make??

The coolest thing about LEGOland is that it's only for kids and we can touch!

There was a little miniature Chicago!  We got to see all the streets and buildings we had just been to!

We also loved the jungle room.

Coley is so brave.

Of course, this was his favorite exhibit!

Look at all those guys!

Daddy was in heaven too.  Little LEGO fans really just grow up into BIG LEGO fans.

I couldn't tear Coley away from building cars to make him ride, but Tania was game!

We had a blast!

I was in heaven.  Two ladies all to myself!

We think Derek had a great time too.  Engineers love LEGOs.

We all worked on cars.  We wanted to build the fastest one we could!

Tania is very patient.

Cole's was awesome!

I pretty much rolled anything I could down the ramp.

Ready?  Set? GOOOOOOOOOOO!

That's a winner!

Old man Lounsbury is smart about sneaking in naps.  He even got one in amidst the chaos at LEGOland!

Not Tania.  She is tireless like us!

We got to see how LEGOs are made and Mommy's mind was blown when we learned you can connect LEGO Duplos to real LEGOs!

What a perfect place for a kid like Coley.  Thanks Mom and Dad!

A Mucking Good Time!

Well Mom and Dad concocted another crazy adventure for us this weekend.  This time they brought Annette along too!  We drove out to the middle of nowhere for the Mudathalon!  B was a great sport and mascot (as usual).

Here's Team Vandy BEFORE the event.

I had an outstanding time running the kid's course and got plenty dirty :)

Mom and Dad came back FILTHY but were all smiles.  What an awesome adventure and we can't wait to do it again!

We Love "Brownie!"

We've learned that our neighbors are the NICEST people!  Mrs. Brown even invited us over to use her awesome pool this week!

And her super cool son came out to play with us too.

B kept calling her "Bernie" which is actually her dog's name so Mom was mortified and kept correcting him "No, No... It's Mrs. Brown"  He finally settled on calling her "Brownie" and we think she kinda liked it :)

Thanks for a fantastic afternoon Brownie! :)

FORE!

Birthday gifts have been arriving daily in Vandyville!  Thank you SO much Baba and Didi for this awesome set of Cole sized golf clubs!

Plan B

We were all set to host a serious church meeting Sunday evening when the plans fell through.  We decided to turn the evening into a party instead!  Jonah and Sissy brought their parents over! 

Jonah and I are best buddies and our Mommies find that both sweet AND scary.  We're TROUBLE.

this much mischief wrapped up in two super cute bundles is dangerous.

We spent the evening outside in the bounce house and in the mud.  Coley helped us look for wormy squirmies when he got home from Jacob's birthday party.

As usual, there were lots of bumps and scrapes.  Some were more serious than others.

Boots let us take turns carrying him around until he had enough and bit me.

We soaked everything we could with the hose.

Then we headed up front to ride bikes.

V is a perfect little princess who isn't afraid to get right in there and play with we stinky rowdies.

We're all completely smitten.

Jonah's pretty stinking cool too.

Coley may have showed off just a little bit for Jonah's sissy, but he kept it in check.  Papa Chaille isn't known for wanting ANY boys around his princess!

Of course, at the end of the day, we always end up with our Mommies. Ours are so grateful to be friends because man... they're going to need to unite forces when we're older!