Michelle & Co.: august in photos.

Wow, it has been an entire month since I have posted! I guess summer was keeping us nice and busy! Time to catch up.
Here is August in photos. Yes, they are all from a phone camera. I need to be much better about using my nice camera while I'm out. The weather was beautiful and we had some fun things going on. I can't tell you enough how much I love summer, and how sad I am to see it come to a close each year.

twins game
Technically, we were at the game at the end of July, but I forgot to blog about it. So here it is tacked onto August. We were very grateful to Children's Hospital for handing out tickets to families to the game.

Emmett had a really hard time while we were walking through the stadium to our seats. Big crowds and moving people overwhelm him. But once we got to our seats and everyone was still, he perked up. :)

we had nosebleed seats, but it worked out great because the kids could stand up and walk around without bothering anyone.

matching hats :)

my buddy having fun at his first Twins game.

plenty of swimming/sprinkler time

Ethnie and her friend Max at Como pool

we took Emmett to a lake beach once this summer. beaches are very stressful for him because he can't stand the feeling of sand (or much of anything) stuck to his hands or feet. but we pushed him a little. we spread out a large sheet and he played with a bowl of water next to it so he didn't have to move. he seemed to tolerate it fine.

sprinkler time with Olivia

national night out

Ethnie's friend Olivia got to join us.

always fun to have dinner and play in the street. :)

in the police car

Ethnie and Olivia were so funny, posing on the fire engine.

Emmett's favorite part of the night

cute kids

weekend at grandpa and grandma's house

Emmett recently graduated to a big-boy booster seat. He really loves it, but sleeping is more of a challenge now.

being silly with a blue sucker tongue and grandpa's jersey during the Vikings game.

boating on Saturday. Emmett loves. the. boat. it is also very calming for him. he falls asleep every time we are on a boat!

passed out after being on the boat 30 min.

Ethnie had a blast swimming with grandpa

first mates

thanks for the fun weekend grandma and grandpa!

dogsitting

Within one week we were asked to dogsit for two different people. We were happy to do it!

this insanely adorable pup belongs to Ethnie's friend Olivia. her name is Malin and we have watched her before. she got to stay with us overnight.

Ethnie is very responsible with her and made her feel very comfortable.

I can't wait to get one of my own! so freakin' cute.

we went from watching a tiny dog to watching a giant dog. this is Oliver and he belongs to Matt's brother. he got to stay with us for four days. he is such a chill dog and super easy to please.

Emmett had a lot of fun playing with Oliver. I think he tried to ride him at one point.

best news: Ethnie is riding without training wheels!

We have been pushing Ethnie since last summer to ditch her training wheels. Ethnie is a very cautious girl and has been really scared to try it. I had to demonstrate some tough love by taking away her scooter. I told her she couldn't use it again until she was riding on two wheels. Within a week she was riding like a pro and since then she has upgraded to a bigger bike that actually fits her. Boom. And she hasn't even touched her scooter.

so proud of herself! all she wants to do now in her free time is ride her bike.

playgroundin'

my favorite holiday..., I mean going to the state fair

We decided not to bring the kids to the fair this year. Emmett would be miserable and Ethnie would be bored half of the time. We like to go all day! So they spent a fun day with papa and grandma while we went by ourselves.