Blank Park Zoo Visit in August

We visited Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines at the beginning of August. The weather was really nice that day, not too hot, so the animals were all out. Bella loved the zoo, but Jack didn't have much patience for it. He likes to keep moving. The train was probably his favorite part, or the soda that he shared with Bella ;) We stayed in a hotel that night after swimming with The Wood family in the hotel pool. The kids thought it was cool to get to sleep together in the pull out bed. Mom did not think it was cool when Jack woke up vomiting at 6 am the next morning. Just the beginning of a long week of sickness for us all.

Old ones

These are from way back in July when we baked the anniversary cake for Gma and Gmpa Larsen. These kids love to cook, but I think they love to eat their mess even more :)

The Slumber Party

For her 6th birthday we told Bella that she could have a slumber party. She thinks that slumber parties are the absolute coolest thing ever :) So she had Paige and Claire Weber and Alex Peterson stay the night after school on the 3rd. They had so much fun and Paige told me that it was "the best slumber party in the whole world." Not bad for about 24 hours prep. However, Jack was very upset that "we forgot his birthday and he didn't get any presents." I couldn't make that up if I tried. So sad but so stinkin cute. They girls were pretty good to him and let him play with them for most of the night.

So much to catch up on

I have been bad at updating again, so I have a lot of photos to share from the end of the summer. Bella got a bike for her birthday so Daddy helped her practice at the cabin.