Life as we go it: VW's

Monday, July 14, 2014

Pack, unpack, pack again

Happy belated 4th of July!

We stayed in Sheboygan for the 4th of July parade and fireworks. Liam loved the fireworks. Chloe, not so much. We then headed up north to our cabin on Saturday to celebrate with family. We participated in the Annual Richter Lake Pontoon Boat Parade, had some campfires, rode on the 4-wheelers, played with the kids, and ate way too much.

We arrived back home on Wednesday and unpacked our stuff for two days. Then packed up again and headed to Matt's parents' house this past Saturday and Sunday. Matt's mom made a delicious dinner, we watched a movie and then attended a family reunion on Sunday.

Here are a few quick photos of things that made me smile:

Liam saying "mmmm" "mmmm" "mmmm" while eating sorbet at our favorite

local ice cream shop, South Pier Parlor.

Seeing the coolest VW camper van in the 4th of July parade.

Matt and I are bound and determined to own one of these some day :)

Liam taking in the sights and sounds of the parade.

A four-hour ride to our cabin, which was much more enjoyable with my niece Caroline

along for the ride. She sat in the back with Liam and Chloe and was a huge help. Thank you C!

Our sweet Chloe sticking her tongue out.

Liam squirting water into the lake, over and over and over again. This little

boy loves the outdoors so much. I'm glad he enjoys being at our cabin and doesn't

mind running around in just a shirt.

Liam getting sleepy and then dozing off on me. He rarely sleeps in my arms anymore,

so I'm going to enjoy any chance I can get with this little man.

No explanation for why this made me smile :)

The kiddos' feet. I love em.

A ten minute break by the lake at the cabin (while the kids were napping/before it started to rain/before the bugs decided to try and eat me as their afternoon snack).

It's not an appropriate trip to the cabin unless you have a bloody mary (or two or three).

Two loaves of bread that I made in one day :)

A homemade banana bread and flax beer bread.

Liam enjoying a lemonade pop that he made with his Nana.

Chloe being held by her 96 year-old Great Grandma Bremser at the family

reunion this past weekend. Priceless.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Big boy bedroom

I thought I'd share a few quick photos of Liam's "big boy bedroom" as we call it. He absolutely loves his new room and his twin bed. He's been in this new room for almost a month now and hasn't even looked back at his old room! It really surprised us that he would adjust so well (I hope I'm not jinxing it by saying this). Soon his old room will be filled with a crying, cooing, burping baby. I wonder if he'll get jealous when the "newbie" is in his old room? I guess we'll find out shortly...

Anyways...here are a few photos of his travel/map/world themed room. There are a few things I want to get done in here yet (hang a clock, hang some canvass art, organize the closet better, etc). And I didn't have the energy to set up the room to look all spectacular for the photos. So I'm only posting the ones that I thought looked fairly cute :)

Here's a little banner I made out of old maps and ribbon...

It took me forever to find this duvet cover online. It was sold out from Pottery Barn Kids, but I found it for half the price and brand new on EBay :)

This little red airplane pillow was my "inspiration piece" for his bedroom...

Matt and I are a bit obsessed with VW's so we thought we'd share our love with Liam...

Liam got this cool canvass from some friends for his birthday. And the old little yellow VW -- that was mine and my brothers' from when we were little :)