Father's Day!

Take me out to the ball game!

For Father's Day, Alexis bought Dad a family set of Chicago Cubs t-shirts and tickets to the day's Canaries' ball game. We also invited both our families to join us. The Grandmas couldn't make it but everyone else was there! We got rained on a couple times but it was refreshing while sitting in the sun!

Our Group:

Front row (from left): Tom, Ethan, Micki, Bill & Alexis

2nd row: Laura, Chris, Brent, Dad, Carissa, Kris

Attitude... already!

Swear she went from Cheesy....

To Crying....
To Attitude....

In about 2 minutes flat!

Operation Diaper Cream

So, I had promised to post new pictures this weekend but didn't exactly get around to it.

We got a lot done around the house despite a bit of a hiccup. Okay, large hiccup.

During efforts to get as much done as possible, an entire tube of diaper cream made it into a load of Alexis' laundry. Basically it looked like she had gotten into a paint fight and came out with white splotches all over... however, we didn't notice it until everything had gone through the dryer.

I soaked everything in a bathtub full of Dawn dish soap for half the day to cut the grease and then scrubbed every white spot with a Shout Gel scrubber.

It was tedious so I didn't bother with some things... wash cloths, bibs, white onesies. And then split it up into two groups. Did about half of it on Saturday night & half on Sunday.

I'm pretty happy with the results and the effort put into it... There was a moment I was thought it would all end up in the trash but knew I had to try something. The tricky part, though, is that diaper cream stains look very different when you're scrubbing them, pulling wet clothes out of the wash and when they're dry.

For the most part, the white is gone. There are just a couple items that came out with what look like grease stains. Batch #2 is in the wash right now... we'll have to see how that goes... but I think the Shout has soaked into my skin... somehow, I can taste it. YUCK!

A Great Weekend!

It may not be summer yet, but we had a great day outside on Saturday. I had to share some of the pictures. She loves her water table, but would rather drink the water and suck on the penguin than actually splash in it. And we explored the big back yard as Dad re-planted new grass seed in the areas where the dogs killed it off.

Great Plains Balloon Race

We headed out to a park near my old high school to catch the Great Plains Balloon Race tonight. I didn't know what Aleixs would think about it or if she'd even care, but she really enjoyed the sights of all the colorful balloons! Beautiful, free weekend entertainment... can't go wrong!

There were a good 500+ people there, parking was nothing like I'd ever seen before. We could have dodged the crowds by getting up for the 5:45am race, but my alarm didn't work right and with the little girl being sick lately, when I did wake up at 5:55, I decided to let her sleep and shoot for the night event.

Even Bill thought it was amazing. There were 34 balloons... which was more than the last time I went to the race. Enjoy the pics!