words of wren

wren is really into telling stories lately. two of my favorites:

once upon a time there was a giant. he was scary. he ate a cat. no, no giant! don't do that!

AND

once upon a time little daddy go in the halloween.....yaaaaaaay!!

cabin trip

spent the weekend at the neubauer family cabin with grandpa owl and grandma soozi.

fishing.

love him

vacation

just returned from a relaxing long weekend at gull lake. although the 2 hour drive turned into a 6 hour drive (road construction and poor planning. blah.) with no AC in our car and sadsad kids in their carseats, it was well worth the trek. we were able to kick back and relax with grandma shell and grandpa bunny and auntie kel. wren loved it. kaj loved it. and we certainly loved it, too.

here mike and wren are enjoying the hot tub in our cabin. mikey called it "seal lagoon" and played seal games with wren, enticing her to want to take tubbys all the time. mike was "daddy seal" and wren was "baby seal" and you could throw imaginary balls and fish to them, and they would catch them and do tricks. entertaining for all...and we are blessed with the best baby ever. i can't remember kaj crying at all on vacation. he is sooo good and sweet. content to do whatever and always easy to get a smile. although most of the time he is pretty serious. pretty much breakyourheart adorable, too, don't you think?and the golf cart. by far wren's favorite part of the whole experience. the cabins we stay at rent out golf carts to get around the cabin grounds. wren LOVED to sit in "her car" and pretend to drive places. she also liked to boss auntie kel and grandma shell to get in her car so she could take them around. when wren eventually learned that the golf cart actually could move and drive places she was even more enthralled. she got to ride (and drive) the golf cart by sitting on her daddy's lap. she even gave her mama a heart attack when she stomped on the gas pedal while the keys were in the ignition and almost ran over her grandpa bunny and daddy. geez.
and here we are doing temporary henna art. or mike is. he even developed a strange pirate-british accent and personality, complete with descriptions of his training at "hogwarts school for boys who love henna". he called his art menna. you know, henna for men? yep.
and dancing at bar harbor...
thanks grandma shell and grandpa bunny! we had a great vacation!

playdate with luna

kisses

wimbledon

a tivo-ed wimbledon brunch with our friends shadO and melissa. shadO is an artist and melissa teaches yoga and firedances and they live in a huge house in minneapolis with a bunch of people. wren loves it there. she is the only kid (besides kaj) and everyone dotes on her and plays with her and she gets to boss people around, her favorite. there is crazy art everywhere, and she loves that, too. we were at shadO's all day, and eventually wren needed a nap. she took it in a tiny room under the stairs, which they call the "makeout room". as she fell asleep she said, "i love shadO. hes my friend. he has a pillow. we have pillows, too!" she slept for 2 hours. when she woke up she said, "hey! whassup diaper?!"

shadO
Melissa
melissa and murphy

fireworks

stopped in hudson on the way home from sal's house to see fireworks saturday night. impromptu stop, and we stood at a gas station because there was nowhere to park, but wren was enchanted anyway.