Big Day

It has been a big day in the Bennett house. Brady has used the potty all day long. We are up to 6 tee tee's and 2 poo poo's (only 1 accident/just excited that Matt was home from work and we were going outside)! Very exciting. We will see if this continues tomorrow. Not sure how he will do starting MMO on Wed. He has the cutest "I DID IT" dance. I am not sure how to load video, but if I can figure that out and he is still doing the dance tomorrow I'll post it.

Also, I have just joined Facebook.

Note: Yes, for the record I did say I was not a blogger or a "facebooker"!

August Wrap Up.....Fall Here We Come......

Not that I am counting down, but my children finally start back to MMO next Wed. a.m. That will officially be the end to our summer. We don't really have any Labor Day plans, except maybe one last trip to the pool and maybe a quick trip to the lake! Cal has been with me since May, so I am interested to see how he does starting back. We are excited about his teacher and the children in his class this year. Brady, I have discovered is not going to be one that warms up to his teachers, so I am just hoping that he doesn't cry every morning from Sept. - May!



I am happy to report that Cal took his first "private" tennis lesson today. He has been to a few group lessons where they play tennis games for an hour, but through my proud mom eye's did I see that he is actually gets the ball over the net more often than not, so I decided that he would benefit from a private lesson or two. He loved Coach Dani and did really well. He did want Dani to play the group games, so I realized we have to keep going to group lessons. He is going to play soccer again this fall. Hopefully he will understand it a little better than he did last fall.



Last weekend we went to Atl. to be with my mom since it was the anniversary of my dad's death. Mom did really good and it helped to have Cal and Brady there. We also took the boys to see Dora Live at the Fox. It was wonderful. We have seen the Diego show and the Dora show and they have both been great. Diego did make an appearance in this show as Dora did in the Diego show. We met some friend's after the show for dinner at The Varsity.



I am headed to the beach in the a.m. for Beach Bunko! Matt and the boys will be having "Dude's Weekend"!



As the weather man said last night, this Saturday will be the last Saturday w/o football! So as we say in this house Hotty Totty, Go Dawgs and Roll Tide.



Happy Fall and Happy Football!

Cheese Heads and a 1/2 Marathon

We left last Wed . for Waukesha, WI to visit my sister and her family. Cal has flown twice, but this was Brady's first plane ride. He loved the airplane. They both did great on the flight up and were so excited to see Aunt Kristy, Kendall, Morgan and Marshall when we landed. We spent Wed. getting settled and visiting. On Thursday we woke up and headed out for a 2:00 Brewer's game at Miller Park. Bob had arranged to get us a suite (I highly recommend this route with two 2 year old's and a 4 yo). They loved it and the adults thought is was pretty great too! The Brewer's won and we headed home. The kids swam until it was time to eat dinner. Here is where I need to note that even with a heated pool it was chilly. Chilly, as in you needed to get out and go get in a hot shower chilly. Yes, even in late July. In June and July combined, the Milwaukee area had only had 20 days above 80 degrees.

Matt woke up on Friday at 4:30 a.m. to head to Whistling Straights golf course. This was the high-light of Matt's trip. The course they played will host the 2010 PGA Championship. While the guys were playing golf, we went to the Milwaukee Co. Zoo. It was hands down the best zoo I have ever been to. The kids had a great time. Cal realized there was face painting. I really wish he had done the face painting b/c there were some really cool animals to choose from, but while we were waiting he realized they did tattoo's that would last for 7 days. He was sold. He picked out a dragon that was black and red, but told the guy he wanted more colors. Cal told him exactly what colors he wanted where. I am only a little concerned that he is designing his own tats at 4!

On Saturday everyone except for mom, Brady and Kendall drove into Chicago. Mom and the babies had their own special 2 year old day back in WI. We spent the day hitting the main Chicago sites. Cal loved the Hersey's Chocolate store and Navy Pier. When we left Navy Pier we headed to Giordano's for deep dish pizza. This pizza was another high-light for Matt. The pizza was excellent and I am normally a thin crust girl. After pizza they dropped Matt and I off at our hotel and they headed home.

Matt and I were up the next day at 5:30 a.m. to make sure we were lined up with 20,000 other runners for the Chicago Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon. Here is where Matt and I should individually blog about our race experience. This was my 2nd race and Matt's 1st. It was PERFECT race weather and a cool course which ended with you running along Lake Michigan. Matt did not love the race, but we finished in 2:20 minutes. Not bad since we had only run 6 miles 3 times. Not near the training we should have done(if you do the math that is not even 1/2 of 13.1). We showered and took a taxi to lunch. We were feeling better after lunch and decided to do the Miracle Mile walk down Michigan Ave. back to our hotel. We were able to fit in a little shopping and made it back to the hotel for 2 o'clock check out then took a train back to Milwaukee. Such a fun way to travel. I would love to be that close to Chicago!

We had a great trip and flew home Monday afternoon. Thanks Sister for hosting such a fun trip.

Additional Pics

22 and Counting

We spent the weekend at Lake Martin with some friends that Matt has known since Trinity. There are 5 families (4 of us live in Montgomery and 1 lives in Atlanta, not too far from my mom). Matt's first lake trip with this group happened the summer before I had Cal. There have been lots of children added to the group, hence the 22 and counting. We are fortunate enough to borrow a 4 bedroom/4bath lake house for the weekend. The parents and kids always have a good time. Here is a picture of 4 of the guys, the picture is missing Brent, Joy and Addie to make the Trinity group complete.

I do need to note that the lake was busy due to Aquapalooza and that CMT will air footage Labor Day weekend. If you happen to watch, look for our friend John Coley who got interviewed. Cal was in heaven because his best friend Will was there and they could play for 3 days straight. Brady just LOVES the lake and LOVES to swim, yes my 2 yo can dog paddle like you would not believe! He needs NO help from Matt or I. If you get near him he will tell you "No helps"! I don't have a picture, but he even rode something called "The Rocket". He got on it with Miss Rosemary and Garrison. I also took a few spins on the rocket. Again, I don't have a picture of Rosemary, Joy and I in all our glory, but we took quite the ride. We were not sure that Rosemary didn't have a neck injury until this a.m.

HHI Part II

And the results are in..............................Brady's favorite thing about the beach was playing with cousin Will and Cal's favorite thing was getting his face painted at the South Beach Marina 3 nights. He had his face painted by a clown named Clappy last year, so he was a little upset when we went and found out she had moved to Harbor Town this year. Thankfully the young girls who were painting this year did a great job! Cal had a thing for the girl who painted his face the first night, so the other 2 nights he would only get in her line.

HHI Part I

Well, 10 days and a lot of miles later we are home. We had a great vacation this year. The boys loved the beach. The picture below is of us at the top of the Harbor Town Light House. If you know where to look, the place we stay is in the background. Before we went to Harbor Town on Thursday we took the boys to Lawton Stables and they walked around the petting farm and rode ponies. We also played on the playground and ate ice-cream at Harbor Town, so it was a big day! Matt gave me a new camera for my birthday before we left, so I was so excited to find out it takes great pictures and is easy to use. I was also able to read 3 books this year (technically one the week before we left and 2 on vacation), something I have not done the past few years. Matt even went to the book store on the island and bought a book to read.

4th of July at Big Canoe

Vacation here we come!

Big Canoe, GA 1st.

Hilton Head, SC 2nd.

The boys HAD to wear mine and Matt's sunglasses.

We spent most of the day swimming.

Cal wanted to make chocolate ice-cream, so Grammy of course said they could. You put cool whip in the ice-cream, so after Grammy was done the boys HAD to have a few bites.

Grammy brought "Sparklers" to do before we left for the fireworks.

Matt and Cal waiting for the fireworks to start.