Our little jail-bird.

I had put him down for a nap, but obviously not tired.

Ooh, an open door! GO!

Terrorizing of my kitchen has begun!

We went on a bike ride and picked some blackberries that grow along the trail. Kaden was so excited. Before we left, I told Tyler, "Let's pick some blackberries. We need a bucket though." Without any prompting, Kaden jumped down from his chair and ran to get the (empty) ice cream bucket he has been carrying his tractors around in. Next time we pick berries, we'll all remember to: 1. wear long pants and long sleeves, 2. wear yucky shoes so they can get all purple on the bottom, and 3. take a stick to wipe away all the spiders and their webs. We now have two bags full of blackberries in the freezer that will be yummy in smoothies, ice cream, and a host of other things.

That small brown thing in the picture is not poop. It's a slug. But that's what they look like here.

Tyler and I went on a date this weekend. It was nice to get away for a couple of hours, and to top it all off, dinner was free! We went to Olive Garden, which we think is always yummy. After we were done with salad and bread sticks, our waitress came up and said that our dinner order had gotten lost. And it would be another 15 minutes. Uhhh...ok. Our baby-sitter had an end-of-the-summer party she wanted to go to at 8:30, and it was already 8:10. So we finally got our food at 8:30. The manager brought it out and said, "don't worry about a thing, this dinner is on me." We were pretty shocked and grateful. Maybe I should also mention that Tyler had ordered a $23 steak (which he was hesitant about in the first place, $23 for a steak?!). Free dinner, time away from the kids, and some shopping beforehand = happy parents!