A week of fun!

We are really enjoying our summer! Even though we usually don't have plans, we seem to fill up our days doing lots of fun activities! Uncle Brent came to see us a couple of times this week since he was still in town for work. Zane showed him how he could use the t-ball that he and Aunt Marcy gave him for his birthday. Here's Zane the slugger at work:

Then after playing baseball, Zane had to cool off. We put the crazy sprinkler out for him and he went through it. It's so funny to see him run through a sprinkler...he loves water, but doesn't seem to care for it spraying on him...so he goes cautiously!

Matt and I gave Zane a bicycle for this birthday. He really hasn't seemed interested in it until now...he seemed to be a little bit scared of it actually. This week he got his helmet and pads on and climbed on his bike. He did really well for the first time! I didn't capture the first big crash on film, but it was a doozie! He was brave and climbed right back on to ride again...pedaling and crying at the same time! It was priceless!

We ended up staying in KC Friday evening and going swimming as a family. We got up Saturday, loaded everything, and headed to Iowa. We dropped Zaner off at Gaga and Papa's and headed to town for the races. We had a good night racing, Chris won his heat race and got 4th in the feature. Much better than 2 weeks ago!

Sunday we headed to Matt's grandparents for dinner. Keaton was there and those two boys had a blast! They played hard all day long and were worn out by the time we left!!! I didn't take a picture (figured it wasn't really appropriate), but they ended up spraying each other with the hose, so most of the afternoon they spent in only their underwear while we dried their clothes! Lucky for them there were on the farm where noone could see them! Here is a cute video of the boys trying to hook the 4-wheeler onto the tractor and some pictures of them playing.

Zane says so many cute things anymore, I decided to decicate a part of the blog each week to funny things he has said! So here goes:

In Zane's Words...

Zane likes to talk to Bobby in my belly...and I told him Bobby was growing in there. So I asked him where he grew before he was born. He thought for a minute, then said "Pizza Shoppe!" (A restaurant that I've been craving, so we go there a couple of times a week).

If you ask Zane what he would like in his happy meal, he will tell you a "cheese bah guh guh" (cheeseburger).

Zane and Papa both have a mini tape measure. When Zane says it he says "tee bur bur bur bur bur." I don't know why it has so many syllables!

Zane LOVES to jump! The other day he was jumping from our bed onto the recliner in our room. One time it tipped forward. He got up, looked at me, and said, "Oh, close one!"

We installed a celing fan in Zane's new room this week. He was really excited to have his own fan! When he went to bed that night, he didn't want to go to sleep, but we kissed him good night and walked out. On the way out the door, Matt turned the fan off. We heard Zane in his room crying and crying. We figured he was just mad he had to go to bed. We went in to check on him and he was out of bed, sobbing, and falling on the floor. He looked at Matt and said "My new fan broken!" He didn't realize Matt had turned it off, so he thought it was broken already! Poor kid, he just wanted a working fan!