Back to Jo's, Iowa State Fair, and TEETHING!

Well, we are back to the daily grind of actually having to get up and ready for school/daycare! Our transition was really smooth, thanks in a big part to our wonderful daycare provider, Jo! The boys both did great and Mom didn't cry! I'm posting a few pictures from Jo's website. Don't forget, as always, that there are more pictures on our Flickr site, as well as Jo's daycare site. Just click on either of the links to see more.

Smile bug Mason!

My shoe...no mine...Mason & Nora
Erika cooking with the big kids

This weekend Chris decided he was going to take a week off of racing (and they ended up raining out anyway), so we headed to the Iowa State Fair. Zane was so excited to go camping with Grandma and Papa! He couldn't wait to get there! We went Friday night. Saturday morning we woke up, got ready, and headed down to the fair. We ate traditional fair food (yum, fresh corn dogs), rode some rides, bought some goodies, saw some big and small animals, and did a lot of "people-watching." Here are a few pictures/videos from the weekend:

Zane on his way to the fair...

Zane going down the big slide with Uncle Brent

And going down with Papa and Grandma

The boys were "faired-out" pretty quickly...

Okay, I know, it looks like huge underwear,but I thought it was very creative...turns any chair into a highchair! For those times you don't have a highchair...

Zane & Keaton playing at the camper...


Like the homemade suspenders?

Keaton and Zane racing each other

Later that evening we returned to the fair. We took McKinna along. She and Zane had so much fun riding the rides, and we were glad someone was there to ride everything with him so he wasn't alone!

Zane & McKinna ready to ride!

Grandma, Zane, & Papa on the Sky Glider

Mason is getting so strong! He has been standing for quite a few seconds on his own and has even tried to take a step. He just needs to trust himself more! We finally got him on camera standing up!

Zane-isms

• "My tummy hurts Mommy. It's saying (in a deep voice), 'I want to go to Papa's house.'"
• Matt and Zane were watching the races yesterday and he said, "Dad, I wish you had a racecar and had two seats. One for me and one for you."
  
  

Mason's Marvels

• Mason has decided to cut some teeth this week! In 2 days he got 3 teeth! So far he has the bottom two and one on the top. He's working on another!