Adult Time, Kids Missed (sort of)

I took off work last Friday because Kristin and I ditched the kids and went up North for some adult time (that is not meant to sound dirty) with friends. I quickly realized I would give my left nut to have Fridays off. I got to walk the kids to school, took care of some bills while watching the news (i.e. SportsCenter) and had some nice alone/quiet time and picked them up from school. It was a very nice, peaceful morning. I hope I get another one in the next few years.

We had fun up North. Judging by my barf, I had a little too much fun, and Kristin was too sick to even go to dinner on Saturday night (almost a full 24 hours later). We missed the boys; however, after the hug session that took place upon arriving home, it only took about 20 minutes to wish I was up North again. These kids fight a lot and are very loud.

Below are our latest pics.

Cole wanted us to buy him this tape measure so bad. He loves tape measures. 

Not the one he initially wanted, but for a reward for his good behavior throughout the week, he was awarded a tape.

This is how Henry suddenly popped out of the garage...sprinting with a raft on his head.

I didn't think this would happen, but we bought a ton of hooks, hung just about everything from the rafters and got both cars in the garage. 

The boys bothering me during the Packer game. 

Cole got a haircut and it looks like he got a built in yamaka.

Henry was mad, refusing to sleep but it didn't last long. He soon passed out next to his bed.

Walking to school

Henry was a complete grump after school and hid in this tree for awhile.

Dorothy's Day Out

We took Great Grandma Dorothy to Miller Park on Sunday, but before we get to that there are some other photos to share from the weekend. On Saturday, Cole helped me deconstruct a pallet and we went to Tosa Fest. Cole hit his thumb/fingers a few times when we took apart the pallet, but never cried and we had no significant injuries.

There is, however, an injury to report from Tosa Fest. I imagine you heard about the fight that broke out. Henry was right in the middle of it. You should see the other guy.

Smiles after the injury. Cole was really shook up and asked to be strapped into his stroller so we didn't drop him on the sidewalk too.

Just kdding. Henry wasn't fighting. Cousin Ellie actually tackled Great Grandma and Henry got a face full of pavement when Grandma fell on him. It's a pretty good scrape. The poor guy just wanted to go home after that. Tosa Fest was fun up to that point though.

Now looking at it, this seems like a really bad idea.

Surprisingly Kristin didn't say anything to me when she got home and saw I had Cole working with real tools.

Tosa Fest 2014!!!

I'm happy to say that on my third throw I dropped the girl in the dunk tank. BF Dan didn't have such good luck.

It looked a lot better in the morning.

On Sunday, as a belated birthday outing for Dorothy, the Fuchs family ventured out to Miller Park to watch the Brewer lose another one to the Cardinals. Kristin claims this was her idea, but I doubt it. After some consideration about parking and how to get Dorothy easily to the front gate, Grandpa decided to go with a limo. I now feel like I should always take a limo. Very convenient. I think the boys thought it was pretty cool. Cole told everyone he "hadn't been in a limo in a long time." As if he always travels via limousine.  Even though the Brewers lost, and it was super hot in the sun, I think Dorothy enjoyed it.

The only place we went wrong was telling the boys that if they wanted they could take out $5.00 from their piggy banks to buy something at the gift shop. We figured Henry could get some stickers (he loves stickers) and Cole would find a Brewers pencil or something. Henry was okay with stickers, but of course, Cole wanted a stuffed animal. Oh yeah, did I mention the obvious, gift shop prices are unbelievable. Anyway, I was at a Brewers game, eating and drinking, so I was in a good mood and caved to Cole spending $15.00 on a Super Rhino Brewers stuffed animal. Henry got his stickers, but we didn't think that was fair, so he also got to pick out a stuffed animal (he went with the racing Brat). Cole also got a $9.00 pair of socks so he could play in the kids area. Add those expenses to Henry's constant need for snacks and we dropped a fair amount at Miller Park.

Dorothy and the limo driver, Mario. Mario is the Stear and Fuchs family's favorite limo driver. I think he and Bampa Gregg are besties.

Birthday Gal

No real news

Not too much is going, but we'll post anyway. Kristin had a few days of work cancelled, so she had to go back to taking care of the boys for full days. I can tell she is already not use to it and lost some patience. By the time I got home she was ready to rip off their heads. She tolerated things much better when she was a full time mom. I guess time away will do that to you.

Which reminds me of a conversation I had with Henry a few days ago. I told him that I had a headache. He said, "I know you do" to which I responded, "Oh yeah?" and he said, "yeah, cause you're my Dad you get all kinds of headaches." So true. And now we know he knows his behavior causes headaches.

First day at the new school

Gettin' jacked up for the water balloon fight. Took about 20 minutes to fill the balloons and about 2 minutes to break them all #notworthit

We got a new TV. I'm still regretting not going bigger. A bigger TV would have fit fine. Still nice to be out of the big tube TV business though

Kids just love playing in boxes.

Besides the new TV, we also added a waiting room style tandem bench with table to our entry room. It may be weird, but it was only $5 on Craigslist (plus about $10 in spray paint). As I was taking pictures, Cole and Henry stumbled by and I managed to get an action series of Cole tackling Henry, while in his undies.

We drove all the way to our old Home Depot in Milwaukee, so we could get hot dogs like back in the day (prior to June of this year). What we saved in lunch we spent in gas, but it was worth it.

We got "corn in a cup" at the St. Martins Fair. Super delicious. In fact, so delicious that when we ran out of our first cup Henry cried the saddest cry I've ever heard. Here you can see him enjoying the second cup.

Hen sporting his new Spider Man shades from Great Grandma. He was happy to get the black ones for when Spider Man was bad.

Cole got himself some Spider Man shades as well. Also, an Octopus balloon. 

Kristin and I also participated in our couples league Fantasy Football draft. I can already predict she will beat me again this year, but, for the record, I made great recommendations for her first few draft picks.