Saturday was Gopher Sports Day at Canterbury Park, our local horse race track. Since I am a U of M alumnae, we headed over there that afternoon with Auntie Krystle and Pierce, also alumni. It was pretty fun. We got to see lots of horses, some exciting races, and the U of M band, cheerleaders and dance team too. However, getting there and getting home was quite the challenge! Our truck's battery died and luckily Krystle and Pierce were able to help us shuttle the kids home, go to the local parts store to get a new battery, back to the truck to put it in, etc. What a night! But, the truck is back up and running and Krystle and Pierce came over aftewards to play some Wii with Kris and I. I smoked everybody in Bowling (like always - I apparently have the knack for Wii bowling). What was most fun though was doubles tennis. I smacked Krystle a couple times while swinging. Krystle and I were laughing so hard sometimes we about fell over. Ahh, good times.

Sunday after church and some tree shopping (we want to put some trees in our backyard this fall and next spring) we headed to Gramme's house. My grandpa is in a nursing home, hopefully short term, and so we went to visit him too. Annika was pretty shy around him, instead playing with his Ford tractor or asking Gramme and I to play ring around the rosy with her. James, however, couldn't get enough of Great Grandpa's arm and his shiny watch. Great Grandpa has Alzheimer's and didn't recognize all of us. And at times he was confused but other times he seemed very lucid. It's very sad to see him like that. After visiting we went back to Gramme's house and visited some more. It was a very nice afternoon.

This week is turning out to be so busy! Last night I ran an errand with the kids. Tonight I'm going shopping with the kids and Auntie Krystle for an outfit for James to wear to his 6 month pictures appointment on Saturday. Tomorrow we may head to a local dance studio's open house. I would like to start Annika in a dance class. This particular one sounds great but they don't start little kids until they are 3 1/2 years old. But they have two sessions during the year for Pre-K kids, one from Sept-Jan and one from Feb-June. So, most likely we'll start Annika in the Feb class. However, I would like to go to their open house tomorrow night to check it out. Friday night I'm going to the Fall CAbi host preview (by myself - a night out by myself - no kids!) and Saturday and Sunday are super busy! And next week a couple nights are already booked! We're usually not like that. Usually I have my weeknights open. Busy busy!

Two exciting things are happening. 1 - Annika is now registered for preschool for this fall! She will be going to a local preschool each Friday for 2 1/2 hours of preschool. We walked over there this morning to get her registered and tour her classroom. There is an open house next Thursday where she'll meet her teacher and some of the other kids. School starts on her birthday, Sept 7th! I need to get her a backpack! How exciting! Annika loved her classroom today. She made herself right at home, wanting to play with all the toys. She was so sad when we drug her out of there, promising her we would come back next week to meet her teacher and some of the other kids. Now I have more forms to fill out and get back to them too.

The other exciting happening is I am now registered to donate breast milk to the University of Minnesota milk bank. Our freezer was overflowing with breast milk, I produce more than James needs. So I got registered and donated most of my frozen milk. And I'll be donating some milk each week from here on out. I'm excited to do this.

James is getting better and better about crawling. He's mobile! Ack! His teeth seem to be bothering him though. He's been crabby the last couple days. Motrin and Orajel don't seem to be helping much. We'll keep trying to make him comfortable though, our poor baby!