It is amazing to think that it has already been two weeks since Amy and the girls left. Life has returned to normal for us and Owen will be excited when my parents come for a short visit next week. I seem to be slowing down at a high rate of speed, I am sure that he will be happy to have two people at his beck and call again.
Last Saturday was my birthday and we celebrated by having a day of adventures. The John Michael Kohler Art Center holds the Mid-Summer Festival of Arts every July. It was held last year when Owen and I were visiting Brian so we were really looking forward to going to it again. They block off all the roads surrounding the art center and art vendors from all over the mid-west come to the event. There is everything from acrylic painting to silk screen shirts, hand-crafted furniture to blown glass ornaments. Owen takes art classes (and will hopefully go to preschool) at the art center and was very excited to see his teacher, Miss Keeley, and create some art of his own.
Painting at the festival. I love that he wanted to rock his rain boots and shorts.
Checking out some art.
After a nice snooze we made our way to the Kohler Company Picnic. Nothing could have prepared us for what we saw. Poor Columbia and JELD-WEN's picnics are just pitiful compared to Kohler's. There was unlimited food, drinks, beer, ice-cream and cotton candy. You could choose from hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, chicken sandwiches, broasted perch, corn on the cob, watermelon and mashed potatoes. The Schwann's truck was there supplying 10 different frozen treats. We counted 8 different bouncy houses, a ferris wheel, gravitron, climbing wall, tea cup and ladybug rides and a giant bungee/trampoline thing where kids could jump 20 feet high. Pony rides, petting zoo, Bingo and a ridiculous amount of carnival games rounded out the activities. Owen was in heaven with all the bouncy houses, much to my dismay. Of course the pony ride and petting zoo ranked pretty high also. By the end of the afternoon his feet were as black as coal, a good sign he had as much fun as he could! Owen was pretty excited about the picnic and was convinced it was my birthday party.
Dont mind the random guy....but this is what we saw at the entrance.
Loves pony rides!
Owen was very proud of himself...going down the big kid slide!
Our original plan was to go to the Craverie, Kohler's chocolate shop on Saturday night for birthday cake and ice-cream. They have a wonderful seven layer chocolate cake that they sell by the slice. I figured that would be perfect and we would not have a whole cake sitting in the house....bad idea mom. I didn't feel the best after being outside in the heat all day so we decided to go on Sunday. Owen was put out that we didn't have cake and ice-cream on my birthday so on Sunday we changed our plan and made a cake together. Owen requested we have a dinosaur birthday cake so we made a dinosaur out of blueberries and raspberries. In the end the little man was very happy and that is all that counts.
Owen helping unwrap my presents. Brian framed some of his artwork, I love the way it looks!
Making cake! He loves helping in the kitchen.
Licking his lips already....
Frosting the cake. Good thing it was only for us!
You might need to use your imagination...it is suppose to be a T-Rex....
Licking the candles is the best part! Owen would drag the candle through the frosting to get maximum coverage...it is amazing how quickly they pick up on that!
We have had a few heat advisories over the past few weeks but thankfully they would only last a day at a time. On Thursday and Friday we finally got a decent amount of rain. All of the counties in Wisconsin have been declared drought emergencies so we were very thankful to see the rain. It is amazing to see how dry it is and the farm that we have our CSA (crop share) through has been talking about smaller vegetable shares and potential crop failure. I never dreamed we would hear about crop failure or drought conditions when we moved here!
Owen running through the water puddles after the big rain...such fun!
It is hard to believe that 6 weeks from Monday we will meet the littlest Hedlund. On hot/humid days that seems like forever and on other days it seems to be coming very fast. We are really looking forward to meeting the little one. Owen has felt the baby move and talks about it being in my belly. He also talks about how it can play with his toys (we will see if that really happens!), I have a feeling it will be a rude awakening when our visitors leave and it is just the 3 of us during the day!
Until next time keep your fingers crossed for cooler weather and more rain!
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