one well loved Daddy!

The girls were really excited about father's day. Kara brought home a mug she made for him on her last day of school. So he has had that for a week, but there were still lots of fun surprises saved for yesterday. Kara woke me up at 6:30, wanting to make breakfast for daddy. I told her to go back to bed for a while, but she was so worried that he'd wake up before her. So she sat on the couch watching cartoons and ensuring that he stayed in bed. Once I heard him moving around upstairs, we started cooking, and Kara was very concerned that we make the right thing. She was very happy that he liked his breakfast.
The girls decided they would like to take him miniature golfing, and luckily, the weather cooperated with the plan. So after lunch at his choice of restaurant, we headed over to the putting zoo. It was very busy and crowded, but still lots of fun. Evie was a handful. She just wanted to be included in the fun.

I knew Ben would want the weekend to enjoy his father's day gift, so we wrapped it on friday and hid it for him to find when he got home from work that night. Kara wanted to make him a special treat, so we made the rice krispie treats he's been requesting for a week or two. The girls took FOREVER to pick out this card for him at the store. They both liked different ones, but eventually came to agree on this bright one.

He has been playing his new 3DS game tons this weekend. We gave him the new street fighter.

Kiersten was a little jealous of the mug Kara made at school, and wanted to make him something too. I took her to the store with the intention of finding something easy for her to make. The second the girls saw these shirts, they really wanted to make one for him. It was a little messy, (especially Evie's part) but it turned out pretty cute and he really liked it.

I hope everyone else had a super fun father's day weekend too!

Daddy's home

Ben has been off work yesterday and today, and doesn't have to go back until tuesday. When Kara woke up yesterday morning, she said, "daddy stays home with us for 5 days!" she was pretty excited. So we've been trying to do fun things with the girls that we wont want to or be able to do when the baby arrives. Yesterday we took the girls to the zoo, and spent a good amount of the day there. It was pretty fun, but we didn't take the camera, since we've been there tons of times recently. After the zoo, I had my 38 week dr's appt. so Ben took the girls to run a few errands and to sonic for slushy drinks while I was at the appt. We relaxed most of the evening, and then set off a few fireworks for the girls that night. Kiersten was super cute saying, "wow! look mommy! a green one!" etc. They both loved it, and so did some of the neighbor kids. They kept shouting across the street for us to do more. It didn't bother me, but Ben got a little annoyed.
Today, we decided to take the girls to play putt putt. We went to a course we hadn't been to before, called the putting zoo. We could choose the movement and obstacle course, or the tubes and water course. We did the water one. It was pretty fun. Both girls did great for the first 9 holes. After that, Kiersten kinda lost interest, and I was ready to be done by the 14th hole, but Ben made us stay and finish. He beat me by 2 points in the end, even though I had a hole in one. Kara started out doing well, but after she decided to golf without assistance, she started doing a lot worse.

Ben the master of min golf.

We let a few groups of older boys get past us, so we weren't holding them up, so the girls sat for a rest for a few minutes.

Kiersten really loved this waterfall. She played in it while I took Kara for a potty break.

mini golf at 9 months pregnant. I still did pretty well, but it was hard to bend down to pick up my ball. I kept trying to get Ben and the girls to pick it up and set it down for me. I'm sure it got annoying.

They loved throwing rocks in the water, after this hole, is when Kiersten stopped caring about golfing.

After putt putt, we stopped at mcdonald's and got ice cream cones. They were super tasty! both girls fell asleep on the way home, and got pretty good naps, but Kara is awake now, and wanted to scrapbook. (which she ALWAYS wants to do when Kiersten is sleeping.) So I think I will go join her.

My mom is coming on sunday. I will feel so much better once she's here, because I wont have to worry about having backup babysitters in place, or who will drive me to the hospital if i go into labor next week while Ben is at work. And I'm just looking forward to seeing her! Our new little baby will be here pretty soon, and I think we're pretty much ready for her when she decides to come!