Woohoo!!

So, things have been pretty awesome around here lately. This weekend we had a GREAT time at the Rabbit Fest on Friday and Ethan's 1st Birthday party on Saturday! The Rabbit Fest was a bit overpriced for the size that it was, but what fair isn't overpriced? All the boys got to give a tiny monkey a quarter and he shook all of thier hands for luck, and Connor got to do it twice which he LOVED! He so wanted to hold that monkey!! It was hilarious though because the second time he did it the monkey came back and snatched a piece of funnel cake off of his shirt! It was so cute!! They also got to ride ponies. The big boys didn't want to have anything to do with the pony rides until they saw Connor do it. But they all loved it and had a good time. And Connor was in his own little piece of Heaven when we let him in the "petting zoo"....It was a caged pen with a tiny horse, a couple of goats, some ducks, a small donkey (I think) and some chickens and things like that. He just couldn't get enough of all of those animals! He loves them!!! He kept trying to lay his head on them and snuggle, and I almost got a picture of him doing it to a goat, but the damn thing got up and walked away before I could snap it, lol. And the big boys had fun riding the rides. Killian wasn't quite tall enough to do everything he wanted, but at least he hit the 42'' mark this year and was able to do a lot more than previous fairs! I think he said his favorite was the "arctic chill" which is like the Himalaya....just cars that go around a track really fast, then they go backwards. Then Saturday we went to Ethan's Birthday and had loads and loads of fun! King of the Grill himself cooked dinner, and it was pretty awesome. Somebody needs to give my husband some grilling lessons!! And while this past week was a bit of a struggle because Connor got sick and popped like 4 teeth all at once, one good thing did come out of it....He totally weened himself off of the binky!!!! That is so freaking great I can't even tell you. It was awful because he didn't want to eat or anything because it hurt and he didn't want to suck on the bink either. So he was miserable because he was hungry and if he wasn't in the bath playing or outside playing he was just completely unhappy and inconsolable. Then I figured out that he would eat gogurts! So that made things a little easier on everyone, but he still just refused the binky. So now the teeth are finished cutting and he's as happy as can be, and I swear he's making up for those three days because he's eating EVERYTHING in sight! But he doesn't seem to mind at all that the binky is no more! I'm so excited about this, but at the same time it's a little sad because now we're down to only one thing left to get rid of and then he's officially not a baby anymore!! (The last thing is diapers in case you were wondering what I was referring to.) Well, that's pretty much it, I need to get some laundry started and get to bed. I have an early day tomorrow...Hope everyone is doing well!