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Someone tagged Moosey's carpet with gang symbols in black crayon last night....Hmm, the suspect list for this crime is very short... And oddly enough, so are the actual suspects :)

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DHTC, First Days

Here's a little something fun...

Chris' First Day, June 2005     

X's first day, October 2010

Who knew five years could fly by so quickly?!



Home Office

Saturday morning in the Hummer Household....

This one awoke early, set himself up with his own home office and went straight to work.

 An old soul I tell you...He can't even wait to be 40!

I do have to give him props for making sure to get an office with a window! I also like that he has accessorized his desk with a little truck trinket!

Little Hummer Trucker

Our Little Mr. Big Stuff has been begging his daddy to take him to work for the last few months. There has been a little "work" outfit and laptop bag laid out on the floor of our little boy's room for weeks and weeks and weeks now. Ha!

So yesterday was the big day! Xavier finally got to have his first official work day at the DHTC. Of course, X made a quick change in his wardrobe plans when he learned he would be taking a truck trip to Wisconsin with his Papa. He was so excited! He was telling people that he is the luckiest boy in the world!

Xavier submitted a uniform request for new work boots around 10:45 p.m. two evenings prior to the big day...Yes, way past his bed time, but he was too excited and did not want to show up ill-equipped to do his job. Little does this kid know... he was born equipped to do this job, it's in his genetic make up.

Hi ho hi ho....it's off to work they go!
Bright and early, with a coffee cup filled with chocolate milk :) 

The customary morning goodbyes...Xavier was thrilled to be on the other side of these goodbyes for the day.

 

Rolling Out and Truckin'

Working on the log book. On Duty Not Driving

Six-Year-Old Navigation System

Made it to Wisconsin! Xavier said he had to go to the bathroom on the trip, but he waited to ask Papa until he.. "Saw lots of buildings, you know like a city," because he didn't want to be wasting time. They had a long way to go and a short time to get there. Ha! See what I mean about being genetically programed for this stuff. A chip off the old block, right?!

Sleeper Berth

Coffee break, well and ice cream too, of course :)  Off Duty

Back at the office working with Daddy.

Loads covered, calling it a night...time to go home!

First day on the job and they have my baby working half days (12 hours)! Somehow, I think he would have loved to stay longer. Daddy reports he had to ask X several times to shut down for the night. Ha!

What a super day in the life of our Little Hummer Trucker...a big THANKS to the Daddy and the Papa for making it so great!



If you don't love it, leave it, USA #1

It was a beautiful weekend to be a Hawkeye!

Friday night, the boys and I traveled to campus to hit up the homecoming parade. Fun, fun! We even got to see Xavier's 1st grade teacher march in the alumni band.

Saturday was, of course, game day Iowa!

Iowa vs. Penn State

Time for a little tailgating with the hubby and fam. Then for a night game at historic Kinnick stadium! Who doesn't love a night game?! Look how cool the striped stadium looked! 

We were glad to be in the black section. Gold winter apparel is hard to work into an outfit :) Although, somehow I think my adorable, SIL could pull it off. Ha!

Hawkeye football is always a good time. In fact, I am pretty sure I have just as much fun now at Kinnick, as I did in college. Ha! Here is a little YouTube from Saturday's game...so you can get a feel for what it is like inside the stadium.

Pretty wild, right!

 Here in Iowa we love our Hawkeyes! And us Iowa alumni, we love any game that ends with the victory polka! Way to go Hawks 24-3!



Preschool Orientation

Max had his preschool orientation the other day to meet his teacher, get him acquainted with the school and drop off his school supplies.

 Now, Max is a legacy Little Lamb, being that big bro graduated from the program...so of course he walked in like he owned the place. Ha!

What a difference from first child to second! Max has spent years watching his big brother go to school and is so excited that it is finally his turn. He actually asked me to leave him there for three days. Ha!

(How about 2 and 1/2 hours, two days a week there little buddy! Ah, too fast, they grow up too fast!)

Max was sure to save a seat for his twin, the Divine Miss Sawyer Kay. These two will be quite the pair together in pre-k. Max loves his Sawyer. Even though he tells me girls are "yucky,"...not his Sawyer, "She's not a gurl, she's family!"

The magnificent duo chatted it up with their new teacher for a bit. I see plenty of these little conversations in this teacher's near future.

Circle Time....Notice whose child is facing the wrong direction. Ha! Sawyer wanted Max to appreciate her new shoes and so he happily obliged.

In grand Little Lambs tradition, orientation ended with what we like to call here in our house a "Punch and Cookie Party."

Little Lambs finishes almost every major school event with a "Punch and Cookie Party."

(I think this is what my husband likes best about the school.)

So, our Little Lambie is all ready for his first day of preschool! I hope it gets here quick, because this little guy is about to explode in excitement!

Chicago

So over the weekend I got to run off to the city with the Mr. for a little fun.
And fun it was!

We stayed here.

Did some damage here....

and here...

Ate some of this stuff. (Can you tell my husband is trying not to be embarrassed by the fact that I am taking a picture in the middle of this dining establishment.)

Watched the Cubs play ball...

...from here.

My first visit to this iconic location...And guess who won?

The Cubs! ...Were you doubting?

A great weekend with this guy! I can't wait to get away with him again!

A superHEROES Welcome

Nothing like having your little bro waiting for you at the bus stop in his most appropriate superhero costume.

If your lucky, you have a fun bus driver that knows how to turn a potentially embarrassing situation into a good laugh!

That is exactly what happened this afternoon.

When X's bus rounded the corner, we could hear the bus driver announce over the speaker, "And if you look to your right, children, you will see the familiar superhero, Batman!"....As if she was giving a Hollywood Tour of the Stars.

Max played to the crowd and showed off some of his daring moves, as Xavier's bus mates threw open their windows and shouted "Batman rocks!"

I think I even heard one little girl yell, "Save me Batman!" Ha!

Too funny!

Party at the Park!

The ballpark that is...

Here are a couple of pics from X's little birthday party with his buddies at the baseball stadium.

The kiddos got to free for all in the inflatables. Way fun!

Mr. Shucks stopped by to play.

Most of the kiddos were thrilled to have Shucks partake in the fun.

Except for Max, who was terrified!

So Max took a long snack break with Daddy and then his "bestest gurl Ally," while the rest of the kids played.

(On a side note, Max has explained to us that Shucks does three things... gives high fives, hugs and scares him. Also he does not like his big baseball head or his tongue that sticks out all the time. Chris and I are starting to wonder if Max is going to require therapy over attending his brother's birthday party, as he has not been able to sleep a full night in his own bed since. Ha!)

When the bouncing was done, the kids filled their bellies with hot dogs, popcorn, chips, Gatorade, cake and ice cream....basically, all things ballpark and birthday party combined. Note: This is a key sequence of events. Reversing the order is not advised!

The party wrapped with the opening of some great gifts from some even better friends!

Good times in the life of a six year old!

(On another side note, X now has enough Nerf guns to form a neighborhood militia.)