Our Family: Iowa vs. Michigan

Every year my cousins from Florida and Tennessee come up to an Iowa game and we have our "annual family tailgate", I have not gone for the last couple years, the one year I was pregnant and due any day, and last year we had other obligations. Well my cousin Diane (from Florida) flew in on the 8th and was staying at Kim and Michael's. So I took the kids over there so I could see her and the kids had not had a play date for awhile. Drew is completely infatuated with Ethan. He always wants to touch him and kiss him, well that did not go over well with Kaylin. Every time Drew went near Ethan, Kaylin would watch him like a hawk and as soon as Drew would touch Ethan, Kaylin would yell "No Dew". If Drew even touched anything of Ethan's (his pacifier, his blankie) Kaylin would yell at him. Then Kaylin decided to do some bullying. Kim was in the kitchen making the kids something to eat and Drew was just standing there, I was feeding Ethan, and along comes the tough girl and shoves Drew to the ground. Drew started crying a little bit, and then once he stopped she came along again and shoved him to the ground. She got put on time-out by Kim, of course Kaylin didn't feel too threatened. Needless to say, shoving and fighting are now a common occurrence among Kaylin and Drew.

Saturday was the annual family tailgate. I took the kids to my parents, I spent my first night away from Ethan ): I was riding out to Iowa City with Julie, Craig and Jenna. Chad had to work and he came out later with his mom and went to the game. Well Jenna had a v-ball tournament in Tipton, so I went to that for a couple of games. The tournament got over and we headed back to Julie and Craig's where we hustled to get going. We got to IC about 4:15, got parked at about 5:00, and had to walk to where everyone was. Well it was so packed and we ended up having to park a ways away, so we ended up getting to the tailgate at about 6:00, just in time for everyone to start leaving. Those of us who didn't go to the game, went to the hotel where some of the family was staying and watched the game in the bar. After the game, Chad got there and we headed back to Julie and Craig's and then home. We got home around 1:30, and our house was freezing, but we have a digital thermostat so we have it set to turn down at night. Well the next day, I went and got the kids, came home, and our house was still freezing. The fan of the furnace was running, but no heat~ great! We ended up staying at my parents that night, and Monday the furnace got looked at. He said it was dirty by the blower so he cleaned it out and got the furnace running, but told us it was time to start thinking about a new furnace, that one is 27 years old, some more good news. Chad and I joked that we need to sell our house before one more thing goes wrong!

Drew, Ethan and Kaylin
Drew kept petting Ethan's face. After the picture
Drew tried to pick Ethan up by his shirt and pants.
Then Drew wanted to check Ethan for teeth or something and
put his finger down Ethan's throat. Drew is so curious about Ethan.