Aunt Heller & Leller Date

This past Saturday, my sister Laura and I had the opportunity to take Nate and Em out on an Aunt Heather Date. When Laura is able to come, these dates are referred to as "Aunt Heller and Leller" dates. Em came up with this when she was too little to say Laura. So funny.

Anywho, we went out to the Straw Maze up in Archer and had such a great time. It was a cheap way to exhaust the kids and they had SO much fun. Nate had a great time telling all of us that he was Captain Nate and that Em was his First Mate. He loved getting to do all the problem solving in finding a way out and Em loved that we let her pick which direction to go all the time.  We went in circles more often than anything else, but they loved it. Especially the tunnels.

And these kids are so stinkin smart that we found the ending only 40 minutes into it and wanted to make sure to get our money's worth, so we went back to the beginning from the end. And when that wasn't enough, we went ahead and took a 3rd time through in order to come out at the end like we were supposed to. All 4 of us were so tired afterward, but headed out to Rigby to stop at Arctic Circle for ice cream.

I love my sweet kiddos. Being the favorite Aunt really is the best job in the whole world. I wish so bad that it was my full time job instead of the other. There is never a dull moment with these two!

Nate and Leller

Em & Aunt Heller