5th of July 2015 - at Auntie Colleen's place

On the 5th of July, Lillian, Simon and I went to Auntie Colleen and Joe's. We ate and walked to the park and played in the water. 

4th of July 2015

Lillian and Simon Counting in the video. On the 4th we did one of my favorite summer activities: played in the backyard. We played catch and in the water table, had lemonade and watermelon and Alan made amazing brats.

Yes, she likes lemonade.

Maggie Daley Park

We went to the relatively new Maggie Daley Park on Friday. The park is near the loop by Grant Park and Millennium Park. The kids had a blast. There were tons of slides and an Enchanted Forest with balance beams and a bolder to spin. They also had huge swings and water play areas. We'll definitely be going back!

Showing off Lillian's split lip

At the park the other day Lillian was chasing Simon and she tripped and split her lip from the inside with her teeth and then skinned her lip, a bit of her nose and both knees. She learned the word hurt, as in 'Knee hurt'. Poor kid. She also became a huge klutz for the next couple days and kept tripping and re-skinning her knees and splitting open her lip. She has still been her sweet happy self when she forgets about the ouch.

Trying to get her to pose for a picture, Simon and I helped show her how to do it.

Eating an Apricot.

Two happy kids...

Cubs Family Day 2015

Had another great family day at Wrigley Field. We did some batting in the batting cages and played catch on the field.

Smiling on the field!

The whole group.

In the batting cages

Running onto the field.

Very suspicious of the big bear, but happy to take a sticker from him.
Simon was being a good example.

Happy Boy.

Happy Girl.

Hanging with Jenn

Kids had a great time hanging with Jen in the afternoon and then eating all the chips and salsa for dinner. Or in Lillian's case, sucking the salsa off the chips.