William & Jamie: Summer!

As usual, the summer has gone too fast! Here are a few things that we've been up to...

On the 4th of July we walked in my parents' neighborhood parade. Kate helped decorate her tricycle with plenty of "stripes and bright stars flags."

Kate's cousins came to visit in July...we had lots of fun with them, swimming and playing outside and camping! Here's a photo of the girls at our campground.

Our favorite thing to do this summer was going to the water park! We don't have a photo of it, but Kate Loved the wave pool, the big tube slides, holding her breath under water, etc...She's a little fish!

In mid-August, Kate started pre-school! She's in a class of other kids who are 3, turning 4, and she loves her teacher, Ms. Shayla. I was really nervous about her going (for a number of reasons...), but she's been 4 times so far and really seems to be doing well. She's a big girl!

So excited!!

We took our annual trip to Lagoon where we had 4 adults sitting around watching one little one ride rides to her heart's content. :)

Our only vacation this summer was to Chicago to meet William's family. It's such a fun city! We really enjoy taking the public transportation and walking where we need to go. The waterfront is beautiful, the skyline is awesome, and we got to go to Wrigley Field for a Cubs game on William's birthday!

We haven't seen Kate's cousin Connor since he was 1 month old...now he's 8 months, and so cute! We were pleased to see that Kate treated him so well and actually enjoyed his company. :)

We spent a lot of time at various museums...at least they all have fun hands-on activities for kids. This was at the museum of science and industry...probably our favorite.

And the Cubs game...we deliberately covered up the final score against the Cardinals...we were at the only game the Cubs lost during their 4 game series...

They have these cool self-serve racks where you can rent bikes for a length of time and return them in another location. Don't worry, we didn't really rent them and carry Kate in the basket...