July 4th

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Here are some late pictures from our July 4th weekend. We went to visit our friends in Bolingbrook, IL. Lilly held a sparkler for about 2 seconds, watched Allison and Thomas play in their pool (she didn't want to go in), threw rocks into the pond at the Arboretum, and had a great time.

Chicago

Lilly and I went to Chicago (or "cago" as Lilly calls it) for the day to visit with Timothy, Tanya, Alex, Sophia, and Mabel who were there for a few days. Since it was raining, we went to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier. All the girls had so much fun! Here are some pictures.

All the girls:


Driving the ambulance:


Mabel in her typical tongue out pose:



Lilly on the musical slide:


Lilly in the water room:



Lilly making some sandwiches in the block party room:

Breakfast

Lilly likes to have cinnamon toast for breakfast. Recently, she has developed an independent streak and wants to do everything herself, including shake the cinnamon/sugar on her toast. Check out the last picture- have a little toast with your cinnamon and sugar, Lilly??

Memorial Day

Here are a few pictures from our weekend. Pete went to WI to run a 1/2 marathon and Lilly and I went to Fort Wayne to visit Sara (my sister) and her family. This was Pete's first time running this distance and he did great...2 hours and 8 minutes. I wouldn't have even made it 8 minutes running. I was unsuccessful in uploading a picture of Pete and his running mates...I'll keep trying, so check back!

Lilly wearing my shoes:

Sam (Lilly's cousin) washing his car (he also washed the table, chairs, patio, and back door):



Lilly and Sam having a snack in...the dog kennel. Why not?


Lilly helping me fill up the bird feeder

Mealtime outfits

Lilly feels the need to accessorize during breakfast and lunch.

Gloves:


sunglasses:

Our first trip to Texas

Lilly and I went to Texas to visit my friend, Jane, from college, and her family. Jane's daughter Molly is about 3 months younger than Lilly. Both girls are really busy and neither wanted to smile for the camera (or look at the camera at the same time except for this first picture).

We had a great time in Plano, TX. The weather was beautiful and we spent a lot of time outside and playing in Molly's playroom. We also went to the Great Wolf Lodge to meet Aunt Ellen (Pete's aunt) for lunch one day.


Lilly's favorite part of the trip was the Heo's cat, Gemma. I don't think she understood that Gemma was real because everytime Gemma walked away from her, Lilly would have a fit and scream "tat, tat, tat!" If Jane didn't rescue Gemma and put her upstairs from time to time, Lilly would have followed the poor cat around all day. She even insisted she say goodnight to the "tat" every night.

We hope to visit Texas again sometime!

Easter

Here are some Easter pictures:

dying the eggs:






this egg has chocolate in it!


hmmm, not as happy with this egg- it only has stickers

i love easter eggs with m-n-ms