Father's Day

 On father's day we stopped at Cranky Al's for donuts for breakfast and then continued on to Lamplighter park in Brookfield for fishing and park play.  Leah was the big winner with two catches for the morning, and after about 20 minutes they were ready for swings and slides but Joseph stuck with it for a while before joining us at the park.  Jay was then off to London for work later in the day so we drove down to Evanston and had fun at the beach with Poppa, Bubbie, and Aunt Gina. (It may have been the windiest day of the year and Lake Michigan was freezing but the kids didn't care one bit and the sand came out of my ears after a few days).  A fun summer weekend....and with the fourth approaching it seems like summer is going to be over as soon as it began!

Last Day of 1st Grade

Joseph's last day of first grade at Washington Elementary!  Leah and Hannah were happy to be there for the flag raising and pledge of aledgence as well as the ice cream social later that afternoon on the playground.  The girls cannot wait to join him next year when they go to half day junior kindergarten (they are about 6weeks past the cutoff and will be the oldest in their class).  Joseph has changed so much since the beginning of the school year....he has his two front teeth, he is over 48 inches tall, and his writing has really taken off!  Though he still doesn't like to do it, we're trying to motivate him by just writing one page a week to earn a new Wii game at the end of the summer.  His response was that he could just have a few more lemonade stands and earn the money himself! (we have some very generous customers)  He's looking forward to sleepovers with his friends, Lego camp, coach pitch baseball, and swim lessons start up for all the kids next week at the outdoor pool.  (Hannah has already scraped her face on the bottom of it but it didn't seem to bother her much)  Since we bought a pool pass for this summer it is turning out to be the coldest June on record, but we're still enjoying it!  The girls start their Safetytown class next week and then onto dance and gymnastics.  Between all the activities, parks, the zoo, beaches and camping....everyone is excited for summer!