Monday, July 17, 2017

Weekly update from DG

A few other pictures from our recent activities...

We had another nature class at the park district. The girls made little firefly catchers and walked around collecting bugs and treasures through the woods.


This girl has no fear of bugs

Avery likes to watch them first
There is this big rock in the parking lot and every single time we go here, Morgan and/or Avery try to push it over. Gotta have goals! :)


A friend of mine moved to Indiana and had a going away party at her house last week. She has a koi pond with TONS of fish. The girls love feeding them.


We also got to hang out with our friends Hany and Kayla at the party. Kayla is a year older than the girls and they play so well together.


Combining two of our favorite things... coloring and being outside!


We recently got the girls some new scooters. We ordered them on Saturday and they came on Tuesday. And the girls were counting down each day until they were delivered. On Tuesday morning, Avery woke up and said "it's scooter day!" Of course, the two scooters were delivered separately and Morgan's came during the day and Avery's didn't show up until after 8PM that night. She was so disappointed! But, we've gotten plenty of scooter practice since then.


These are their "mean" faces
A friend of ours from work that lives in Downers Grove celebrated her 50th birthday this past weekend. We all sat outside enjoying some yummy food and drinks. One of her friends even had a guy come play the bag-pipes for her. He just walked up on the sidewalk playing out of nowhere. It was pretty cool. Avery said she wants to be a bag-piper when she gets older. We'll add that to the list of professions she has shown interest in. :) The girls loved swinging on the hammock.

I told them to pretend to be asleep - ha!
We didn't stick around late enough for the cake, but the girls were sent home with some pink sugar cookies, which were a big hit!



Seriously, I am going to have a ton of pictures of Avery. She'll just look at me and say "take my picture, mommy" all the time! She also stands in front of the mirror and says "my reflection is so beautiful". Oy. No lack of self-esteem on this one!


We go on lots of walks these days. Mainly because the girls hope to see people walking dogs so they can pet them! It's like an obsession! If Morgan sees a dog across the street, she yells out at the owner "what's your dog's name?" and "can I pet your dog?" They will be half a block away and she starts yelling at them! On these walks, the girls make up songs and pretend to be Anna and Elsa or whoever they are obsessed with that day. It's super cute to watch their imaginations go crazy.





Sunday, July 16, 2017

A day with Thomas (and Percy)

We trekked out to the Illinois Railway Museum for their annual Day With Thomas. The day started out a little rainy and cold, but really turned out great! My family all went and the girls had a ton of fun with their cousins and Grandma and Grandpa on the trains. We even got to see Sir Topham Hatt! Avery proclaimed this the "bestest day ever!" which is pretty much what she says every time she has a great day!

A little chilly and rainy at first

Checking out the trains

Grandma got all the kids some Thomas train whistles!

Morgan was so excited to see Thomas

Getting ready for our ride on Thomas

Daddy and Morgan ready for our ride

Almost everyone

Ready to go!

Avery loved the train ride

Morgan loved it, too

Got to meet Sir Topham Hatt - Avery wasn't so sure about meeting him - ha!

The firefighters were letting the kids practice with "fire hoses"

Avery was really good at it

The firefighters had a fun way to wash the kiddos' hands

Can't pass up these!

Temporary tattoos - Avery got the purple train

Morgan got Harold the helicopter

They had a huge pile of sand and Avery climbed right up to the top

Waiting for our ride on Percy

All the kiddos wanted to sit with Grandma and Grandpa

They gave out "Jr Engineer" certificates to all the kids on the train

Saying good-bye to Thomas

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Some random pics from the past few weeks

Just a little dump from my phone...

Sassy

The girls were playing the mud room and this is how Avery came out - wrong season, girl!

At least Morgan took off her clothes underneath, still going to be too warm!

practicing with chopsticks

Morgan's turn

This girl earned another badge at swimming lessons!

Sweet treats!

More sweet treats!

Not even sure what happened here!?!