father's day

Look what Evelyn learned to do for her Daddy on Father's Day!!!

Sami's Seven

Sami announced two months ago that she was going to have a roller skating party for her birthday and she just kept right on announcing it, until it became a reality. The roller rink down the road, hosts birthday parties so we booked her party there. I figured that I was getting off easy, no house to clean, no games to plan, no kids running around my house. Then, Sami decided that since we haven't made a birthday cake since her Care Bear pary, when she turned three, we should make the cake. One cake turned into two, a plain butterfly cake and a chocolate Dora the Explorer cake. Two became three when the first Dora cake didn't unmold. Turns out, unmolding the cakes was the easy part. After two and a half hours we had a presentable purple butterfly. Four and a half hours later we had a cake that resembled Dora. Given that I had never decorated a cake before I was pleased with the results.

Sami had a blast at the party. We had twelve children, most of whom had never skated before. It was so cute to see these little girls holding tight to one another, hugging the walls, bravely making their way around the rink. By the end, most were doing really well. Sami's boyfriend, the four year old down the street, came and after lots of cajoling went out with his mom. Sami, who had lessons this past winter, was a great hostess encouraging her friends, and telling them to stomp, stomp, roll.

Cousin Kathleen came over that night for a sleep over. They settled down around ten and were up at six. I guess they wanted to take full advantage of the longest day of the year. They were kind enough to sit and watch television. We met her parents at church and she went home with them. Two hours later we were there to celebrate Father's Day. I don't think Sami could have asked for a better birthday weekend.

here and gone...

Dave and I were off last week. And how time flew by...why doesn't time pass as quickly when you're working???

We did light jobs around the house getting it ready for renting. Both our cars got their oil changed. Dave and Steve did work on Dave's car (something with the supercharger). We went house hunting, but have yet to find "the one". We visited with Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Don and Great Gram and Linda. We took Evelyn to the Olive Garden. She was an angel playing contently. We went to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle on Friday. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed ourselves. We had fun in the children's garden and the maze garden was pretty neat. Above are some pics of our adventure.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP!

9 months!!!

Hi there! I'm nine months old. As Grandpa Jim pointed out, I've been out of Mommy's tummy as long as I was in. He makes me giggle. :)

I can eat real food now. I love egg yolk, waffles, yogurt, cheese, graham crackers, mashed potatoes...the list goes on and on! And I'm getting pretty good at drinking out of a sippy cup.

I'm not crawling yet, but I'm getting on my hands and knees from a seated position and I'm trying to go. I can sit up from a lying position all by myself. I can even pull myself up to a standing position in my crib.

My favorite word is "dada". I love making funny faces and blowing raspberries. I'm an all around ham. :)