Thursday, June 17, 2010

The Great Outdoors


King of the World on a beautiful Chicago day.

Just walk already...


Poking for bugs.  

Seamie LOVES bugs.  He picks up anything that has legs.  We have a new rule that we only pick up worms.  I'm afraid he's going to get bit by something!  


Sun God.

Click on the forward arrow below to see Seamie peddling!  Finally!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Real First Day of Summer Vacation

Today was the first official day of summer vacation (yesterday it rained from sun up to sun down so it doesn't count).  We had a picnic on the front lawn and played a lot of "Eye Spy".  Eye Spy goes something like this:

Seamus:  I spy  blue car.
Mama: No, Seamie, just tell us the color.  Don't tell us what it is.
Seamus:  I spy blue car.
Mama:  Ok.


After lunch, nap and a Father's Day art session we met the Comer's at a pool near out new house.  We had lots of fun in the "small" (not baby) pool and big pool.  Seamie and I went down the water slide.  Finn is proud to report he went down alone.  Lou was nervous at first (clawing her nails into Mama's back for about 45 minutes, but by the end of the trip she was laughing and splashing and was holding onto the side of the "small" pool by herself.

We had a few treats at the snack shop, bringing me back to my Crafton Pool days....




Is that Saoirse in a black bikini?  Yes, it is.

And finally, Aveen Margaret Mac Entee was born at 2:30 PM today.  Another friend in La Grange.  Welcome Aveen!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Weekend Review


The Oak Park Farmer's Market has homemade hot donuts.  
We've had them the last two Saturdays.  
Our butts and theighs are glad that we didn't buy a house in Oak Park....


Then we headed down to Holstein Park for our last Bucktown T Ball game.
Trophy featured below.



Off we went to Lake Geneva where Seamie picked up where he left off last summer.


And T. ventured into the lake water for the first time in the three years that we have been coming to Lake Geneva.  Swim lessons and water shoes seem to have helped the fear of seaweed that lurks in the shallow water.  Go Finn Go!