June Randoms

Just like that, we're more than halfway through June. Since I've last posted, the Hawks won the Stanley Cup, yet again.

While Paige was never awake for any of the Blackhawks' victories, we made sure she represented before bed.

Not sure what this attitude was about, but I'm sure something ridiculous. Ah, Brookie.

Speaking of Brooke, the poor thing had a UTI a couple of weeks ago. She never runs a fever but it spiked pretty quickly and she was miserable. Thankfully, we seem to be out of the woods now.

Maybe I should have named this post, "Mean Pictures We Take of Our Kids." This was when Paige woke up one night before Matt and I went to bed.

This guy seems to be over napping. Just like Brooke, he would still sleep during the day, but then be up until 10:30 or 11 at night. It's a sad day for me. Hopefully soon he'll be able to entertain himself for rest time. Lately, I've been letting him and Brooke play together. It's working out okay, but I feel like the charm will wear off soon.

Backseat shenanigans.

Morning stretches with Daddy.

Hanging out with Will.

I'm really thankful that a majority of the time, my kids play well together.

We planted a vegetable "garden" this year. We'll see how that goes. We at least had fun shopping for our plants and planting them.

Crummy weather makes for good baking weather.

Brooke is *usually* pretty helpful around the house, especially when it comes to Paige.

We have lots more fun stuff coming up these next couple of weeks, so I'll be back to update soon!

Jamie's Shower

Jane and I were excited to host Jamie's "friend" shower last weekend. A bakery seemed a fitting location for the event.

 

Debbie was able to be there and help us, as well as being our photographer.

Bri was around for set-up.

And Brooke came for gift-opening.

She also had fun chatting it up with some of Jamie's friends. She had a lot of fun and talked about it for several days after.

I think she just assumes that if Will and Jamie are taking a picture, she should be in it?

 

Bridesmaids!

 

Wedding party ladies. 

 

It was a fun time and I hope that it made Jamie feel as special as she is! On to the Bachelorette party!

Private Pool

It wasn't really "nice" enough to go to the pool last Sunday, but we've only been once this summer, so we decided to force the issue and went anyway. We were one of two families there. Not awkward at all.

After being there about an hour, Brooke declared that she need to "just relax" and got herself in this little set up for about ten minutes.

This girl has personality to spare.

One benefit of the less-than-ideal swimming weather was that the playground equipment was cool enough to play on.

Hopefully we can get more pool days in soon!

The Great Outdoors

I'm no meteorologist, but this summer has certainly felt chillier and rainier than usual, so anytime the weather is nice, we try to get outside. Brooke is really into picnics lately (despite being terrified of bugs), so one afternoon we went to Nike Park for a picnic.

We also enjoyed Kelly Park when my parents were in.

Paige has gotten quite good a butt-scooting, and is really only happy at playgrounds when she's on the equipment and can scoot. This usually is fine, but if we're at a busier park I can't just set her down for fear of her being trampled, so those times usually end up in a baby temper tantrum.

Brooke has mastered swinging solo without help. Bittersweet.

Brooke and Miles both love helping Paige on slides.

We also spent a morning at Briar Patch park. One benefit of cloudy weather is that the equipment stays cool.

Family time at the Arboretum. We love that place.

We've also enjoyed some time playing outside. Brooke is really motivated to ride her bike this summer, which is also fun to watch. We all have a goal of no-training-wheels by the end of summer.

On nice evenings when we're staying home, we like to take family walks.

Hopefully we'll have more days to play outside soon!