Summer - Week Eleven

They held Nick's village pool party in August this year. I think I prefer August. It seemed a little warmer at night than in July.

The kids had a blast as usual.

 

 Charlotte attended a gymnastics birthday party for her preschool friend.

I heard that the Coast Guard band was going to be at Cantigny, so we met a friend there for the concert. The kids ran around, climbed on the tank, and played catch.

And CeCe got her sillies out.

 

Then she stole my chair and started writing on her LCD tablet.

The boys did some work books on Monday. Wyatt got to join in now that he was home from summer camp.

 Meanwhile, CeCe did Magic Painting.

That evening, we met Uncle Kurt and Emily in Frankfort to watch Angels in the Outfield. A classic from our childhood.

On Wednesday, we both took the day off and took a family trip into the city. The kids were excited to ride the train.

After picking up some books at the bookstore, we stopped to have lunch at a hot dog stand.

 The morning was beautiful and sunny.

We decided to walk to Navy Pier along the lake path.

Surprisingly, they actually agreed to pose for this. Chicago River in the background.

 Finally, we arrived at Navy Pier.

Good thing we brought the stroller.

The boys played in the fountain while I watched CeCe.

Beautiful skyline standing at Navy Pier, but notice the clouds are rolling in.

 We took a water taxi back.

 Buckingham Fountain.

And then we stopped to play at Maggie Daley Park. While there, it started to rain so we took shelter in one of the playgrounds while we waited it out.

 Then we walked all the way to the Corner Bakery at Union Station to meet Uncle Kurt for dinner.

Wyatt slept the whole way home.

CeCe didn't because she got pushed around the city.

On Thursday, all three kids had their final cooking class. The boys did junior class together and CeCe did mini chefs for the first time.

On Friday, Wyatt completed his two-day junior firefighter camp at the Frankfort Fire Department. He still really wants to become a firefighter, so I knew I had to get him in the camp. This is the main reason I pulled him from daycare a week early. On the second day, parents got to come have lunch and tour the building. This is the demo house that they use for simulations.

He had a great time.