My Cousin in Milwaukee

Lily has been working on a few school projects to include listing some of her favorite things, attempting drawings of such favorite things, and trying to write her first name - she is making progress in the drawing and tracing fronts! According to Lily, her favorite thing to do with her family is "stay in a hotel" (hard evidence that we have been traveling way too much this summer ;)); her favorite color is pink; her favorite story is "Blue's Clues Naptime Book"; her favorite television program is "Backyardigans"; her favorite food is "pasta and corn"; her favorite toy is her "new tent." In her "Five Senses Book" her favorite things to look at are "Daddy and Mommy" and "Gypsy" - she drew each of us and Daddy resembles a pacman ghost. ;) Her favorite things to touch are "rocks" and "crayons." Her favorite things to smell are "cupcakes" and "flowers." Her favorite things to listen to are "Baby Beluga song" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat song." Her favorite things to taste are "chocolate candy" and "corn" - which is somewhat revealing since she actually dislikes chocolate at this point in her life. ;)

Onto the events of the week...Friday Lily went to her second gymnastics class and is actually performing a pretty perfect somersault and was complimented by one of the other mothers - all that training is getting some results! ;) We came home to a brand new swingset which hopefully we will get some pics of in the next few weeks! On Friday Lily had some pizza with friends Sean, James and new baby Charlotte.

On Saturday, Lily went to her first soccer class. She was all set with her new ball, shinguards, and socks - unfortunately the league (if it can be called that) is a little disorganized so play was pretty limited - we are hoping for more activity the next time around.

We headed to the lake Saturday afternoon for a visit with Grandpa Tom, Grandma Gail, Aunt Tracy, Uncle Stan, and Lois (Stan's Mom). On Sunday, Lisa (Stan's sister), Dave (BIL), Ashylynn and Morgan joined us for lots of activity as you will see below. Ashlynn, Morgan and Lily kept very busy despite the somewhat chilly weather.

Enjoy the pics!!


Ready for soccer.


Kicking around with Grandpa.


Ready for a ride.


A little sand time with Ashlynn and Morgan.


Riding the purple float.


A close up.


Another paddle boat ride.