Busy, Busy, Busy...

Will in the Fountain

The Big Bubba in the Fountain

Playing at the Arboretum

Backyard hose fun!

Arriving at Millenium Park

Okay, so it's once again been forever since I posted here, but my friend Sue has inspired me, so I'm going to try to be better! So, here's some things we've done since my last post (in no particular order):

1. Went to the zoo (again) with Anna and Uncle Dave and Auntie. We had a lot of fun, although we ended the day with a merry-go-round trip where we chose to sit on the bench (sigh...)

2. Went to the DuPage Children's Museum. It was a TON of fun, and of course Will really enjoyed it this year, since anything with water is his idea of a good time.

3. Visited the BUGS at the arboretum. Again, it was a fun day, mostly because there is water to play in there :)

4. Traveled to the Taste of Chicago with our good pals the Bevs. (See Katie's blog for pics and Mikey Bev commentary...) We all had a good time (and ate a LOT!), but, alas, the highlight for the Bubba was when we saw an ambulance trying to make its' way through the traffic on Lake Shore Drive ("MOM! Ambulance got stuck"...repeat 6,000 times...)

5. Went to the 4th of July Parade in Kirkland with the Fells and the Reidl's.

6. Had a splash park Birthday extravaganza! This was a TON of fun and we're going back to the splash park next week with the "Riceboys" so we're looking forward to that.

7. Visited Millennium Park with Nonno, Nonna, and Auntie Jackie. Took a zillion cute pictures of the boys walking around, especially in the fountain. And, thankfully, we got to see another ambulance trying to get through traffic in downtown Chicago...(so yes, once again this is the highlight!)

8. Today we traveled to Sycamore to see the Midwest Museum of Natural History (mmnh.org), which was pretty neat. They have some AMAZING animals on display (although I admit to being a little creeped out by the fact that they were once alive), and also some live little creatures to see, like snakes, big beetles, turtles, and fish. This was a good time, although Anna was totally scared of the animals at first (not helped by the fact that the Elephant trumpets when you walk by...), and it was a pretty short visit, since they wouldn't sit through the movie.

In addition to all the little trips we've taken, we've been having fun in both our little pool and Ade's big pool, we've made it to a couple of our Friday playdates, and of course we're just chillin' at home. So...that's what we're up to (and of course, TJ's been negotiating like mad!) I hope everyone is doing well!