Thursday, June 26, 2008

A little update...

We have been busier than we thought at this point. We are staying busy looking for a decent house in the Northern suburbs...not easy with our budget! K and I have been to the zoo another couple of times. We bought a yearly pass so we are taking full advantage of it! :)
It's been fun to go to the pool and watch K become more and more daring. She has little floaties on her arms and with those she just kicks herself all around the pool. Tonight she enjoyed jumping into the pool off the sides- too funny to watch her face.
Last week I drove with my sister to TN to drop her kids off at their grandparents. They are in FL this week taking in all the attactions! Driving down the TN and then back the next day is not highly recommended, in fact, it was rather painful! A funny moment was when I offered my nephew, who is 5, a dollar to shut up for 15 minutes. I extended that 15 minutes to 20 and I gladly handed over the dollar bill. At which point, he stuck his gum he had been chewing for a good two hours right into the middle of that new bill. Nice right? I told him to make sure that he took it with him to the bathroom with him too.
This weekend is my sister's baby shower! I'm very excited for it as she is having a little girl. Her due date is September 14th- very cool since my other sister's birthday is the 13th and her's is the 15th.
We are having some fun planning K's 2nd birthday on the 12th as well. It will be a Sesame Street Theme- she is still very into the whole clan there on Sesame Street. She is also into babies and pushing them in her stroller. Today we went to see some friends and their little girl had several baby dolls and strollers and all things girlie and K was so thrilled to get her little hands on everything!
I'm posting some photos...no particular order...Pool time, father's day at the Zoo and up at Grandpa Lembcke's and picking strawberries & just some fun and goofy ones :)









Thursday, June 12, 2008

Beautiful Little Girl


Congratulations to Aunt E and Uncle G on the arrival of their healthy baby girl! Emma Kay was born June 11th @ 5:50 PM and weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz! We hope to have pictures soon!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Splashing FUN

Wow, it's been awhile since we've posted...sorry. I'm hoping this summer I will get better about blogging more often.
We attended an Open house of one of my beloved students...Carly. I will miss her dearly. She graduated with honors and is sure to have a bright future. While there, K took a slpash in their pool. Its funny how much can change in one year...last year she didn't like water too much, now, she can't get enough!
Since moving up to Northbrook, we have had a pool on location. We try to get down there whenever we can-permitting weather of course, which has been a little crazy.
Yesterday we went to Brookfield Zoo with some friends. SO. MUCH. FUN! Her and Emma were quite the pals! K was in awe of each and every animal. She found it especially funny to watch the monkeys swing on ropes and jump from tree to tree.
I hope that everyone is staying relatively dry! :)