June 2012

IMG_3488, a photo by tracyg00 on Flickr.

June was another month that was filled with activity - all good stuff. Our Jake continued to play well on his baseball team. And he got out of school a week earlier than Megan, so I took him out golfing. He had a great time on the course - it wasn't crowded at all in the middle of the day on a Monday.



I think the highlight of his day may have been when he drove the golf cart. He sat in the driver's seat for a photo and then was pleasantly surprised when he pressed on the pedal.



I had a lady in the parking lot take a photo of us as we were packing up.



On Megan's last day of school (which was exactly one hour), a bunch of families headed to Loyola Park Beach for an end of the school year celebration. It was pretty fun to have so many of their friends there. Check out the size of this crowd:



Here's my little slugger looking serious at another ballgame:



Since our summer started out so nice and hot, we were able to spend lots of time at fun Aunt Jenny's pool. This is Jake "surfing" on one of the rafts. It's a little harder than it looks (at least for me).



And here's Megan with a BIG jump!



Megan and Francesca were feeling a little entrepreneurial one day and set up a lemonade stand in the front yard. Their best customer was the Fed Ex guy who bought a cup and gave them $1.00. They thought that was pretty cool.



Papa came into town for Darin's annual Pleasant Lake Golf Outing with the guys. They got in a little front yard baseball before the weekend.



Jake celebrated his 6th birthday on June 13. This is what he woke up to:



He opened his gift before breakfast. It was the Lego Black Pearl Pirate Ship. Fortunately, he had Megan to put it together for him.



For his special breakfast, he had homemade waffles with a scoop of ice cream.



We had his birthday part at LegoLand since Legos are a big favorite right now.



Here's the whole group:



Papa snapped a family photo of the 4 of us after the party:



We spent Father's Day at Jenny & Flip's house. They made Frogmore Stew (also known as "The butter dipping dinner" to the kids).



My little fish:



We made it up to the cottage a few times in June. This was taken by the beach on Pleasant Lake (although it looks more tropical in the photo!)



And here are the cousins exploring a "secret beach".





We ended the month with the Balmoral Ave. Inaugural block party. I'd say it was a success for a first-year event!



The kids sure liked being able to help themselves to lemonade and water (which ended up as a water fight as evening approached).



Our DJ got all of the kids dancing!



All in all a fun month!