Picnic lunch

Daddy is out of town, but we went for a walk in the mosquito infested woods anyway.
But first, lunch! Julia made sandwiches.  Anna packed fruit. John stayed out of the way.

Chopsticks

Ice cream days

Natalie will be relieved to know we did finally manage an ice cream cone at the fair. Thanks for the treats!

DuPage county fair

A selected highlight

Breakfast for puppies

Swimming at Murray Lake

Splash!

Murray lake latest

Shrimp boil

Bringing class to Naperville for nearly a year!

Water cannon

You look too comfortable, sweetheart.

Depot

As always, we were very helpful at Home Depot.

Action shots from the blueberry farm

Blueberry farm

His bucket was empty, but we consider ourselves lucky they did not do before and after weights of the boy.

John learns to write

Properly motivated by a desire to contribute to the grocery list, his penmanship is taking off.

What do we need at the store?  Somewhat  unclear. But we are proud of his progress.

Readers

Birthday cake in Central Park

I'm five!

So hard to believe, but true!

Sand pit, then and now

It's been just four years since this trip to the beach.

In some ways, very little has changed.

Backyard Ribfest

We couldn't abide the idea of a second festival, but Daddy was only too happy to throw down some ribs for us.

Homefires

Where we incinerate our marshmallows.

Summer evening

Hanging out on the front porch, eating some pie.

Summertime.

Sand castles

This was definitely worth an hour on a hot July day.

Lisle eyes to the skies

The absolute highlight of the Lisle festival was dissecting owl pellets with the forest preserve people.
Such concentration!

We found dozens of tiny bones, and John  very patiently made an anatomical map.

Independence day

Patriotic jello