Here in the middle of imagination...

Today Elli and I went to the pool. It was such a wonderful time. I forgot my camera, but I will help you paint the pictures in your mind of our time. Elli's imagination is so fun these days.
Me/ Elli
Tunnel/ Train
Scuttle /Ariel
Customer/ Ice cream scooper
Sherry /Caleb
Rope /Crab
Audience /Ballerina
There are other games we played, but these stick out in my mind. She is just such a fun little girl. I will say though that when we came home, I was the mommy and she was still my little girl. I snuggled her, rocked her, sang a song, then put her in bed. My baby.

The Greene

Is there anything better than playing in the fountains, having your friend with you, and eating blue snow cones? No way! We had the best time today playing and eating. So fun. Elli and her friend Lily were absolutely giddy with excitement. They laughed and played and had so much fun together. What a great day.

Exercising

It is so fun to watch Elli try to exercise. She wanted to do lunges and sit ups. She likes to do all kinds of exercise and tries as often as possible to do it with us! Now a sight to see is her doing jumping jacks. Hilarious!

The pigeon

As we were waiting outside Guiardino's Pizza dowtown Chicago, Elli saw this pigeon who was very curious. She started to walk like a pigeon and chased him around. He eventually flew away and Elli laughed so hard like she had scared him off. Very fun to watch!

Misc

Brent, Elli, myself, and our AIA intern Michelle, dressed up like cows to get a free meal at Chik-fil-A. Brent only got an entre though because he didn't put on his ears!!! We had a lot of fun.

Elli wanted her friend to come over and help her make yogurt popsickles (sp?) since "P is for popsickle. The girls loved making them and making a mess, but were disappointed when they realized they wouldn't eat them for another day! They were cute.

Heather's wedding is quickly approaching, so we spent Thursday putting her invitations together. They turned out great despite the fact that between the three of us, Heather, mom and myself, we don't have a single creative bone:)

Chicago Fourth of July Weekend

Elli is loaded down with her baby, blanket, sword, and backpack leaving the hotel. We had a great weekend. Brent chose a great place to stay and Jenna and Justin were very accomodating with so many people coming to their home for meals, and fun. Love you all.

Sparklers on July 4th waiting for fireworks outside our hotel room. These ended up being better than dowtown's fireworks. Tons of fun.

The throngs of people trying to leave the city at the same time. Craziness! We took the train from Jenna and Justin's house into the city with standing room only, but believe it or not, we left on that same train with almost a whole car to ourselves. Elli was asleep before we even got settled into our seats. When we got to our hotel room, she giggled in her little bed looking over at us and said, "it is fun to sleep with people." ?

The whole gang waiting for the fireworks downtown Chicago. They were good. We had fun. Elli got a great sword that she swung around dangerously the whole time. That is until she started shaking her booty!

Elli loved the statues of these little kids. She talked to them, hugged them, rubbed their faces, and asked if they were doing okay. How sweet she is.

Eating yummy corn at Taste of Chicago. Also, Elli and daddy enjoying the carousel on the Navy Pier. Elli loves to ride these horses!