Swim Class

Today was Alaina's last day of swim class for the summer. We have been going to swim lessons at the YMCA every Tuesday for the past 5 weeks. My teacher friend also signed up for the swim class with her son, Aidan. Alaina and Aidan loved swimming with eachother in the pool. Eventhough the swim lessons are finished, I plan on taking Alaina to the pool every once in awhile so she doesn't forget all her great swimming skills!

All ready for swim class and playing with Mommy's keys!

Swimming with our friends Jill and Aidan.

Check out Alaina's front float!

Alaina loves the pool!

Celebrating the 4th of July!

It's hard to believe that the 4th of July is here already! Summer is going by way too fast. It was hot, humid, and rainy here today but I shouldn't complain because last year we were all wearing sweatshirts on the 4th of July! Eventhough it was raining we still went to watch the parade downtown. We got a little wet, but it was still alot of fun. I thought the loud noises from the motorcycles and firetrucks might scare Alaina, but she did really well. She was entertained by all the sights and sounds and did not seem scared at all! We met up with some of my teacher friends and their children at the parade. Below are some pictures from the parade. I love how curly Alaina's hair gets when it's humid! Hope everyone had a Happy 4th!

Papou and Yiayia with Alaina

Alaina with all her friends: Olivia, Maddy, Aidan, and Blaine

All the mommies: Kalli, Kelli, Denise, Jill
Olivia and Alaina watching the parade

Day At The Children's Farm

My parents and I took Alaina to the children's farm at Lockwood Park this afternoon. Alaina enjoyed looking at all the different farm animals. We saw some goats, rabbits, pigs, cows, and horses. Alaina called all the animals "Zoe". She does not recognize the difference between our dog, Zoe, and other animals. How cute! The goats were Alaina's favorite animal. She loved watching Papou feed them. Below are some pictures from our fun afternoon!

We Love You, Nate!

Just realized that I posted something about Father's Day without mentioning anything about Nate. Oops! Alaina and I love you very much, Nate. You're a wonderful daddy. Hope you had a great Father's Day.

P.S. Alaina and I bought Nate a smoker for Father's Day. We tried it for the first time a few days ago. It's awesome. I'm sure we'll be using it a lot more throughout the summer.

Father's Day Weekend

We spent Father's Day weekend with Nate's parents and our niece, Brianna. Nate's family came to Rockford on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday we all went into Chicago and toured the Museum of Science and Industry. This was my first visit to the museum- we had a great time! We saw a WWII submarine and went in a cole mine replica. Below are some pictures of the other exhibits we saw.

Sitting on a John Deere tractor in the farm exhibit

There was a huge section on weather at the museum! This is a picture of the tornado simulation.

After the Museum of Science and Industry we stayed and walked around downtown. Brianna went to the top of the John Hancock building and took these great pictures for us. We stayed over night in the city and on Monday we took an architectural boat tour. Also, very interesting and fun. Perfect photo opportunities!Thanks for a great Father's Day weekend, Jan and Marvin!

Go Cubs, Go!

What a good looking group!

Nate, Paul, Kalli, Anna

Last night we went to the Cubs game at Wrigley. We went with our good friends, Paul and Anna. The four of us had never been to a night game before. It was a perfect night for a baseball game! Not too hot, not too cold. The Cubs won the game 6 -2. Alaina styaed home with Yiayia and Papou. She's still too young for a baseball game, but soon she will be enjoying games with us! Below are a few pictures from our fun night!

Kalli and Anna

Nate, Paul, and Anna with a Cubs hat full of $15 worth of nachos!!

Still working on those nachos...

Cool picture from our seats at Wrigley.

Aren't we cute with our matching Cubs jerseys?

Congratulations John and Zografia!

My brother John proposed to his girlfriend last weekend. It's hard to believe that little Johnny will be getting married! They have not set an exact date yet, but they are thinking the wedding will be sometime next summer... maybe in Greece! We are all very happy for John and Zografia. Zografia will be a perfect addition to our family. The picture below is of John and Zografia on the day that John proposed. We were also celebrating John's 25th bithday, hence the cake.