Shedd Aquarium

 

One afternoon our friend Hayley invited our animal loving kiddos over to see some new kittens.  They loved it, thanks Hayley!

We wanted to take the kids to do something “fun” before the new baby arrives.  We decided to go to the Shedd Aquarium and then stay overnight in a suburb so the kids could enjoy some swimming.  We had a great time. 

Chicago Skyline

 

Some shots of the kiddos

     

Swimming with Dad – the pool was too cold for this Mom.  =)

    

Watching a movie before bed.

Sunday evening we were able to enjoy spending some time with Greg and Mary and their 3 kids and Caleb.  We fed the kids first and then they ran off to play.  They did great together.  I only have two pictures from the evening.  Thanks for coming over!!

 

Personality and a Half

Our Miss Kate is full of personality.  They have done a lot of writing in 1st grade of we have enjoyed watching her learn to spell and write.  Last week she came home with a book about feelings.  Here are a few of my favorite pages.  Anyone who knows Kate knows that she LOVES animals.  Anyone that knows Mike knows that he has three rules for Kate before she can get a dog.  1.  No big dogs in town.  2.  We don’t have a baby in our family.  3.  She has to be willing to feed it.  Kate currently REALLY REALLY wants a golden retriever, which I consider a big dog, so we thought it really funny when we saw one of these pages.  =) 

Her 3 things that make her laugh or really glad were: 1. When dad hangs me upside down.  2.  When dad is a dingaling. 3.  When Mom tells a funny story. 

Her best feeling she’s ever had is “That I am getting a dog soon.” 

And she wants to be a vet when she grows up.

  

A belly picture – 6 weeks to go. 

It has become our tradition for Mike to take the morning of Columbus Day off and go with the kids and I to Radar Family Farms.  It’s becoming quite the popular place to go, so I’m not sure how long we’ll keep it up.  We had a great time again this year.

Rassi Weekend 2012

Since the weather has cooled off, Creighton spends most of his time in the sandbox, from the moment he wakes up until he goes to bed, I hear “Mom, side, Mom side” repeatedly.  =)

Mike celebrated a birthday a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t take many pictures.  Here he is with Kate when we celebrated with my family.

 

Kate has been asking for many months to take tumbling lessons.  I finally gave in and agreed to an 8 week session.  She loves it and I’ve been pretty impressed with how much she has improved in her 4 weeks of lessons.

 

This past weekend was the annual Rassi Family Campout.  We enjoyed this year’s festivities at the Cabin.  Aunt Joyce let us borrow her RV/Camper (not sure what it’s technically called) and Kate, Lincoln, and our nephew, Jack, slept in that with Mike and I took Creighton home to sleep.

  

Walking on the trail through the woods.

 

The kids were so excited to find this “fossil.”  Good Sport Aunt Mary helped them dig it up.  Apparently they had a sixth sense about who to ask as I would have said, “Ew, gross, I’m not helping you with that.”  =)

 

Creighton loves tractors and his Grandpa

Lincoln is a budding photographer….or maybe not.  =)

  

Mike and Kate with their special birthday dessert from Mike S.

Kate was thrilled with her gift from A. Mary and U. Greg.  Colored duct tape (Susan, I blame you for this).  =)

Lastly, looking through the treasure chests over another year of treasure hunt success.  =)  Thanks Dad and Mom R for another fun weekend!!