Picnic at the lake

 Emily has adopted Colin's love of digging for "treasure"

 Fearless in his new vest

......Fearless in no vest

July 4th

 Emily's dancing with her BFF Savannah

 Let's  carpool and save gas!

 Sweetest Girl

The kids are so big now. Emily just had her second birthday in May and Colin is 4 1/2 now. Colin just loves his preschool and has made lots of buddies. Emily attends two days a week to play and have fun too.
We had a beautiful long spring this year and summer has started off with a blast! New friends, carnivals, swimming, BBQ's, vacations.  We hope the rest of the year is just as exciting. Emily and Colin still remain the sassiest, funniest and silliest little people we know.

One of our proudest moments

At the mall on our way to Colin's big night. Colin participated in his first Christmas play at preschool. He did an awesome job and really enjoyed himself.

The pictures are terrible, but you get the idea..time for a new camera. The videos are much cuter!

Opening the card and ornament Colin made for us

This picture speaks for itself

Couldn't get the kids to sit down together, but I caught them giggling about something

Holiday Time!

Christmas tree shopping in the freezing cold again :)

The kids were so excited about the new candy cane lights this year

Colin hung all his decorations on the same two branches again...I tried not to laugh :)

...evening out the load ;)

Emily's first finger puppet...the pen cap. She thought this was hilarious

Multi tasking...drinkin, driving and watching t.v.

The kids special x-mas corner next to their rooms

We bling'd out the house this year with mini Christmas trees

Love these lights. Candy Canes that do a cool LED light show. Next year I want to make the house look like a gingerbread house...Hansel and Gretel theme!

Halloween

Halloween party at Colin's preschool

Lady Bug loose..watch out

Getting ready for trick or treating

Summer ends fall begins

Carrots from our little garden

Colin is expanding his fashion sense these days

Mom finally took a deep breath and let Colin try to computer. We keep the frustration level low and stick to the Seasame street site :0 He loves it.

Pumpkin Fest

Colin's new favorite sport. He's getting pretty good once he remembers he actually has to touch the wall ;)

He made it to the top and rung the bell. He was so proud of himself!

Apple Festival

Colin lip syncing and doing "Rock n Roll" dance moves

Emily just adores Colin, too bad the feeling is not mutual :)

Trip to the zoo in August- Emily and daddy on the train

Playing at the water park, downtown Chicago in July

Catching a free concert while the opera practices in Millennium park