Lily's art show

We went to see all the art Lily did during her 2 weeks at Youth In College. Impressive!

Cousin Quinn

We met the Belmas family at KASH park over the weekend. Leila insists Quinn is her cousin, so we just go with it. Lifelong friends is close enough to being family, right?

Swinging at the park

Athena isn't quite big enough for the baby swings at the park but that didn't stop Leila from trying.

Swings

Athena's first time in the swing was a huge hit!

Leila is a swinging pro as usual 

Strawberry picking in the Zach's garden

We helped Jen pick berries today. Some of us might have eaten more than we picked...

Cheese factory

Ice cream and cheese curds

Athena slept through the outing to the cheese factory. 

Time for baths and playing

Without a baby bathtub, we had to improvise. I sat on a stool in the tub and held Athena. Lily & Leila helped with the washing. Overall, no screaming followed by having a clean baby. Success!

Playing with her new fairy house

Spot the baby

First night of soccer

Leila is playing PCYS this summer, just like Jason & I did when we were kids! Last night was her first night. She said she was nervous to try it for the first time, but she loved it! Granted, it was just practice and team picture night, but she had a great time.

Waiting for her turn

Making contact

Lily cheered her on while waiting for her team's practice

Go get it!

Celebrating her first night

Summer fun

Leila and Lily couldn't be happier to be spending time together this summer!

Fun with the grandparents

Athena had a fun filled day with her grandparents today and was in excellent spirits. She did sleep from 9pm to 5am last night, and then napped pretty normally today. Here's hoping it wasn't a fluke and jet lag stays away!

Airplane helper

Leila was an amazing helper on our trip so far. 24 hours since we left home, and no meltdowns, either big or small, from anyone (even me!). One teeny little flight to go. Wisconsin, here we come!

Away they go!

Good luck Wisconsin. I'll be missing you all this summer!

My Girls!

Rainy Day Fun

Leila's Other Father's Day Surprise

Erica and Leila had been working on this song for me for Father's Day for the past month and kept it a secret.  Very impressive!

Leila Carrying Athena

The first time I saw her carrying Athena where it didn't feel like she was going to drop her at any instant.

Father's Day II

Making great progress on the Millenium Falcon! She's a Lego Master.

Happy Fathers Day!

Breakfast in bed (moved to the table) and one of the greatest Lego creations ever made to put together as a daddy daughter team.

Summer vacation

Starting out the first day of summer with waffles for breakfast. Yum.

School's out!

Leila & her friend Fiona with Athena after the last day at school yesterday.

Last day of Kindergarten!

The first day of Kindergarten in August...

...and the last day of Kindergarten in June!

Off she goes on the school bus!

Another Weekend, Another Kids Birthday Party

My Preferred Way to Start a Sunday morning

Or Saturday, or any day really.

Erica's edit: I ran 12km this morning with friends while Jason held down the fort at home, then we all jumped in the pool for a swim before 8am. Life is good!

Leila's New Cellphone

Leila was using her new cellphone all day today. You might think it looks like a wood compact mirror, but you'd be wrong.

Well hello Mr. Lizard!

This guy was discovered in one of our toilets this morning....

USA! USA! USA!

Leila's class is having presentations for each country that the students are from. Yesterday it was the USA's turn. Marvelly, Leila, Mary Esther, Samson & Gabriela are the Americans in the class.

It's hard to talk about America in generalizations without being completely stereotypical and dismissing the diversity of our country. The teacher did a good job of balancing the information for the 5 & 6 year old audience!

After the presentation, we had: Pigs in a blanket, PB&J sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies & peanut butter cookies ("burned on the bottoms, just like Grandma used to make them" according to Samson's mom!). 

New-ish Shirt Day

This was one of my favorite shirts to put Leila in, and now it's Athena's. With a few additional stains, but still in prime form.

New face

Black cat