Pirates Cove

Neighboring Elk Grove Village Park District has a child sized theme park...I've heard about it several times, but finally made it to the park.

Caitlyn's fist independent merry go round ride.

Josh on the slide

Riding the Train

Ringing the bell

waiting for the paddle boats

See Josh in the middle with the tan hat?

At this point, I think Caitlyn was so tired...though she probably would have wanted to do it too! 

http://www.elkgroveparks.org/Pirates_cove/

Josh Photos

Josh has an old camera we let him use and usually the shots are of blurry houses as we are driving.  This day apparently, he decided to bring the camera instead and ham it up!

Block Party

the fruit trifle I made for the block party

Caitlyn enjoying some watermelon

 Josh and Caitlyn enjoying the BIG bouncy house in the yard

Gymnastics

the last day of gymnastics for the spring and summer session.  Josh perfected his forward roll, learned how to do a backward roll and really improved his upper body strength: hanging from the parallel bars and forward pike on the pummel horse.

Kohls Children's Museum

Running away from me, holding hands

working together

looks like a DJ!

Josh's family portrait

Apparently belly buttons are a very important part of the anatomy.

Happy 4th Birthday (party) Josh!

We celebrated Josh's 4th birthday at Monkey Joe's 

hanging around waiting for the party

Josh and his tree

Aunt Sara, Papa Robert, Brett, and Gaga came to help watch the kids and enjoy the fun 

Tom and Jared

Hey, how do we get out of here!

Colin, Josh, Madden

Caitlyn wants a turn too!

Yup Jared going down the slide

Caitlyn sharing the throne with Josh

all the kids! from the left: Nathan, Elizabeth, Ryan, Owen, Colin, Josh, Caitlyn , Madden (Emery and Sam are hidden) Gabe, Preston, Linc & Stella

Monkey Joe giving Madden a Hi 5!

Spiderman cake from Deerfields!

Gaga even wanted a pic with Monkey Joe

Caitlyn inhaled the cake, and the leftovers of Daddy's too

Josh and Elizabeth

Caitlyn was wiped out!

ready to open presents

not sure why they were on the floor, but I think this was after dinner, ready for bed