Germany part 2

At the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg:

Other beautiful places that I'm not sure what they are:

A miniature museum in Hamburg, I believe:

Germany part 1

Carol took Cooper and Alan to Germany in June!

Donut:

Baguette:

Ship?

Street band:

Baby Girl

Baby Girl's brother sent her these duple blocks:

Chilling at Starbucks:

Dancing with Cooper:

Waving (and showing off her phone):

Cooper early summer

Cooper wrote this lovely (?) birthday note to one of his school friends:

Meeting with his Rock Camp group -- they'll practice in July and perform a rock concert later in the month!

Snuggling:

Cupcakes with Molly:

With baby girl:

Fun at the park with Molly and Eliza:

Baby

Jake, Carrie, and ginormous dog Hodie came to visit:

Baby girl likes pretending to do someone's hair.  It was me for a while.  And then I bought this hair-dressing doll:

Happy!

6th grade graduation

First day of Raintree:

Last day of Raintree:

At graduation ceremony:

With all of the 6th years:

Grandparents:

Parents:

Baby girl

Super cute rain coat:

New toy!

Dancing with the new toy:

Lego van, a gift from her big brother:

Chicago

The 6th grade class at Raintree took a trip to Chicago last week.  Molly, Eliza, and Coop before they left Monday morning:

My favorite photo from when they all left -- the parents taking one last photo of the group!

Chicago skyline:

Ready for a night dinner out:

Group photo in front of the Bean!

The park

Not in love with the feeling of grass:

But LOVED the swing:

Was having a tantrum, open-mouthed crying, and flopped down, face first, into dandelions.  Oops!

Spring

Easter egg hunt:

Sidewalk chalk in the driveway:

 And we've learned to cross our arms:

A weekend's worth of activities

The children all on my lap:

Trying on my shoes:

Coloring:

Jumping: