August in Park Ridge

 My little scientist dipped raisins in yougurt and froze them. She always has ideas to test out!

 Messy Ems

 Dane's super cool hair he got done at the MP night out!

 Maddie's teacher letter!  So exciting!

Summer fun and saying farewell to the Newton's house!

Maddie's first day of 1st Grade!  The first time she will be there ALL day!

Daddy walking Maddie to school on Day 1 (and many days after!)

 In honor of Maddie's first day, Dane wore a special shirt.  So sweet!

 A final zoo trip before preschool starts up!

 Happy Birthday to Great Grandma and to Claire!

 Happy 30th doggie B-day to Auntie Jill!  We were to send her pics of dogs, we decided stuffed dogs would be fine! :)

Sassy Maddie and Emmie walkers while Dane chills.

My messy crepe eater!

Emmie mastered the scooter.  She LOVES riding on it.

Future Tap Dancer?  Here she says, "Maddie's shoes, mama" though it is hard to understand!

Laurie Berkner at Ravina...they had fun sliding and not sure how they felt about the music this time around.  Our kiddos are getting old. :(

Kokomo in August!

We were super spoiled and got to see our cousins a bunch this month!  We loved it!!!

 Dane loves his "Kangy."  It's the = to Maddie's Mandy

 Our cousin photo shoot was a little bit complicated with tired kiddos!

Ava's Kokomo birthday party!  So fun to celebrate together!

Cali Trip in August

We had the best time in SoCal as always!

 The kids continued as newspaper helpers while in San Clemente.  The only problem is that is was early and the dogs were a barking.

 Emmie is all ready for church in Ava's pretty dress!

 SOOOO much love for Mimi.  She is the most awesome 91 year old in the world, hands down!!!

 We decided to try out California Adventures this time around.  We had so much fun!! We will probably hit up the Magic Kingdom next time, but it was nice to mix it up.

 I got some time with Dane and Ems while Matt took the girls on the Tower of Terror.  Maddie LOVED it.  Both big girls loved the roller coasters too!

 Bug's Life 4D movie.  Emmie and Dane were NOT fans!

 Everybody loved Olaf!  The sing along show was really cute!

Super tired after a fun day...

 The Pier!  We made sure to walk it at least once a day.  Usually it was multiple times per day!

 Lunch at the Wharf - a must do for us!

 Our final walk down the pier for this trip.

 Walking back up the hill to the beach house.

Love these 2 coconuts!!