Florida

We have been enjoying the hot weather, the ocean, and the sun. Here are a couple of pics from the last couple of days and a short video of the kids in our neighbor's pool down here. Enjoy!

Another entry for today

So, the boys and I left this morning for Florida with Grandpa Dan. The flight was pretty uneventful which is good. Grandma Pat and Dziadzia were already here waiting for us. All of us were exhausted, took a good nap and then I took the boys to the beach for a little while. I guess it wasn't long enough because as you will see they still had lots of energy after dinner.

Brookfield

On Sunday we had a beautiful day in Chicago, so we decided to hit Brookfield zoo for the last time this summer. We went with the Ingaunis family and had a great time seeing all the animals and the dinosaur exhibit. Sean was afraid of the dinosaurs and Paul had to carry him through that part. Here are the kids being bears, I couldn't get all of them to do it at the same time, so I have three of them, and then there is Sean's video. Enjoy!!

I could be dangerous

Now that I now uploading video clips is so easy there may be a few. Here is one from a couple of nights ago. Who knew that Sean is a such a good rapper!!

Going to try a video

I got a flip mino for Christmas last year and love being able to take video of the kids wherever we go. This week we spent some time in the pool with our friends Lucas and Vincent Ingaunis. Hopefully this uploads correctly. It's only about 2 min long, but may get boring unless of course you are me!

Blueberry picking and the Dunes

We had quite the fun weekend. First on Friday we went with Grandma Pat, Grandpa Dan, and Uncle Joe blueberry picking. It was a huge farm with 10 varieties of bluberries. We were only picking and eating the sweet ones! We all helped pick 71 pounds of berries. I think Derek and Sean ate way more than they actually picked, but they had fun.





Then we sent Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Joe home with the blueberries and we headed off to the Indiana Dunes to set up our campsite. Derek and Sean couldn't have been more excited to sleep in a tent. They of course helped us setting up our equipment, and were very interested in helping make the campfire. They behaved very well and enjoyed just running and playing outside. Derek roasted our marshmallows for smores, he decided he wasn't very fond of them himself, but loved making them for Mommy and Daddy. One night, one of the other families set up a large projection movie and the boys fell asleep watching Beverly Hills Chihuahua out under the stars. During the days we spent lots of time at the beach. Friday the lake was nice and calm. Sean didn't want much to do with the water, but he enjoyed the sand. Saturday it rained, so we went shopping and for a walk on the beach in the evening after the rain. Sunday there were more waves out on the lake which scared the boys at first. But after being brought out into the water under the pretense of rinsing off the sand, they LOVED the waves. Sean kept asking for "Big Wave" They were laughing and having a blast. Derek corrected us on the drive back home when I said we had a good weekend. "No, mommy, we had a GREAT weekend."

The weekend fun

Earlier in the week my brother Joe called me up and asked if we would like to go blueberry picking on Friday. So to the computer to conduct research on where to go. I came up with the names of 3 farms in Indiana and Michigan. We decided on Stateline Blueberry Farm in Indiana. My parents, Joe, and the 4 Dapperts all went. After blueberry picking, the Dappert's continued on to the Indiana State Dunes and here we are camping in a tent for the second night....pictures to be posted when we get home. The kids are having a blast!