Duck, duck, goose!

On Sunday, Da and I found some cute little ducks to feed.
(until we saw the no duck feeding or else sign!)


We had lots of fun together:

me and my new friends

What kind of ducks are these?

Handing out the goods part 1

and part 2

duck food czar

WOW!

More food distribution

The ducks up close

Just hanging out with the ducks

When the food ran out.....

Frolicking at the park

Mama, Da, and I went to this very unique park called Penny Park on Wednesday.
All in all, it was a fun day!

Daddy taught me how to roll sideways down a hill....

But I needed a little help from Mommy. Here I go!

Down at the bottom.

Just hanging out

Swinging on a moveable with Da!

Climbing on another moveable with Da...this one was much narrower and harder

And finally doing it myself

Surprising my Mama from behind...note that both feet are off the ground!

Coming in for a hug...

and landing!

just being myself

I enjoyed my water break!

Debating where to go next

Asserting my independence!

A fun summer day

Today we picked up our car at the shop. It was up north and so we spent the day with my cousins. It was just one of those great summer days....almost perfect....

I went on Teddy's tricycle

We ate some licorice together


And we also did some raspberry picking

Later we all went to the pool

I had SO much fun on the slide.
This video was originally over 2 minutes long!!!!

After they dragged me off the pool slide, we went to Teddy's T-Ball game
(where I tried to play, natch)


Teddy wore his Sox hat (go southside!)


Lauren wore her Cubs hat (go northside!)


Batting practice




Checking out the action with Boppy


I wanted to play SO bad!


After the game, we all walked over to Dairy Queen for a rousing game of duck duck goose...


but I did not quite get the concept (also see my main blog for another video)





Lauren's cap and shirt came with a small ipod-style radio.
She kept saying "look Cappy, I'm listening to NPR!"



The classification system

Just me and my cousin

Summer visitors

So for the holiday weekend, my GrandPop drove out from Colorado to visit me.
Here is what we did.

We went to Brookfield Zoo, where I rode the carousel with Da

fun!

Here is GrandPop and me checking something out.

We also went to the Field Museum, where we really didn't leave the kids' area

Painting with GrandPop.

Examining something

Working with some corn

Drumming

Later, we went out to dinner with GrandPop, his friend Lisa, and her daughter Ariel.


I liked getting fussed over



Sitting with the girls


Smiling with Da!


Eating my sprinkle cheese!

Cincinnati! (and St. Louis)

My Mama and I went on a little trip.

First we went to St. Louis for only one day to get Tammy
and see Mama's advisor (very important!)

Then we all piled into the car (Mama, Tammy, and me)
and headed to the National Women's Studies Conference.

Here I am on the WashU Campus

Admiring some St. Louis flowers

Big smile!

Putting my shoes on with JD

Hanging out with Tammy

A cute little Athena.
For some reason I couldn't get a shot of Sophie...I wonder why? ;)

Here's Mama and me outside of the conference.

Pretty much the only thing we did was experience 'Cincinnati chili.'

Um, yum. I guess.

Here are the pictures of our spectacular chili experience: