More flower shots

Since I just don't have enough pictures of Kyri playing outside in the flowers : ), I felt the need to take some more. This is probably the most photographed kid in America...I guess it's her privilege for being the first born. And it has a lot to do with the fact that I like playing with my camera. I promise I won't become a stage mom and put her on Toddlers and Tiaras. Just having fun and showing off Kyle's nice flowers that he's put so much work into. (These weren't staged at all...Kyri always dresses this fancy to play in the backyard!)

DuPage County Fair

Going to the fair this year was a lot different than last year. She actually watched the animals this year instead of just watching the people. It was so fun to show her all of the animals live since she knows all of their names and sounds from the books she reads. Her face was really cute each time we came to a new animal. You could see the wheels turning, and she would raise her eyebrows in disbelief! The size of the animals kind of overwhelmed her at first, and she started out with a death grip on us. But by the end she was getting brave and actually walking up to the pens herself. She talked about the fair the whole way home!

Pointing to the cow from a safe distance while mooing

Her face was smiling, but she was still clamped onto me for dear life!

Looking at the pigs with Grandma Laurel

Although her face looks terrified, she's really demonstrating how the goat was chewing : )

Getting a good look at the pigs

I loved how she crouched down to peek at the animals

Getting brave enough to go up to the goats by herself

Not quite so brave with the horses...had to hang onto Grandma Laurel for safety!

She decided she didn't need her stroller for much of the fair...such a big girl

Mmmmm, ice cream!

Is that country music I hear??

She was so cute when she heard the music and burst into a line dance. Throughout the whole night she kept swaying to the music. I think we have a country girl on our hands! The second video shows one of her dances. The first video is of her bravely feeding the goats.

Happy 4th of July!

Our festivities started Saturday night at a party for Aunt Sherry's birthday. (Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the birthday girl, though!)

Dancing with Pop

Then on Sunday we went to the annual Boston 4th of July Party.

Kyri slept through most of the Villa Park parade, but she woke up in time to see the horses! (That's what she's pointing at in this picture.)

Kyri and Grandma Nancy

Curbside seat with Uncle B and Aunt Kay to watch the parade

It didn't take long for Kyri to change out of her pretty dress into her bathing suit. It was sooo hot! Kyle and Grandma Laurel liked cooling off in the water, too!

I love this picture of Aubry!

Bubbles!

I was amazed when I saw that Kyri can blow her own bubbles now!

"They're cousins, identical cousins..."

Ethan's a lady's man

Little Mia with her 4th of July bling!

What a star!

We haven't gone to see the fireworks in the past couple of years and were actually planning to go this year, but all the sun and fresh air wore K.J. out! She fell asleep by 8, so we didn't make it up there again this year! We had a great day, though!

Ducks

We just went to the lake for a few days, and the highlight of the trip was going on the boat and looking for ducks. Kyri would call for them in the sweetest little voice. Luckily we did see quite a few! This isn't the best video, but I did catch her calling, "duuuucks" at the beginning of it. As you'll see, she is very serious while she's duck hunting.

Morton Arboretum

Thursday we went to the Morton Arboretum Children's Garden with Grandma Nancy, Kay, Aubry, and Aubry's Grandma Karen. The weather was gorgeous! The girls splashed in the little ponds and played in the fountains. I didn't get very many pictures, but I will update this post when I get some from the others who went.

The girls loved playing with the rocks in this fountain. They were throwing them in like they were racing a clock on a game show!

Such a Girl

I think this picture is hysterical. Kyri has her bear and my purse, and she is ready to go. I love how she's walking on her tip toes like she is wearing high heels and walking the runway. There's no doubt that she's all girl!

I took this video on my way out to Geneva. Kyri talked the entire car ride. I grabbed my flip video camera and just aimed in the back seat hoping I was filming her. She has a mirror in front of her car seat, so she was talking to the cute little girl in the mirror. : ) When I first started filming, Kyri noticed the camera, so she said "cheese" and got kind of quiet. If you jump to the middle of the video, you'll really see her in action. Not really sure what the conversation was all about, but I can pick out a few words here and there. Although Kyri gets shy in public, she talks like this ALL the time around us. It cracks us up!

DuPage Children's Museum

Kyri and I went on a fun outing with Uncle B, Auntie Kay, and Aubry to the DuPage Children's Museum last weekend. I only got a few pictures, but the girls had a ton of fun. There are so many things for them to do. I think Uncle B liked playing and building things as much as the girls did!