What did we do in August???

Well, I realize that it is late September and I am have not blogged in a long time. I am sorry! We had a wonderful summer and we were way to busy to blog! I can honestly say that we took every advantage of the summer sun and heat and did not take a single minute for granted. Here is our August (in pictures, of course!):

We spent a couple of days at the beach (both Independence Grove in Libertyville and Gillson in Wilmette). The girls loved it and we even took one of Talia's friends from school with us one day. We all had a great time.

Talia had a vacation bible school for a week. She loved it! She came home singing all of these great songs about God.

Giana wore underwear! While she isn't fully potty trained, she will wear underwear while in the house. She has continued to go #2 on the potty pretty consistently, so I am just waiting for her to tell us that she has to go pee pee instead of us sitting her down every 30 mins or so...but she looks so cute in her undies!

We went to the pool. We took advantage of the "twilight" hours and got in for half price for a couple of hours. The girls love the pool--we'll have to become members next year.

We played outside as much as we could. No heat could stop us!

We spent time with family. Here we are in Wis. celebrating Auntie Diane's birthday. We went to lunch and then in her pool!

And...we went back to school. Here are Talia and Giana on the first day of preschool--Aug 30th.

We had a busy month and I was sad to see it end...

Mad Face vs. Happy Face

The joy of a four year old...you get some faces like this when asked to smile:And some faces like this too:

I very much prefer the latter!

Wisconsin Dells

We headed to the Dells for the past few days with Grandma Lynne and Auntie Diane. The girls had a blast playing in the water and we had such great weather for being outside all day! We stayed at the Polynesian. It was great. It had pools and little kid areas both outside and inside. There were some big slides and a lazy river that we had fun on too! Here is day one at the pool:

On Day 2, we went to Storybook Gardens and Timbavati Wildlife Park, where Talia was able to eat with the 3 Little Bears, hang out with Humpty Dumpty, hang out with the many children who lived in a shoe, and go to "school" in a little red school house. We rode a train, fed some animals (including giraffes who have the weirdest feeling tongues), and saw a show with some cool and exotic animals. After lunch, we headed back to the pools to enjoy the rest of the day. At night, we went to a great Italian dinner in downtown Dells, where they make their own pasta...and it was delicious!

On Day 3, we needed to check out at 11, so we headed back out to the pools and enjoyed a few hours together. On the way back home, we stopped at Oscar's (my favorite ice cream place in Waukesha). We had a great get away! Thanks so much to Auntie Diane and Grandma Lynne for joining us!

Professional Pics of the Girls

While Giana did not really cooperate for many of these pics, we did manage to get some great ones of the 2 of them and individually. I can not tell you how much I LOVE Portrait Innovations and their great work! Enjoy!

Their first dress:

Then they switched to this cute dress:

And finally, their matching bathing suits: