Last day of Preschool program

 These two adore one another!  We put the little chairs in the front row and they sat and watched the entire 20 minute program on their own!

 Completion of the first year of preschool!  It went so fast!

 Singing and dancing

 Marching and shaking

 Certificate makes it official!

 Family shot

 Cousin shot

Last day of Preschool program

Graduation march

Chicago fun!

First we went to brunch at Wildberry, then headed over to The Bean.  Claire was jumping for joy and Allie was in awe!

 We got there nice and early, so most of the other tourists were still asleep!

 Family shot courtesy of an older lady who really enjoyed watching the girls run around.

 Two babies!

 Allie loving on her daddy!

 Posing!

 First subway ride on the "L".  The conductor waved and told us how cute they were.

 Allie made this cute face every time we asked her to look for the train!

 Walking around the Gold Coast.  The girls were singing and so happy after their first sleep over in the condo. 

 Roof top!

 A tad windy!

 No one else was up there, so Claire ran all around like a crazy thing!

Last day of preschool pictures

Off to Preschool for the last time this year!

Claire celebrating with a woo hoo!  We went to Photo's after for lunch, then to Grammie and Papo's since they were back from their long Holland Cruise!

Free kid cones after dessert.  Allie didn't even finish that little thing!  She doesn't have as much as a sweet tooth as Clairey!

Memorial Day Parade- Park Ridge

The kids love this event!  We are so thankful for all of the service men and women and love our great country.  We made sure to thank all of the heroes marching in the parade.

 The kids got a lot of candy!

 The Coker's and Welke's were there too.  What a fun time!

 Rarely in the stroller these days!

My lens had a finger print on it, so these pics were compromised.

Queen for the day!!

Thanks Pamma and Grandpa for the fun day!

Darling Dancers! Claire' first dance recital!

The girls were too cute.  They danced to "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" from the Little Mermaid musical.

 On the big stage!

 Posing with Pamma after the show

 Claire kept doing this with her flowers!

Allie supporting her sister and cousin!

Celebration after with brownies and ice cream!

Claire's pet caterpillar!

Clarie went to the lake house over Memorial Day and she came home with a new pet!  She named her caterpillar Goldie and loves to play with her.  She also picks her fresh leaves a couple of times a day.  It's the perfect pet!

Allie and I stayed home from the lake as she developed a fever right as we were about to head there.  We can't wait to go as a family of four soon!  Dad and Claire had a blast playing in the sand, meeting the neighbors, and having a campfire with roasted marshmallows!

Maddie and Allie are ready for summer!

Maddie came over for a couple of hours while Claire was in school.  These two were so sweet and played so nicely together.  When we all get together, the old and younger ones pair off, so it was cute to see this combo!