vacation summer 2010 includes a short trip to chicago, il and then time in crawfordsville, in.
millennium park in chicago!
mommy and i had fun splashing our toes in the water!
american girl store! oh boy!
i got a new outfit for my bitty baby! the american girl store is so much fun!
water taxi on the river!
i was very independent on the boat and wanted to sit by myself! thanks for the boat ride grandma peggy and grandpa tobey! it was fun!
photo opp. in front of the bean!
watering plants!
dinner with my cousins at their house!
i had fun in westfield, in! i had dinner with the entire family, put on a dance show with my cousins and had my first real slumber party! i stayed up late with my cousins singing songs! it was awesome! i feel so grown-up!
bike ride!!!
i loved to ride this bike despite having my first bike accident! mommy and i were going around the neighborhood and i couldn't stop watching someone mow their yard and i ended up falling off! i got an owie on my head but that didn't stop me from riding later!
my owl!
yum, yum...little mexico food!
enjoying my ice cream!
vroom, vroom!
watch out danica patrick!
too cute!
posing for a photo with my cousins and daddy! by the way, did you notice i'm only wearing shoes and underwear! i told mommy i was sticky and too sweaty to wear my clothes toward the end of the hike...so i took them off to finish! i also told mommy that i needed a shower to wash my toes, ankles, legs and arm pits!!!
profile picture!
i look like mommy in this picture when she was a little girl!
i love my cousins!
wrestling with elle!
puppy kisses!
pony ride!!
the name of my pony was ragan. that is mommies middle name...how ironic!
playing games!
my turn!
i was just barely big enough to enjoy the fun myself! i went high into the air and had a great time!
pure indiana...
playdate with cameron james!
cameron and i took a short break for a snack! cameron is the son of mommies good friend from high school, sarah thompson james!!
picking berries!
i got to go visit a farm in indiana! i called it "old macdonald's farm!" i had a great time and learned a lot! i got to cut lettuce and broccoli and help get eggs from the chickens!
oink! oink!
hello layla myers!
i got to play with kal, reece, and layla myers! they are the kids of daddy's friend from high school, michael myers!
swinging!
silly!
i was being silly on the plane!
happy father's day 2010
i love my daddy!
cutie pie!
time to bake brownies!
i actually helped mommy a lot when she made brownies for a friend recently! i also got to taste one too!
happy 6th birthday courtney!
i went to a birthday party at an indoor swim school pool! we got to swim and i even went down the slide into the water! i played with my friend maya too! we were going under the water together at the same time (with some adult help)! i swam a lot and jumped off the side a bunch also! then we got to eat dinner and have cake! i got to sit right next to the birthday girl! courtney asked if i would sit next to her and i felt very proud! she is a very good friend!
skyline from the condo!
i loved to look out the window at the buildings, cars, bikes, etc.! it was easy entertainment!
me and the man on the screen!
reading with grandma peggy!
on the trolley in chicago!
grandma peggy and grandpa tobey took me to do lots of fun things in chicago! i can't wait to come back again!
the bean...
we saw our reflections in the "bean" at millennium park! i giggled!
welcome to indiana!
the first thing i did when getting to grandma peggy and grandpa tobey's house was play t-ball and ride a bike!
lunch at steak and shake!
i got to spend time with aunt beth, cousins mia and elle, and grandma peggy while eating ALL of my HUGE grilled cheese sandwich!
grandpa tobey is my pit crew for my race car!
i fit perfectly on the race car! and it has a brake that is fun to use!
my art lesson!
i got to have an art lesson with a real kindergarten teacher! i made a bowl out of construction paper, an owl out of clay and drew with markers! it was so much fun!
riding a horse at the restaurant!
look at me! look at me! this is what i say when i want someone to watch me!
time for dari-licious
i went to the popular ice cream joint in crawfordsville, in and got my very own turtle sundae! yummy!
playing at turtle park!
picnic in the park!
we had a family day at turkey run state park! i hiked 2 miles and had a picnic lunch with all of the herzogs!
picnic time!
pizza party!
after our trip to turkey run state park and all the hiking we worked up an appetite for arni's pizza! cousin elle and i were being silly together at the table during dinner!
happy!!!
puppies!!!
one of grandparent herzog's neighbors have puppy labradoodles! i got to meet them at just 3 weeks old! i was very gentle with them and gave them lots of kisses!!!!
walking to the 2010 strawberry festival!!!
me and elle on the ponies!
i wish i could do that...
there was a fun bungee bouncing area in the kids area at the strawberry festival. i didn't know if i was big enough to do it but told mommy i wanted too!
wheee!!!
my favorite tractor!
playing together!!!
watching the sheep!
egg bread for breakfast!
i had an egg from the chickens at the farm i visited! it was yummy!
water guns!
look, it's our purple and orange plane!
we had a great trip back to the midwest! i love going on vacation!
holding lucy!
i got to hold lucy coover! she isn't even a week old! she was born june 14th! i was very gentle with her! lucy is the little sister of my friend, ava!
my braid!
mommy braided my hair after my bath tonight when my hair was still wet! she said it is hard to do when it is dry and all curly! i was very proud of my braid!
my babysitters!!!
i like to show off for Cla-la (Claudia) and Danielle!
me and jessica!
i played with courtney's younger sister, jessica, at the party too! we had fun and gave each other some hugs too!