Happy Summer Day

Nothing more precious than a childs laughter!

Fun with Stickers

Conor loves stickers. Actually, I think he just loves sticking them to things. We have trained him enough that most end up on him or his clothes rather than the furniture and floor, but then this is what we end up with. The more, the better!!

Happy Birthday America!!

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. It was my turn to be on call for a holiday at work and since I had to go in and do hospital rounds and be available for surgeries (luckily I only got called in one time all weekend), my parents and sister were wonderful enough to come spend the weekend with us to help take care of Conor.

Here's what we did:

We took a trip to Target, where Conor decided to test out the softness of the bathroom rugs and the baseball-shaped beanbags.

We watched a nice fireworks show next to the river in St. Charles. The rain let up just in time. I think Conor's favorites were the green ones. He was a little startled at first from the noise, but once he got settled in, he was quite fascinated!

When we finally had a sunny day, Conor spent some time in the pool...with Grandpa and Laura.

We took a trip to the park. Everyone had to climb the rocks and go down the slides. We also spent lots of time on the swings and took turns chasing Conor around.

Conor made sure to enjoy the fruits of his hard labor collecting candy at the 4th of July parade. His favorites were definitely the lollipops, though he also seemed to enjoy the Mr. Freeze pop.

And what is 4th of July weekend without a couple picnics outside!!! Yummy brats and steaks on the grill, with potato salad and watermelon, plus fruit pizza and rhubarb cake for dessert (that wasn't all at one meal, of course!)

Just a teaser

Well, I have tons of pics from the past week, but I am getting so excited about my own travels to Ireland that I have spent much of my free time after Conor goes to bed researching for my trip...and making packing lists and to-do lists. But here is a sweet video I got of Conor playing in the sprinkler a couple weeks ago at "Miss Goolie's" (Julie's) house. She told him to take a drink out of the sprinkler and this is how he decided to make that happen!!


P.S. We heard from Daddy today. He is having a great time, but missing us a lot and getting a little homesick. He went to Cork and Blarney Castle last weekend and is headed to Galway this weekend with his class for a 4-day film festival. He is still having a good time, but it will be nice to be reunited again!