Baby Jolene

So the last time we saw our good friend Auntie Laura was at her baby shower back in May (this is her with her mom). 

Now, we are SOOOOOOOOOO excited to welcome their new little baby girl, Jolene Mabel!

 We cannot wait to meet her!

She looks like such a sweetie pie!

Life's a Beach

We went to a Lake Michigan beach a few weeks ago. 

We had to walk down a big hill

 and through the forest.

 There were wild turkeys on the hills.

 Surprisingly, Calvin kept his distance from the water at first.

 Slowly he made his way over to the water.

 He would get close but not go in

 He stole, I mean, borrowed some sand toys from some other kids.

 He loved finding stones and throwing them in the water.

 And then running away from the waves.

 Eventually he got brave enough to venture in with his daddy.

 And to look for more stones.

 Superman isn't afraid of the water!

 Then we had to head back up the big hill to get home.

A fun day at the beach!

Parading Around

We hope everyone had a great 4th of July! Calvin was feeling patriotic. 

 After playing at the neighbor's house across the street, we headed to the parade.

 Calvin was immediately interested in the noisy things coming down the street

and had to wave at them.

He saw the veterans,

the firemen,

 the German marching band (in WOOL hats!),

 the cheerleaders (the only people in the parade dressed in the right amount of clothes for this hot weather),

 the neighbor boy, Cole, walking with his baseball team,

 the ponies,

 the bagpipers (in WOOL kilts),

 and Magic Melvin and his Wacky Wheel.

 We tried to keep Calvin cool with water but it was HOT HOT HOT!

 Calvin took a seat next to the neighbor girl from across the street, Sienna.

 He was quite fascinated by her.

 He tried to impress her with his patriotism by waving his flag for her

because he really wanted her to share her lollipop.

 Finally we got too hot and had to head back to air conditioning.

Tee Time

Calvin got to try his hand at golf for the first time. 

 First he had to check out the clubs.

He tried to figure out how he was supposed to use them.

  Calvin seemed surprised no one was taking this weapon-like item away from him.

 Then he found out that this game got even better by involving his favorite item in the world, a ball.

 He tried his best to hit the ball with the club.

 In the end, like so many golfers, he just picked the ball up and dropped it where he wanted it.

PGA tour, here we come!

Ice Ice Baby

It has been VERY hot here. So hot that I give Calvin ice to play with. 

And he loves it. 

 He also loves to eat the ice.

 Let's try this piece.

 Hmmm, what else do we have?

 Not sure I like this one.

 This one is better.

 Yum!

 Glad I tried each one.

 Where did they go?

Thank goodness for ice makers!