Take You For a Ride on My Big Green Tractor

Cole found this John Deere tractor bike at a garage sale today and just had to have it! Luckily he had bday money from GG & Grandpa Green. And as an added bonus he discovered that our wagon hooks up to the hitch on the back! It's loads of fun for all the kids!!

The Trees Are Watching Us

We found these fun trees with faces in a cute little old neighborhood by the post office. The kids loved them!!

My Super Kids!

My little princess has her tomboy  moments :)

Cole is the next Avenger:

Hey, we get our kicks in creative ways these days!

Moo if you like chicken!

We went to extreme measures to get free meals at Chick-fil-a:

And it was totally worth it :)

Happy 4th!

Ben had to work on our first holiday in Illinois. I thought it wouldn't be that bad because I could take the kids to the parade and festivities without him...and then I learned there is no parade or carnival or anything!! Who doesn't have a 4th of July parade?! What else do you do? So, at a loss for what to do we went to a park and then to DQ for a red, white and blue star popsicle :)

When daddy got home we took a picnic dinner to the Peoria River and waited for the fireworks.

The fireworks were pretty fantastic and saved the day for us!! Or maybe everything is just better with daddy :) Either way, we had a great Independence Day!!

Washington Park

We went to our first playgroup in Illinois today at Washington Park. The kids were SO ready to take a break from unpacking and get out of the house and play!

We had a blast...even if Cole doesn't look like it :) I think we are going to like it here!

Help Yourself!

Dax found the old donut box on top of the trash pile. Nothing like two day old donut crumbs for a snack :) I really need to get this house put together and pay more attention to my kiddos!