Hermann Family: August 2010

Whew! What a busy summer we have had! I guess I will start from the beginning. We took Allie to her first Cardinals game in early June. The Kellers went with us. The game was supposed to be an afternoon game, however it was switched to a night game. We were a little skeptical at first but the girls did really good. We stayed until the 8th inning. She loved it. She had just started walking then so she just wanted to walk everywhere.

My mom turned 50 on June 12th and also retired at the end of the month so a lot of celebrating was done. On her birthday we pampered ourselves with a pedicure and a little trip to Cameo in Greenup in the afternoon and a party that night.

the girls at Cameo

Mom's coworkers surprised her with a party earlier that week. Boy was she surprised!!

Jason's grandparents also did a little celebrating of their own...60 years of marriage!!

Happy Anniversary Leonard and Mildred!!

For the fourth, we did a little swimming at Tony and Geri's and then headed to Dieterich to watch the fireworks. I thought they did a very good job with the fireworks. Allie was such a trooper. She stayed awake for the fireworks but was fast asleep once we headed home.

At the end of July we made a quick trip to Grants Farm. We stayed there about 2 hours which was perfect for Allie. She really liked the goats.

enjoying the train ride

yay for sprinklers!!

This past weekend we took a short trip up to Arlington Heights to visit my brother and do a little sight seeing in downtown Chicago. We left on Thursday and got to the hotel in the afternoon and did some swimming waiting for Ryan to get off work. We went and met my brother at his apartment, which is located in downtown Arlington Heights and is very nice. That night we also experienced IKEA for the first time. Friday morning we woke up bright and early to catch the train and head downtown. We wanted to visit Shedd Aquarium and heard you had to get there bright and early or the lines would be bad. So knowing our family we were there bright and early which was a good thing because the line when we left at 11:30 was very long to say the least. We then hopped on the water taxi to Navy Pier. From there we headed to Giordanos for lunch. I had eaten there a couple of years ago with my friends and wanted to take my family there for some deep dish pizza. Mmmm goood!! By this time Allie was getting tired and hot (I don't blame her!) but I wanted to make one last stop downtown....American Girl! As soon as we walked in you couldn't tell Allie was tired. Her face lit up and of course wanted to play with everything. Awww...the joys of little girls and their dolls! So needless to say Allie came home with an itty bitty doll.