Out and About - Quick Takes Style

Happy Friday!
Summertime is here and we are surviving enjoying the free time and time together!  

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Unknown to Clare, I took Jude and Ellen to an event put on by the city department of transportation during the last week of school.  Jude was in heaven.  

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Clare started swim team last week.  She was in her room the other day and I was calling her and not getting a response.  I went upstairs to see what she was up to and found her sound asleep.

Maybe Ellen can join swim team??  

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During our recent visit to see my family, the married siblings and their spouses went out for an alfresco  dinner at the country club my sisters and I all worked at during high school and college.  It was a full circle moment.

Thanks for the photo, MJK.

My parents were kind enough to babysit...and even took the kids out for ice cream.

    

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We have been enjoying the school park near our house.  It is close enough to walk there, but I chickened out and drove the other day (which ended up being wise because we had to leave when a bathroom emergency hit).   

It was actually cool that day and Ellen was making quite the fashion statement with some high-water pants and WHITE tennis shoes.  

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Miss Ellen loves to swing.  No, not in the baby swing on the swing set or even on a big swing slowly by herself.  She likes to swing as high as possible on the glider...with me.  Of course.

"Higher!"

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We went to the local movie theater the other day for the free summer movie.  

Ellen actually did better than what I anticipated and I thought the whole thing went pretty well.  Then on our way out  Jude sat on the 6+ foot 3D Madagascar 3 cardboard cutout (right where it says "DO NOT SIT") and the whole thing fell over.

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We may be blacklisted at the theater, especially because when we went back this week that 3D promo was not to be found.

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We officially signed up for summer reading at the library.  Clare and I have been enjoying the Pippi Longstocking books together.  And Jude checked out about half of the dinosaur section.
  

Hope your summer is off to a good start!
Have a great weekend!

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