Hot First Day of School

It is so humid here that there is condensation on the floor and the walls. Yeesh. The kids were cooler for their first day of school. George reports he sang songs all day - but we saw evidence of some work when we went tonight to the open house. Estelle said they played but she also made a picture of herself where the teacher had told them to draw a fat head. It didn't have her name on it (nor did any of them in the whole class) but I could pick it out because she said her favorite animal is an elephant and her favorite food is an apple.

Here's the pictures!

Summertime Fun

We managed to have seats at this year's company picnic at the Mud Hens game so we were fortunate to sit under the upper deck and didn't have to get completely soggy in the steady sprinkle. The Hens lost but the fireworks afterwards were spectacular. We took our neighbor Becca since John was at a pig roast in Chicago.

It has been raining here since Saturday night and somehow our neighbor Sydney has decided to play princess. Estelle made her crown last night and then took George over this afternoon where he acquired his Prince George crown. Silly fun times!

We're looking forward to starting school on Wednesday!

Sailing

Here's a few pictures from our sailing trip on Lake St. Clair yesterday. The weather was a little rainy but when we got the sails up we went pretty fast. We stayed in the US, going up to a Metro Park that had it been a sunny day would have been much more fun. There was a big pool and a splash park that we didn't use. We played putt putt and that was fun until George fell in the water hazard on one of the holes when he was trying to retrieve his ball and even though he was only a little soggy, he was mad. We had clothes for him to change into back on the sailboat though - no problem! At the end of the day we were all hungry and tired. We enjoyed a great meal at a restaurant there called the Beach Grill before heading home.