Making Memories, Part 2

We've finished the first week of August already! The summer is flying by, and we've done lots of fun things this past month...

• Hannah attended a friend's birthday sleepover
• Went to a Kane County Cougars game with some of Abbie's China group
• Learned about bees at a local forest preserve program
• Al played oboe at church, and I sang a few times
• All three girls saw the dentist - NO CAVITIES for any of them!
• Saw Kit Kittredge at the movie theater - $1 each for tickets, but spent nearly $20 on snacks
• Went to Splash Country with friends from Hannah's China group
• Saw another movie at the Purple Store in Kaneville
• Learned about butterflies at another forest preserve program
• Had some new friends over for lunch and play time
• Heard a friend's band play at our church
• Went to Kiddieland in Melrose Park with Hannah's China group
• Hosted a Knitting Day here - six moms, 14 kids, yummy lunch, lots of fun, not so much knitting
• Attended a Homemade Gourmet party and got to know some more moms from the girls' school
• Had several play dates with girls' friends from school
• All three girls enjoyed a week of Chinese Culture Camp - I worked in the kitchen that week and really enjoyed it (though I was exhausted every evening!)
• Al and I attended a concert by a virtuoso erhu player (erhu-ist?) at Fermilab
• Spent a Sunday afternoon at Shedd Aquarium and had dinner that evening in Chinatown
• Girls enjoyed a week of VBS
• Checked out a couple of new gymnastics schools for Hannah
• Got all three girls' school supplies bought
• Ongoing shopping for First Day of School outfits, sneakers, activity clothes, backpacks, etc.
• Attended the tenth wedding anniversary celebration of friends from Abbie's China group
• Celebrated my Fortysomethingth birthday
• Al went to Maine to play oboe for his niece's wedding

Hope to post pictures soon - pictures I'll be taking with the new camera Al got me for my birthday!

Just a couple of weeks left before school starts - more fun planned!