LuLu's 12th Birthday Party pt 1

This past weekend we held Lu's 12th birthday party at the Whitnall Park Ice Skating Rink.

Like

LuLu cannot, like, complete a sentence without, like, two sniffles and like, three like, "likes". 🙂

Happy Birthday to Barbara Bush!

Happy 90th Birthday Barbara Bush!

The Girls Help Out on a Hike

On Sunday GC and OJ helped supervise the Daisy Scouts on a 3.5 mile hike along the lakefront.

Junie gets some bling

Junie's new cap from her dental work this afternoon.

Because

With Lisa at Cream City Swirl - Because we deserve it and the kids don't

Grumble

You know your kids are being embarrassing little shits when you hope they get shots and need their teeth drilled!! j/k - Lisa, at Marquette School of Dentistry

Another Ride

I took a second ride with Smiley before dinner, a longer one than in the afternoon. I'm pretty darn tired.

A Nice Bike Ride with Smiley

Yesterday was LuLu's birthday party, and if some people (cough Mindy cough) get me the pictures they took I'll post about it here. 

Anyhow, since Smiley got his cast off Friday, and is now only confined by a futuristic ankle brace, he joined me after the party on a bike ride to the store and to pick up dinner. The loosely followed rule around here: if it's under three miles round trip and the weather is good, we bike to get there. 

 Thanks for riding with me Smiley!

A Bike Ride with LuLu

Tonight Lu accompanied me on a bike ride to the store, and I secured a promise she'd ride with me again Sunday!

Step by Step

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic NKOTB album "Step by Step", which would go on to be certified 3x platinum. #25yearsOfStepByStep

A Birthday Cake from a Friend

For her birthday LuLu's friend Capri baked her this cake. What a great friend!

A Bike Repair Class

I spent the evening at a Milwaukee Rec bike maintenance course offered at North Division.

Birthday Pizza

Picking up a pizza from Papa Murphy's for LuLu's birthday!

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday, sis. You're annoying and mean but I love you and you can be (somewhat) cool at times. 😉 - YaYa

LuLu - Happy Appa Birthday!

We let LuLu open her presents from us before school - a giant stuffed Appa and an Airbender T-shirt! "It's awesome!," she said. 🙂

Party Prep

Prepping the treat bags for LuLu's birthday party

The YaYa

Another Bike Ride with Junie

Another day, another bike ride with LK, this one the standard 2.2 mile run to the grocery store. Later, the three youngest kids went to Chill on the Hill together.