Well, we are wrapping up our summer here. Noah and I head back to school next week, kindergarten has a later start with Sam beginning the next week and Isaac starts up preschool after Labor Day. But we have managed to pack in more fun here at the end. We packed up and headed to Michigan to spend some time with cousins at Diamond Lake.
Everyone enjoys a good Carpool Karaoke video!
Early morning do dos with cousins can't be beat!
Noah got to go tubing (and apparently synchronized swimming) with CJ!
We teach the next generation of spoons players!
The boys loved all the attention they got from Kate, Addie, Mere-Mere, and CJ!
Campfire night! Sam caught his first firefly and was thrilled!
Can't pass up fun jumping contests!
It was a great couple days!
We were sad to leave our cousins, but excited to start the Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremonies watching! None of us made it to the end of the ceremony (it was SO late!).
Noah and I decided to have our own camp out in the backyard complete with tent and smores!
He loves it, I hate it, we survived!
Just a couple of cool dudes cooking dinner in their shades!
Sam was able to shop at Toys R Us thanks to a birthday gift card from Uncle Danny!
Noah enjoyed his solo sleepover with Bamma and Bampa, complete with Portillo's drive thru while watching Sponge Bob. He claims he was teaching Bamma how to work the DVD player in her new car, suuuuuure!
They drove downtown to try to see the ABC 7 News studio, only to be disappointed by closed shades. He still had a great time being in the city with his grandparents on his own!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I did camping night 2 with the younger ones.
Smores are a bit messier with this crowd.
We sent this picture to Noah to show him what we were up to!
And Noah returned the favor!
His final sleepover wish, a vanilla long john donut! Complete success!
We prepped some Olympic rings for an upcoming playdate with the Worsts.
And torches too!
We had some epic end of summer lightsaber wars!
And enjoyed a nice empty high school parking lot to race bikes around!
One last family trip to Oberweis for the summer!
Then we celebrated our last fun Friday of the summer break with an Olympic themed party! We went up the Palatine to see the Worsts completed home renovation. The day started with a dramatic parade (or sprint) complete with music and pageantry!
Look at this fine assemblage of athletes!
Yes, we have a Pinterest problem, we accept it. Rings (check), torches (check), medals (check), charades (check), geography game (check) and podium (check)!
We had grandmas (god bless Nana Lynn and Bamma!) and neighbors that we summoned with our parade, it was awesome! Everyone started the day right, with a Kirschbaums smiley face cookie!
Oh, did I mention the team mom shirts?! (Harry Potter themed, because let's be honest we could only win events if magic was allowed).
Everyone got a photo op!
Team Rodriguez
Team Worst
And, competing in the event known at "Olympic Baking" we made Monster Cookies. Nothing breaks in your kitchen with double ovens quite like a recipe that requires 12 eggs, a pound of butter and 18 cups of oatmeal, right!
So, off to school we go. But we take memories of the most epic summer that was 2016!
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