Today's harvest...

Sophie loves to help wash the veggies from the garden.

Yum!

Sophie chipped her tooth.  Here she is waiting patiently in the dentist chair for the dentist to come in.  She sat perfectly still and let the dentist check out her teeth.  It was also her first visit to the dentist!

I am growing melons for the first time this year!

Today's harvest!

And a good look at the new tree house!

Sophie found a bird's nest in our apple tree.

Happy Birthday Jason!

Here is his new tree house.  

Aunt Rosie checking out the tree house.

Everyone loves the slide!

Pinata time!

 

Magic tree house cake!

Make a wish!

Sophie enjoyed her cupcake.

Fun in the pool with friends!

And presents!

Some friends even stayed late and we had a bonfire.  It was a wonderful Magic Tree House birthday party for all!

Swimming at Aunt Rosie's and Uncle Mikhail's pool with Aunt Evey.

Sophie showing off her newly died silk and clothes.

The kids and their new favorite outfits!

With a friend at Arabic class.

Sophie likes her hat!

The results from our tie dye party.  

Sophie wanted an orange and yellow outfit.  Jason wanted a rainbow shirt and a bag.

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For Father's Day, we took Daddy to Van Hoosen Farms.

Sophie's showing off her catch!

And Daddy, too!

It's so beautiful there!

Daddy and Jason decided to climb the hill.  Sophie is down below saying, " Wait for me!"

She made it up with them!

The children's gardens there are lots of fun!  
They have a shed of out toys.  Dave tried out the stilts!

Jason liked the alphabet garden!

Our potato plants are blooming!

Tree house update:

Sophie is inspecting the work.

Such a typical shot of the kids lately.  Sophie turns away and Jason gives it lots of cheese!

Daddy's helpers.

Time for a break and a bike ride!

At Whole Foods, Sophie would not let me leave the fish counter unless I got a whole sea bass.  She was very excited to get it.  It really made her day.

Now if I can just figure out how to cook it!

We were in the butterfly house right when they were releasing the new butterflies for the day. The kids were mesmerized to watch the zoo worker collect the butterflies in a net bag and bring them out to release.

It's always fun at the zoo with your best friend!

Today we built a suspension bridge and a beam bridge.   

Jason and Sophie went under the suspension bridge about the same time Grandma and Grandpa L. were sailing under the Mackinac bridge!

Jason's and Sophie's first lemonade stand! (and cherry juice and homemade trail mix, mixed by them!)

Our favorite summer place to visit... Van Hoosen Farms!

Wading in the river, nets in hand...

A crayfish one of the kids caught!

Sophie and her buddy taking a rest fishing for minnows.