july happenings

marcus went to vacation bible camp at our church, overlake, during july. he had so much fun! the theme was "superheroes" and he spent a lot of time that week wearing his cape around the house and singing songs he learned at vbc. he also memorized two memory verses. quite impressive! in the photo, he's the one in the light blue shirt, with a mask on, to the left of the headbanded green shirt kid. he was a bit overstimulated by all the people and excitement, as were the other preschoolers, but he said he had fun singing "in the big church".(thank you to ramona, deanna, meagan, kara, and chris for coming to his performance during church. he loved knowing you were in the audience. brace yourself, there will be a ton of other performances in the future!)

one day while marcus was at vbc, simon went to a gymboree art class. he was super shy during the class and wanted me to be right next to him the entire time. fortunately elise slept in the stroller the whole hour. we also went to "the french bakery" in kirkland on day to have hot chocolate and chocolate croissants. you can see that he thought that was a great idea :)

it's amazing to watch elise grow. i'm more aware of all the developmental changes this time around. it's a joy to watch her learn new things and see her brother dote on her. she's going to be one spoiled little sister! she's now giggling all the time and is able to roll over and scoot a bit toward something she wants. she also has a tooth coming in. hopefully it comes in quickly since she's pretty miserable. i can't believe she's already old enough to have a tooth coming in! (photo by marcus)

for more july photos, here's a link to our picasa pictures.