A Late Summer Afternoon Dream

Playing in the nearby park

In our courtyard

What a wonderful afternoon! We had lots of fun in our courtyard.

Evening concert at the Ravinia

We arrived the Ravinia park at 7pm and had a nice picnic before the piano concert began at 8pm. During the concert, it was all dark and quiet, what a great experience.

Watching mom playing Wii fit

Uncle bought us the Wii fit and mom tried first. She didn't seem to have a good balance score, oops...

My dear uncle and auntie are visiting

We had a nice day trip to the Mt. Baldy at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore under a perfect sunny and breezing 80F weather. Water was a little bit cold today, but I still enjoyed it very much.

Riding the mini John Deer

This late afternoon before dinner was supposed to be my swimming time at YMCA, but due to the maintenance work in the pool, I played at this kids room which was another great experience at YMCA.

One after another

I lined all those CDs up from the shelf by myself. What a creative work!

Day trip at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Lunch at the cafe

Bonsai exhibition

A Teddy bear

While we visited Ravinia's gift shop, their manager asked a photographer to take some pictures of me for their monthly newsletters, in return he gave me this Teddy bear.

A wonderful day at Ravinia concert

My breakfast bill... whoops

Attending a higher level course

Since I am over 22 months old, I am switching to the level of 22 months to 2.5 yrs of age class. In this course, I am learning more complicated skills and play with new and bigger friends. Of course, I felt a little bit uneasy in this new environment on this first day.

Get up early for the new class

Summer in the park, 2008 vs. 2007

Skokie water playground

It was not a typical hot summer day and we all enjoyed very much in this Skokie water park. We will definitely come back again soon.


We used the ViviCam 6200w camera which takes great underwater pictures at a very reasonable price.

New trick, take a look!

At Mom's new office

New Opening!!! Mom finally found her small office near home so she can concentrate on her job. She shares this office with her temporary office assistant - not me :).

Pay great respect to sixteenth President Lincoln

We visited the Lincoln Presidential Museum in downtown Springfield, IL.

At the gift shop

In a playground near Lake Springfield

Wildlife Prairie State Park on 8/1 and 8/2

We visited the Wildlife Prairie State Park near Peoria, IL which is about 4 hrs drive from Evanston. It was my first time to see so many bison and elks roaming on prairie like 200 years ago.

Reading a book in the library

What a nice and cool evening it was. We walked to the nearby public library and read some books.

At the Millennium Park's water pool

On the Michigan Ave bridge at the Chicago river

The building under construction on the right corner is the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago.

What is behind me?

At LEGO store

Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now the Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the spout again

At the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

We stayed 4 hrs with friends at the Mt Baldy (which is a 126 ft high sand dune) beach of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore which covers lots beautiful sandy beaches by the Lake Michigan. Later, we went shopping at outlet mall and had a nice Mexican dinner.


Caden is only 3 months older than me but he looks much bigger and weights 50% more than me!

We brought two big umbrellas for this trip and they did keep us cool.

Have you seen my new shoes? Mom is very proud of it :)

While others are still sleeping...

Red Lobster night

My four favorite games in the park

On the way to the park

A cute pink lady

You never know what I am thinking.

Reading Daddy's outdoor survival guide

In the Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum has recently been reconstructed and specially added the Children's garden which draws lots of families this summer time. We had a great time under the terrible above 90F sunny day because it was a perfect time to be so close to the water.

Can you name all those bugs?

People drew lots of attention on the Gingko leaves and those newly built themes in the garden

Car seat upgrade

After an intensive search for a new car seat, we have selected this Priori by Maxi Cosi. What do you think?

Learning letters and numbers

More challenging tasks in My Gym