The Riley Family

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It is almost like living in Florida here! It has been raining everyday since Friday, and it is soooo humid. At least the past two days the rain has been falling only early in the morning, so we have gotten out to play a little bit.

We went down to Pekin, IL this past weekend for the wedding of Anjie's stepbrother, Greg. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding. Of course it was hot, but we still had a great time hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa G. Pictures at Picasa .

Jack is now 16 months old. He has quite the personality, and tries to climb everything! The other day when I was cleaning up from dinner I heard him calling me, so went in to the living room to check. Not sure how he did it, but he was sitting on the top shelf of Kate's dollhouse!

Jack's right and left lower canines came in yesterday. Only 4 more teeth to go, all 4 second molars!

Here are a few pics from the last few days. Jack loves to climb in his block wagon!

Here are the latest updates... - Jack has started blowing on his food to cool it off - very funny! - Jack LOVES his big boy bed and has been sleeping in it all night - Kate went down the slide at the pool 6 times in a row yesterday! (I catch her at the bottom) - Scout lost 2 teeth yesterday (his puppy teeth have been falling out for about a month, but this is the first time we have found them)

I know, I know, where are the pictures?? I have been so bad lately, maybe it is this 95 degree heat! Anyway, I will make an effort to take more pictures this week.

Our new neighbors across the court are moving in tomorrow. We have met them briefly, but it will be great to get to know them. They have 3 kids, Griffin (8), Ethan (5) and Emma (3). Kate is thrilled to have another 3 year old in the neighborhood. And she is equally pleased that she gets to make cupcakes tomorrow for everyone!

Kate's last piano class is next week. I think we will take some time off, but perhaps find a new music class this winter. In the fall Kate will continue gymnastics, and also has a couple of 6-week classes through the park district, one about numbers, the other building things. Should be fun!

Jack has started climbing everything possible! He will climb up into the sinks in the bathroom, up on the counter top in the laundry room, and up and over every chair in the house. He is a crazy man!

His words aren't perfect, but Jack's vocabulary is growing. He loves to say bye-bye and wave to people. Mama and Dada are very good. He tends to call all dogs 'good-dog' which is fine. He is pretty good at Bella, but doesn't really have a word for Kate. He will say he is sorry :).

For the past 3 weeks, Kate has had private lessons with coach Luna! For some reason the other 2 kids in her class haven't been there. So Kate has been learning a ton, and working hard! She is very tired by the end because she doesn't have any downtime to rest. We have signed her up for the next session with Luna again, this time on Friday mornings.

Jack's lower canines are starting to come in, but so far he isn't too grumpy!

We have had a ton of problems getting Jack into his crib lately, so found a toddler bed for sale! He really likes it, mostly for play now, but he does sleep in it a bit. Some pics at Picasa .

Kate, Jack and I went to the Quad Cities to see my friend from high school, Emily. It was nice to hang out and see everyone, and Kate got to play with Em's kids. After that we went over to the farm to see what Uncle Henry was up to. Grandpa Bill is out of town this week as Uncle Matt is graduating from the police academy - congrats!