More Summer Fun!

After we got back from the lake, we didn't have much time before we got back in the car--this time headed for Chicago. On Saturday, we first went to brunch at Sardine, because I had been there a couple weeks before with friends and fell in love with their crab, rock shrimp, and bacon cakes. They were so delicious, that when I went with Dan, my mom, and Kate, we all had the same thing! Well, Kate had a chocolate chip waffle, but she certainly ate her share of my crab cakes, too!

Then we went down to Long Grove and had dinner at Lou Malnati's, one of our favorite places. On Sunday, we hung out in the morning and watched the Olympics before having a delicious brunch, and then my mom, Chris & I went shopping while Dan stayed with Kate, who was napping (he took her to the park after she woke up). Then our little family headed back to Madison on Sunday night, and my mom came back up the next day.

 "Seriously, Mom? More pictures?" At Sardine Saturday morning

 In Aunt Chris's garden

 She still loves to smell every flower and say, "Mmm, that smells good!"

 So determined!

 "C'mon, Ellie, let's play ball" (with Ellie, the elephant we got at the Animal Kingdom, who is by far her favorite pet)

 

 "Ellie, stay focused; no time for sleeping."

 "There you go; good elephant."

 "Hmmm, this is harder than I thought it would be."

 Helping Aunt Chris make brunch