Sheffield Garden walk party

We walked down to a block party and garden walk not far from where we live, and discovered that there was an entire block dedicated to kids' activities! We had so much fun wandering through the street, and trying new things. Katie got to go on her first pony ride, which she LOVED. And then she went for a ride on the pig train, all by herself. She was so proud of herself, and followed our instructions to hold on tight. Pretty soon she was even waving. Getting off of the pig train was a VERY sad thing to do. She cried and loudly proclaimed "I WANT A PONY!" all the way home. Katie leads a difficult life.

You can see the lovely tattoo Katie got on her left hand in this picture. She was very patient as it dried. We counted to 20 with her. Katie also helped and counted herself: "one, two, three, six, nine, two, cinco, quattro..."

Right here, Katie is yelling "Mas!" "Faster!" and pushing on the bar to try to get the train moving faster.

We ran into SJ's cousin, Peter and his wife Kim and their son Grady, so Katie met her second cousin for the first time. They just moved to Chicago from New York - we're so happy they're here in Chicago now and look forward to seeing them again soon.

Katie made a flower out of felt and a pipe cleaner. She insisted on wearing it around her wrist.

Waving to the paparazzi on the pony ride.

You guessed it. "MAS! FASTER!"

Pony rides are the best things ever, as you can see.