Odds and ends

My posts are heavy on the activities on my youngest four.  The older five are more independent and therefore I have less interactions with them.  I might try to get them to post occasionally.
 Just a quick update on the olders...
Luke worked with Jay today on a roof somewhere:)  Luke enjoys the variety of place and activity that Jay's job provides.  Luke is looking for full-time employment.
Sofie is moving this weekend from an apartment she shares with a roommate to a studio apartment in a nicer area of D.C.
Logan has been working six days a week for the Oak Park Park District in the Buildings and Grounds department.
Bridget had to say a sad farewell to one of her best friends, Alex, who is leaving today for college in Tennessee.  Fortunately for Bridget many of her good friends will be going to school in the Chicago area.
Jackson is playing tennis with some friends and enjoying this spectacular weather.

Yesterday the younger girls and I went to the Morton Arboretum.  We ate a lunch next to the car...(a lunchmeat sandwich on a thick round of Italian bread, grapes, chips and pumpkin raisin cookies) and then explored the grounds.  There is an exhibit called Unframed there now.  Artists have used trees as the canvas for their art. Some of this art is fascinating, some is peculiar. We brought paper and pencils so we could sit and draw scenery or specimens (only flowers, etc. that were already on the ground). 

Today I stopped by the craft store and bought adult-size t-shirts for the girls.  My idea was to have the girls paint the shirts with glow-in-the-dark fabric paint and create fun night shirts.  I'm hoping Jay can help me load photos of the finished products.

I also have photos of us sitting around our backyard fire pit, getting ready for an overnight in the tent.  (Only the twins made it through the night outside; I woke in the morning to find Sonja and Natalie asleep on the couches.)