Twins

Family Movie Day

Going to a movie in the theater is one of my favorite things to do.  The snacks, the cozy new recliner chairs...I love it all!!  The only thing that makes it better is when I get to do it in WI

with the entire family!!  If we grow any bigger, we'll take up the entire row!

Black Friday (actually Thursday)

In recent years, the stores have been opening up earlier and earlier for Black Friday sales.

Since we were already out that direction bowling anyway, we figured we might as well stop

at Target on our way home and take advantage of the sales.  Ryan took the boys home

to put them to bed and us girls stayed to shop.  :)

The line went down the main aisle, then snaked backward to the back of the store. As daunting as this looks, it actually moved pretty fast.  And we scored the Door Buster TV my mom had her eye on.  Mission accomplished!!

2019 Thanksgiving Bowling

After we all stuffed ourselves silly, it was time to get out and move around a bit.

Bring on the annual Thanksgiving bowling outing!

Thanksgiving 2019

This Thanksgiving was a little different than it has been in past years.  On Wednesday

morning my mom walked in to Larry's room to find him on the floor without his oxygen on.

He must have fallen in the middle of the night while he was trying to get up.  They called an

ambulance and took him to the hospital, and that is where he spent Thanksgiving.  

We took turns visiting him, the boys colored pictures to take him

and also recorded a video message.

Alex and Jill hosted at their house to try to make things easier on my mom.

They have a hot tub in their backyard, so the boys were super excited about that!

We missed Larry and wish he could have been there with us, but we're so thankful he's

getting the care that he needs and feeling stronger each day.  Hopefully he'll

be able to come home in a few days.  

Potbelly Lunch Date

Fall Fun

Thankful Trees - 2019 Edition

I present....this year's thankful trees.

Congrats Liz and Neil!!

Today Ryan's cousin Liz and Neil got married!!

I LOVE going to weddings for so many reasons...seeing people you don't see often, a night

of eating, drinking and dancing (three of my favorite things), wedding cake (another solid

favorite), and it's a fun excuse to dress up and get fancy.  :)

CONGRATS Liz and Neil!!

Cake for a Year!!!!

Nothing Bundt Cakes was having an anniversary celebration and they were giving away free bundlets for a year to the first 25 customers today.  I've always wanted to go attempt to do this, but today was the day I finally did it!!

Miles and I drove to La Grange and arrived about 30 minutes before the store opened.

There was already a significant line, and I was pretty sure there were already 25 people

there, but they were giving away one free bundlet to everyone, so I figured we

would wait it out and at least make it worth the drive.  I mean,

it takes a lot for me to walk away from free cake!

It was actually pretty entertaining waiting in line, making friends with the people around us.

It was pretty chilly out, so two ladies went across the street to Corner Bakery, got a huge

container of hot chocolate, and then went down the line pouring cups for everyone.

It was the perfect thing to keep me motivated to stand in line.  It also helped

that they came out with free cake samples periodically too.  ;)

A few minutes before the store opened, they came out and let us know how thankful they

were for all of us and that they were increasing the number of winners to 50!! 

WOO HOO!!!!  I did it!!  Free Bundlets for a year!!  Totally worth the wait!

Toddler Exploration Time

One Friday a month, the park district puts on a Toddler Exploration Time at the Oak Park

Conservatory.  Since Miles doesn't have school on Fridays, it's the perfect day

for he and I to go and do something special.

Each Friday has a different theme that the activities are centered around.  

They start with a story based on the theme,

then the kids get to walk around to a few different stations they have set up.  Today's theme

was foods that make up the colors of the rainbow.  They made pumpkins out of playdoh,

painted with vegetables (that face!! 😂),

and got to take a closer look at some fruits and vegetables.

It's really cute, and what I love is you go at your own pace.  Once the story is over, you roam around and can leave whenever you're done.  So I can follow Miles' lead on when he's had

enough.  He makes his way through the stations, explores what he wants to explore,

and then we go about the rest of our day.  

I'm so thankful we have such fun activities available to us.  I love being able to expose

him to different things and share in these cool experiences with him.

Disney Countdown

Our countdown to Disney has officially started!!

Stuffed Animal Overload

Joe may disagree with me,

but I think it's safe to say we have an overload of stuffed animals!

Truthfully, I don't even think this is all of them. 

It's just what they decided to carry down to make a giant animal fort.  Wasn't quite as fun

when they realized they had to carry all of those back upstairs again. ;)

Crazy Hats

 There's never a dull moment with this one around.  :)

Ms Agustin

For the first part of the school year Joe's Kindergarten teacher has been out on maternity

leave.  Ms Agustin was the long term sub that took her place.  Today was her last day so

we wanted to take a picture to remember her by.  Thanks Ms Agustin!

Post School Climb

There is a tree on the front lawn of Pilgrim school that had been a magnet for both Owen

and Joe when they were in preschool.  Each day after school, if given the opportunity, they

would make a mad dash for the tree so they could climb it.  Miles apparently has the exact

same attraction to the tree.  Sure it makes it harder to get him to the car and leave, but on

the bright side, it makes for a great photo op.  :)

Larry's New 'Do

It's been a little while since we've been back to Wausau to visit, and since then Larry has

started chemo treatments.  My mom didn't want the kids to be surprised when they saw him

next, so she sent us a pic of his new 'do.  Looking just as handsome as ever Larry!!

We love you!!

The Bearded Crew

Tonight's fun activity...Ryan used a burnt cork to give the kids beards.  HAHA!!