This weekend was the final weekend for this year's Riverside Theater Guild play. Chris made a practically perfect Prince Charming while Meg was an adorable mouse. Thank you to all of our friends and family who came to see the production.
Elizabeth's brother Bobby graduated from Purdue this afternoon. Relatives and friends from St. Louis, Indianapolis and Lafayette joined us at the open house after graduation. Way to go Bobby, we know you're ready for the warm Florida ready after this snowy weekend.
We were excited to have lots of visitors this weekend to come see the play. Saturday after the show we celebrated Uncle Bobby's birthday. Sunday Grandpa Goellner came to see the show. All of the shows went great. Unfortunately, Meg was sick all weekend. It started with a fever Wednesday and by Sunday she had a bad ear infection in her right ear and the start of one in her left. But the show must go on and she was quite the trooper; still performing at all of the shows and resting when she wasn't on stage. We're hoping she can go to school Tuesday.
This weekend Chris put together Zach's trampoline that Grandpa Goellner gave him for his birthday. Zach and Meg had alot of fun jumping on it. Zach was back on it this morning while watching cartoons before school.
We had a fun mini-vacation in St. Louis last weekend.
This weekend "Jack and the Beanstalk" opened. Our family is well represented in the play with Meg being a cute little sheep and Elizabeth playing a convincing towns person #3. Josh was in town for the auto show and a SCUBA convention so he checked out the show on Friday. For the Saturday show the cheering section included Grandma Chris, Uncle Bobby, and Kendra along with Grandpa Goellner, Gene & Dale, and of course Chris and Zach. Lastly, For the Sunday performance Meg's school friends all came bearing lots of beautiful flowers and made Meg feel very special. After the show everyone then came over to our house for pizza and smoothies. The adults rocked into the night with Guitar Hero challenges.
Grandpa Goellner drove up from St. Louis this weekend to spend some holiday time with the kids. On Thursday he saw Meg perform in her schools holiday show (click here). For Friday Elizabeth took the day off to hang out. Then Saturday we all went to the arboretum to enjoy the last bits of snow before they melted. That night we did our weekly pizza and a movie ritual. This week we watched Star Wars Episode 1. Meg and Zach got into it but Zach did say that he didn't like the guy with horns on his head (Darth Maul).
We had a pretty fun week! Monday, Grandma stayed with Meg while Zach went to school. They all met us downtown for dinner where we heard a Broadway in Chicago selection at the Taste of Chicago. Tuesday we said goodbye to Grandma and then went to a party at one of Meg's Kindergarten friends houses. Wednesday we went to the Brookfield Parade and then to the Nash's house. Thursday, I stayed home and took Meg swimming. Friday Meg got to come to my work. We brought everyone bagels in the morning and then went to the Taste of Chicago for lunch. Meg liked the ribs, but we've got to work on her adventurous spirit! Saturday we did another geocache in a gorgeous forest preserve in Oak Brook before their last swim lesson. After swim lessons they hung out in the splash park for a little while. It was a very hot Saturday. Sunday we are going to a small pool party which should be fun.
Zach was still sick on Monday, but he was better by Tuesday. Thursday Meg got sick though. We got her on amoxocillin and she was feeling better in no time.