Holiday Cheer

Friday night 5pm was party time. Chris' company held their party at the Millennium Park Grill. Elizabeth's was at the Italian Village. Meg's school also had their party that night in the school gym. Meg had a great time at her party and then spent the night with a friend. Zach spent the night with the neighbors and they said he was the perfect guest. Elizabeth and Chris spent the night at the Swissotel. We had a wonderful night downtown and then came home bright and early Saturday morning to pick up the kids. That morning we picked out our Christmas Tree. The kids had fun seeing all of the trees. We are thinking that next year we may get our tree from a tree farm instead, but this year we were pretty short on time. Sunday we decorated the tree and filled the house with holiday cheer.

Oh to be a kid again...

The kids had a great St. Nick's Day. We had to explain to Zach that this wasn't Christmas though. He was disappointed that he didn't get what he asked for. He says he is asking for Mickey's Magic. He wants Mickey's Magic so he can fly us all to Mickey's World (Disney World). He says that Santa could bring him Mickey's Wand and that it would work because the Magic is real. Oh to be a kid again... 

The Cold Cometh

This week you get some pictures of our morning drop off and the jazz nativity that Elizabeth performed in.

We had Zach's parent teacher conference this week and all our suspicions were confirmed. He is a great kid that is full of energy and happiness. He really likes book time and the teachers love the little guy.

Meg has been listening to Matilda on tape in the car. She just finished it on Sunday. She really liked Matilda but what girl wouldn't connect with a genius kindergartner that plays tricks on her parents and the school headmistress!

On Saturday Elizabeth performed in a jazz nativity at the church called Bending Towards the Light. The kids enjoyed watching all the instruments. Zach has a bright future as a musician. The little guy was dancing and playing pretend drums on beat.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a busy Thanksgiving as usual. We headed down Thursday morning to Grandma Chris's where we had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner with family and our friends Kendra, her mother and Mary-Anne. That night we worked off some of the turkey dinner playing on Uncle Bobby's Wii. Meg got really good at bowling, rolling a high score of 157.

Friday morning we drove down to Indy to enjoy a brisk fall day with the Mcleans. Meg and Zach ran and played with their cousins. The highlight of the trip was the S'mores on the campfire.

Before heading back to Chicago We did breakfast with Josh at the Route 66 dinner (recently featured on the food network).

The rest of the weekend was pretty normal Church and pizza on Saturday and a little geocaching on Sunday.

Meg and Zach with Will

Meg's school was out Thursday and Friday. She got to do some cool activities. Thursday she saw the new LaGrange library and saw Bee Movie. That night we had Meg's Parent Teacher conference at school. It went well. Friday Meg did gymnastics in the morning and then we went to a ceramic cafe in the afternoon.

This weekend was pretty uneventful. We tried to stay pretty low-key as we're expecting some busy weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sunday afternoon we spent time with Christa, Bill and Will. He sure is growing fast.

Tiny Dancers

I am getting back on the movie bandwagon and this is my latest. Here is some video from May 2005. We were having a music night and Meg and Zach were dancing up a storm. Even mom got in on the action and cut a rug!

Pom Pom Girls

Friday
Elizabeth and Chris went to a Wine Tasting Party

Saturday
The kids went to a birthday party while Elizabeth and Chris sang at Mass

Sunday
Meg went to a Pom Clinic in Algonquin with one of her friends

Happy Halloween

On Wednesday Meg and Zach had halloween parties at school. Chris ran the Halloween Bingo for Meg's class. Then that night the kids trick-or treated in our neighborhood. Then went to a friends house for some pizza and trick-or-treating

Friday night Elizabeth checked out Casino Night at St. Barbara's.

On Saturday Meg went to a birthday pool party and then that night we hung out with our friends, The Nash's.

Sunday was more laid back with the kids playing with their remote tarantulas after Mass. Zach is fighting a cold, so we hung out at home while he napped.