Zach's 5th Birthday Party

-Friday Grandma Chris took care of the kids as it was the last day of school.
-Saturday Uncle Bobby and Josh drove up to watch the kids soccer games and celebrate Zach's birthday. The kids had a great time on the jumper we borrowed from a friend. That evening our neighbors joined us for dinner and dessert. Zach fell asleep after dinner, but was happy to get up to open his presents.

End of Spring Soccer

Saturday was the last day of AYSO spring soccer. The kids were excited to have a fan club cheering them on. Meg has really taken off in soccer this year and Zach loved his first year of soccer, scoring 2-7 goals at each game.

Perfect Zach Quote

Tonight we did an impromptu pizza and a movie night with some Lou Malnatis and Hotel for Dogs. During the standard tear jerker part Meg was full of tears on the couch mean while Zach just kept say,

"My eyes keep watering!"

Gotta love that little guy.

Pet Parade 2009

Saturday we walked with St. Cletus School in the LaGrange Pet Parade. Zach loved that he got to ride in the Pricipal's jeep. The theme was Stars on Parade so we brought star beads, sunglasses and other fun stuff to give out to the kids. We also ordered Cardinal temporary tattoos for the kids. It was alot of fun.

Meg the author

Yesterday Meg's class had an Authors Tea where each of the children read one of the books they had written since January. meg has written 4 so far and chose "In The Mountains". She is dropping some pretty obvious hints in her story that she wants a dog.

I was very proud that she sat up straight and read loudly and with confidence. Zach took a break from his class to come down and give his sister some support.

Mother's Day Plunge

The kids got up early Sunday morning to wake up mom with a collection of mother inspired art (they had been looking forward to giving mom these all week long). We took advantage of the early rise and headed to Blueberry hill for some sweet morning eats and then jumped in the car and headed to Utica, IL home of Starved Rock State Park.

Because we were there so early we practically had all the waterfalls to ourselves. The hikes and views were stunning. The kids really enjoyed the opportunity to find ways around muddy parts of the trail and to climb the rock walls. After a full morning of hiking we took a short breather in Ottawa and then did lunch at Cheddars in Joliet.

The day ended with a relaxing dinner cook out and visit with our neighbors.

Zach scores another goal!

Zach was beaming after scoring another goal. I think he scored 4 goals on Saturday. He loves playing soccer.

A Friendly Battle

This week Meg's Purple Panthers took on a team with a familiar face from school, Meg's friend Kelly. Kelly did a good job defending the 4 or 5 breakaways that Meg had.

Both Elizabeth and I were amazed at how fast Meg was this week!