Future streaker?

On Friday we went downtown in search of Ron's Father's Day present. He, not leaving it up to me, had taken a photo of the exact shirt he wanted . Mission not accomplished -but I think a far superior choice was made. Anyway, the natives were getting restless so we decided to pop over to Millennium Park. After about 30 seconds in the reflecting pool it was clear we were going to be going Club Med and making it clothing optional. Luckily I was able to keep the diaper on her.

California dreaming

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This past week the kids and I, poor Ron had to stay home, went to California to visit my sister. Not only does she have a sweet pad a mere block from the beach... She also has a Disneyland hook-up so we all got in free!! It was a great time. Starting with the plane ride, my mom decided she would come with us - what a huge help. We had plenty of tricks up our sleeves. Oh the power of new stickers and a necklace made out of fruit loops. No sooner did we get there and the fun started. The weather was beautiful and therefore we mostly hung out at the beach. The kids love playing in the sand and can spend hours building castles and burying their feet. Violet per her typical MO made new friends while Jack spent most of his time either chasing birds or nursing. I definitely see the lure of Cali.

On Memorial Day our friends the Longs left for a 2-4 year adventure in Singapore.
Eric accepted a job transfer. It's very exciting for them - except for the 17-hr plane ride.
We will miss them dearly, and wish them all the happiness life may bring.
When they come back, I hope to pick up our friendship where we left off.
Perhaps both Kaya and Ash will teach the kids some Chinese.

Violet in silent repose...it doesn't happen often.

Go Cubbies

On Memorial Day we had the good fortune of taking the kids to Wrigley. It was a gorgeous day even a little on the warm side. Violet and Jack split a ballpark frank AND some cotton candy (although I think Dad helped out on the latter). On the way in one of the ushers handed us a couple of coloring books and some crayons and boy around the 8th inning of a 1:15 game they sure came in handy. Jack did not manage to hang in the seats for too much of the game, he needed to roam with mom. However Violet and Dad hung out in the stands until the 7th inning stretch. Violet really dug the game; when the crowd clapped, she clapped; when the crowd cheered she said "yayy." She actually did really well and I think by next season we might all be able to enjoy the game together. The kids crashed hard that night and I said yayy!

8 down! . . . . 42 to go!

Kicking off our busy past week, Ron and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. So many changes in those 8 years (and the preceeding 7 we had before making it legit). How I love that man....thanks for the good times, the wild ride and our 2 beautiful kids.

1st HAIRCUT!!

Violet and I decided we were tired of defending Jack's manliness and so a haircut was in order. Ron being the enterprising guy that he is, decided to give it a whirl. Check out the results.