Grayson & Liam - Monthly Recap

Monthly Recap:

Marta always snaps great pictures of the boys.  She caught the cutest smile from Liam and the park.  Grayson got dinosaur eggs for his birthday and had to put the rock in water and use a chisel to get to the dinosaur.  He made a bat pumpkin in his after school story program.  Liam got a cute craft present for his birthday and he had fun putting the dinosaur together.  He even snapped a selfie with his hat on.  Grayson is learning so much in school.  He has learned how to write his name and is learning the alphabet.  He always asks me what each word beings with and will try to guess and sound it out.  We love his new school and that he is learning so much.  He wrote me the cutest card that said he loved me and drew a picture of us.  Melted my heart.  What a sweet, cute and loving little guy.  They both are!  The last couple pictures are of my boys and show their cute personalities.  They both have the best smiles.  Finally, we got their school pictures.  They are so cute!!  I was a little upset we didn't get to pick from several poses because I know they can take way better pictures, but we loved them anyway.  

Halloween

Halloween was bitter cold this year so we made it out, but didn't stay out very long.  Oma handed out candy while the boys, Craig and I went out trick-or-treating.  We probably walked 2-3 blocks if that and made a pit stop at Dina's house.  The boys had fun dressing up as Lightening McQueen.  Craig and I were Batman and Batwoman.  Hopefully we will have nicer weather next year.  

Grayson's Halloween Party

Grayson was Lightening McQueen for Halloween.  They had a parade at school so Oma and I braved the freezing cold and watched it.  He was so excited to see us that it made it so worth it.  We literary couldn't feel our toes, but the look on his face when he saw us was priceless.  Afterwards we went to his class party and had fun with all the kids.  They had pumpkin painting, games, snacks and a Halloween story.     

Liam's Halloween Party

We went to Liam's tot class for his Halloween party.  We had fun spending time with him and his class.  They decorated Halloween bags, hit a piñata and exchanged candy.  Liam was so happy to see us and had fun hitting the piñata.  It was so nice to have Oma there with us.     

Halloween Party - Primitive

Craig's client and friend Ross and his wife Tricia invited us to a Halloween Party at Primitive.  It was 4 levels of fun.  We waited until the last minute to get our costumes so we ended up with cheap Batman and Batwoman costumes from Party City.  We had fun dressing up and the party was amazing.  They had lots of food, entertainment and dancing.  We ran into some other superheroes, Superman and Wonder Woman.  We started talking to them and figured out that she works with my good friend Amanda.  Such a small world.  

Bubbles Class - Art & Music - Liam

Liam takes an art and music class at Bubbles.  He has so much fun playing with the toys, dancing and doing art.  They also have open play and he loves to jump on all the toys and hang out with other kids. 

AACA Trunk or Treat

The boys dressed up as Lightening McQueen for Halloween.  We went to their school for the first annual trunk or treat.  There were 50 cars decorated that passed out candy.  It was such a fun event, but it was bitter cold so we only stayed for 30 minutes.  The boys had fun and filled up their candy bags.  Afterwards we went to Chicago Pizza for dinner.  Hopefully next year the weather will be a little warmer so we can enjoy it a little more.  

Liam's Bubbles Class

Liam takes a music and art class at Bubbles.  He loves learning new things, dancing, playing with instruments, making art and open play.  We have this class once a week and it's so nice to have some one on one time with my Lili.  

Grayson's First Sleepover with Gabe

Grayson's best friend Gabe (his mommy is my best friend since 5th grade) came over for a sleepover. It was the first sleepover for both of them.  They had a blast playing with all of Grayson's toys and even included Liam most of the time.  They actually slept in Grayson's bed all night and didn't wake up until 7am the next day.  It was a huge success!  We can't wait to watch these boys grow up together and have a million more sleepovers. 

Mia, Alex and Family in Chicago

Mia, Alex, Lilly and the twins (Hahr and Sevie) visited us in Chicago.  They were in town for Mia's 20 year high school reunion (Bloomington area).  Liam and I met them for lunch at Fat Rice and then we all went to Mi Tocaya Antojeria for dinner and had two skillet cookies at Dunlay's on the Square for dessert.  Saturday we went to Maggie Daley Park and the kids had a blast going on all of the slides.  We also went to The Bean and took some fun pictures.  Finally we headed to Portillo's for lunch because Mia and Alex wanted a Chicago style hot dog.  They had to leave Saturday afternoon for her reunion, but came back to Chicago Sunday afternoon.  We grilled out Sunday night and had ribs, burrata caprese, homemade french fries and lots of appetizers.  

Mia is one of my favorite people on this planet and has been by my side since day 1.  She's my favorite cousin and such an important person to me.  I'm so happy our kids get to grow up together.  Hopefully we can continue our family traditions.  Grayson and Liam love their cousins, although Grayson does love to pester Lilly because he gets a rise out of her.  He was so sad when she left though.  We can't wait until the next get together!  What a fun weekend!