Grayson & Liam ~ August Photos

The boys had a great August!  They had lots of camps this summer (soccer and coding).  Their favorite sport is soccer so they did several camps and spent a lot of time at their favorite turf soccer field nearby.  At the coding camp they learned about Roblox coding and how to make robots and many other things.  They made some really cool things.  They had spending with with our au pair Maria and went to several parks, museums and play dates.  We got a new au pair, Jazmin (Jaz) as Maria has to go back to Spain.  They overlapped for several weeks so it was nice having Maria train Jaz.  They took them to some museums and had a lot of fun.  The boys had a soccer tournament in Schaumburg so we spent the day at their games and then had lunch at Benihana.  We can't believe summer is almost over!

First Day of School

The boys were very excited for their first day of 1st and 3rd grade.  They loved meeting their new teachers and seeing their friends.  We can't wait to see what the new year brings for them.   

Girls Weekend in Nashville

My college girlfriends and I went to Nashville for a girls weekend - the twins Liz and Molly and Christine (she moved to Nashville a year ago).  We met at the airport and Tine picked us up and we hung out at her house to see her new place and have a glass of wine.  It was so nice catching up and planning out our weekend.  We then went to The Graduate to stay for the weekend.  The first night we had dinner at Sunda (there is one in Chicago) and ordered a bunch of dishes to share.  Afterwards we went to Critter's inside of the Graduate Hotel.  Liz put her name in to sing at the karaoke bar, but I had no idea if she could actually sing.  I was so surprised when she started singing...she was amazing!   We were so proud of her.  The next day we had brunch at Hampton Social.  We met another group of girls and had frozen rose.  Afterwards we walked around and had a drink at a bar with live music.  For dinner we went to Justin Timberlake's restaurant The Supper Club - Twelve Thirty Club.  The food was delicious and the atmosphere was very fun.  Afterwards we went to Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and listened to live music.  We already scheduled our annual girls trip for next summer.  It was such a fun weekend with lots of laughs and talking about old times.  Love these ladies!