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!

Cubs Post Season Game

Craig's friend is regional president in Illinois for PNC Bank so he has access to their suite at the Cubs games.  Craig and I went to an early game in the season and were lucky enough to get invited for the last game of the season.  Unfortunately, the Cubs lost the game, but we still have fun watching them play.  It's always nice watching from the suite because they have nice food and drinks and an inside and outside viewing of the game.