Easter

Easter was a little different this year.  John, Sue and Tommy were visiting us from New Jersey, which was a lot of fun, but we had to be careful because Liam tested positive for covid the Tuesday before Easter.  We thought we were in the clear, but then Craig tested positive on Friday and Grayson on Saturday.  We were shocked they got it, but luckily it was only cold symptoms.  It definitely changed our plans, but we made the best of it.  We had fun decorating Easter cookies, playing soccer, going to dinner at Victory Tap followed by Chicago Fire soccer game and then celebrating Easter with brunch.  Daddy and Grayson had to stay home for the soccer game and Easter brunch, but luckily John, Sue and Tommy were not afraid to be around them and never got covid.  The Easter bunny stopped by our house and filled the Easter baskets with candy, clothes and balls for the boys as well as Easter eggs to find.  We had Easter brunch at Summer House with John, Sue, Tommy, Oma, Liam and mommy.  We had a very nice Easter this year.  

Girls Dinner

Amanda, Carissa, Diana and I had dinner at Momotoro.  We had a great time catching up at dinner and even planned a girls trip to Santa Barbara/LA for July.  

Soccer Tournament in Rockford

Grayson's club soccer team, Chicago City Soccer, had a tournament in Rockford for the weekend.  We got a hotel and stayed overnight.  The boys had two games on Saturday and one on Sunday morning.  We actually played a team from Glen Ellyn (Allison's son Gabe has two best friends on the GE team) and we both played a great game, but in the end they won because of a penalty.  Afterwards we went to lunch at a hibachi place with the kids and then went to the hotel to swim.  We played our final game and then ordered food to the hotel and hung out.  The next day we played our final game.  Overall we had a great weekend at our first club soccer tournament.     

Girls Dinner

We had a fun girls' dinner at Etta in Bucktown with some St Clement moms.  I'm so excited my friend Amanda will be joining the St. Clement moms for the next school year.  Her son Hudson will be in pre-k 4.  It's always great catching up with other moms.  What a fun night!  

 

Whitney's Birthday Party

We went to Whitney's house to celebrate her birthday.  It was a couples game night party.  We had the best time playing games and met some really cool people.  We ended the night playing Taboo girls against guys.  Unfortunately the girls lost, but we had the best time.  So happy I ran into Whitney at Zoo Lights in December 2021...she's become a very fast best friend.  

Allison's Birthday Dinner

We celebrated Allison's birthday a little early with sushi in the suburbs.  It's been a long time since we've been together so it was nice to get together.  It's hard to believe she's been my BFF since 1989.  It was so fun hanging out with Allison and Miah.

Liam's i9 Basketball

Liam had a great time playing basketball with his buddies from school.  They had practice for half the time and then a game for the other half.  It was so cute to watch them play basketball, although they had a hard time remembering to dribble.  The boys had such a fun time during the season and loved the final game where they ran through the sign while getting announced.  The end of the year party was at D'Agostino's Pizza Place and the boys loved getting their basketball trophies.