Celebrating Fatima's Birthday

We celebrated Fatima's (our au pair) birthday at Uncle Julio's.  After dinner we got the chocolate pinata to share and the boys had fun helping her knock it down.  

Liam's cast

We went to the orthopedic doctor to check out Liam's arm.  They confirmed he has a buckle fracture and suggested we do the water proof cast.  Liam picked the color blue and added sparkles to his cast.  He will wear it for 4 weeks.

 

First Day of School

The boys had a great first day of school.  We got new signs for them this year.  They are very excited for this new school year and we can't wait to see them excel. 

Last Day of Summer ~ Night Before First Day of School

The boys and I went to Crosby's Kitchen for dinner the night before the first day of school.  We had salmon, chicken, french fries and a skillet cookie.  Afterwards we went to Jeni's Ice Cream for one last dessert to finish off summer.  The boys had a great summer, but they are ready to start school.   

 

Meet The Teacher

We met Liam's teacher, Ms. Conness and Grayson's teacher, Mrs. Ahern.  They both seem very sweet and excited to teach 2nd and 4th grade.  The boys loved seeing their new classrooms and meeting their teachers.  We are very excited for a new school year.

Chicago Air & Water Show

We got tickets to the Chicago Air & Water Show at the Lakefront Restaurant.  Several other Clement families also went so it was a fun filled day for the kids.  We got there around 11am and had lunch and watched all the planes put on their show.  The kids had fun running around, but sadly Liam got stung by a bee and had very bad swelling.  The event was catered by Smoque BBQ and they had a lot of options for drinks.  After the show we went home and then had a block party in our neighborhood.  We invited a few families over for the block party and had fun hanging out.  The kids were running around having a blast with the bouncy house and riding bikes.  Liam unfortunately fell off his hover board and broke his arm, but we didn't realize it until the next morning.  He usually wears pads when he's on his roller blades, but for some reason when he was on his hover board he didn't have them on.  He was in the alley and hit a bump and landed on his arm.  Later he hurt it again so the combination of the two events must have caused the buckle fracture, which means the bone buckled, but didn't fully break, although they consider it a break.  He didn't seem too bothered by it so we didn't take him to the ER, but the next morning it was still bothering him so we took him to the urgent clinic.   They put a sling on his arm and told us to go to the orthopedic doctor.  Once we met with this doctor they told us he could keep it in a sling or get a waterproof cast.  Liam wanted to get the waterproof cast and I agreed because I knew it was better to keep it protected.  I was definitely surprised when they said  it was broken on Sunday morning because he's had a broken leg and he didn't seem too bothered by it.  Our poor Liam is definitely our accident prone child as he's broken his leg, cracked his head open twice (last time it was 9 stitches) and now his arm.  He handled it well and didn't skip a beat.  The doctor told us to keep off it for 4 weeks, but he was in a soccer tournament the following weekend (we put a volleyball knee pad over it to protect it).  We hope the next few weeks go by fast as this is torture to a 8 year old boy.  We are very lucky it was only a buckle fracture - the easiest break to recover from.  Our brave little boy took it like a champ and kept living life as usual.  

JFL Football - Grayson & Liam

It was opening day of JFL flag football at Sheridan Park.  The boys had fun and the parents loved catching up.  Liam scored two touchdowns and had a great game. Grayson also played well and had fun with his team.