tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84333525654087325472024-02-19T03:48:24.317-06:00Blessed to have my 6Blessed 2 Have My 66 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-11807204167815997262010-03-30T16:44:00.007-05:002010-03-30T17:44:08.082-05:00Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor<div align="center"> Today we had the opprtunity to go on a pizza making tour at Happy Joe's in Rockford! First we had a tour of the restaurant, game room, cash register area and kitchen. Next, the kids were able to make their own pizza for lunch! There was only a charge per pizza making child of $6.50 which included their make your own pizza lunch, a fountain drink, a scoop of ice cream, and 4 game tokens for the game room.</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454556541988686754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWIK2yBt1FHSWKzs_kZC-IM8uCHnGT0tGdw37Fu2Jlg-BgiUbgREVvhIn-X4I8j4BODlnSPnd6DgZUVKZTBnTuebHts1KHc-G9O70MQTeFERK0JzxlcMRIOTIZgO7NxAgZvN_VuiOlhry/s400/2010-3-30+Happy+Joes+Pizza+050.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvgDMOmZYmGv19sbHi9mKi6KwC8jc3OFqDB_ExrnRPFRAmaD66RbpJM0ANWvKpirl80cunxO6c0G2fAsbcV3BYWBltz0-5HPpGE9wtEYNIgV3QXciZQ5NYamh1cBwjZaVTnrZFGK1ywRR/s1600/2010-3-30+Happy+Joes+Pizza+022.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454556536870771762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvgDMOmZYmGv19sbHi9mKi6KwC8jc3OFqDB_ExrnRPFRAmaD66RbpJM0ANWvKpirl80cunxO6c0G2fAsbcV3BYWBltz0-5HPpGE9wtEYNIgV3QXciZQ5NYamh1cBwjZaVTnrZFGK1ywRR/s400/2010-3-30+Happy+Joes+Pizza+022.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BSvo104SDMQQr8T5vnnfjxhzCunp9PV5Z1GAKPqtMW_Je48d-zHT7YK-NUg9Wr9pyBIpNxvWnPfxjBlacxeEQC2TX1JiX4fzBInSjff2fE9ifOSUbzj6J92tJoyy2n-wWXkBLz8uDz3z/s1600/2010-3-30+Happy+Joes+Pizza+023.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Our activities included a tapping demonstration, boildown and taste test.<br />We were scheduled to go a week ago but there were thunderstorms so our class was cancelled. Our St. Patrick's Day weather was perfect!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMcIuJygJbu3mqspDehTzOoz-XZrXXpErwgPBC2R17rVk7M6Uwi_O_D3u8ho-opi979cqudJIN3QHUwpiCGm5Acz11QOwIFkgvzAgWN7aNel-qJrSrZbHtXZ34-jCjXY0Ce3eArMirSsg/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454604411419633346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMcIuJygJbu3mqspDehTzOoz-XZrXXpErwgPBC2R17rVk7M6Uwi_O_D3u8ho-opi979cqudJIN3QHUwpiCGm5Acz11QOwIFkgvzAgWN7aNel-qJrSrZbHtXZ34-jCjXY0Ce3eArMirSsg/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+001.jpg" /></a> Puppet show<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICaJ2Ez6FHMbHIwn2hqHXWN9nizfq2ANRgSYrcDV_ZKpkWmFPMnoDkNJVFrjqvzfc6DJh-Nnv049BGPW4llzA311qIB7np_nh5I7YN9xkIPEuwA2fa-gfiC_LGV1b9hz4FXs5-axENb99/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454604396183526962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICaJ2Ez6FHMbHIwn2hqHXWN9nizfq2ANRgSYrcDV_ZKpkWmFPMnoDkNJVFrjqvzfc6DJh-Nnv049BGPW4llzA311qIB7np_nh5I7YN9xkIPEuwA2fa-gfiC_LGV1b9hz4FXs5-axENb99/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+003.jpg" /></a> Tasting the sap<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtQ8dD1vzb1ZHLF7ZgMyEREVb5ghk_h7OQs3SfLzBDia-Omgwp9ShY1_sjn6kqJwBNuczJXQyKnNPFogVcJCoByTu3WM_TKUZV-AOCRnKyWiXv-HD4vrtZQSoE6qQB3FgRZO4LX62bhL1/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454604382034897266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtQ8dD1vzb1ZHLF7ZgMyEREVb5ghk_h7OQs3SfLzBDia-Omgwp9ShY1_sjn6kqJwBNuczJXQyKnNPFogVcJCoByTu3WM_TKUZV-AOCRnKyWiXv-HD4vrtZQSoE6qQB3FgRZO4LX62bhL1/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+012.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-w-R4SNLG05RE_6FKly1UZGdtVVWe-VDEiHTlDNPVaUyE3Pd5UixUpBVidYxBFC5_enPHs0PniYyUlJ1WjOiedeSI_VZDpL65jwQtGuQwTT-yYz7oUp9YSvYHnlnYFoIahooUUwDLYWX/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+019.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454601462310067186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-w-R4SNLG05RE_6FKly1UZGdtVVWe-VDEiHTlDNPVaUyE3Pd5UixUpBVidYxBFC5_enPHs0PniYyUlJ1WjOiedeSI_VZDpL65jwQtGuQwTT-yYz7oUp9YSvYHnlnYFoIahooUUwDLYWX/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+019.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pAJOG9wfuC8cQhYqAdY74az8IdI4db4oDEWqncTWhJOHXNmg9K_L1zG4k2w5u5QTwkEntJD4kakoF3gSkF9ZnjNM6yr584r-QAIxgJyTjGA8PuC01HP_xNWhmw9Vo3hOqO8AxZkkleMi/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454601449415302786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pAJOG9wfuC8cQhYqAdY74az8IdI4db4oDEWqncTWhJOHXNmg9K_L1zG4k2w5u5QTwkEntJD4kakoF3gSkF9ZnjNM6yr584r-QAIxgJyTjGA8PuC01HP_xNWhmw9Vo3hOqO8AxZkkleMi/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+020.jpg" /></a> Practicing tapping a tree<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdR3anWNuodc3xlrP5MmahRgUtLglDwF8Gyd3Y8Yhtg0tmTpui353UHynkRlVopegBrOk80lQVBXSZtj6zYf7fBmu02J-_WgWTcl-0bchusAYjx3Le8oxvPd2TxNXqaDWwT0mYNDUC6hsX/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+029.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454601438258644498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdR3anWNuodc3xlrP5MmahRgUtLglDwF8Gyd3Y8Yhtg0tmTpui353UHynkRlVopegBrOk80lQVBXSZtj6zYf7fBmu02J-_WgWTcl-0bchusAYjx3Le8oxvPd2TxNXqaDWwT0mYNDUC6hsX/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+029.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjND6CuukZofKvl5w3RoQbSAIBLf1SuyRcC1Y2EifiFB5BqpCmIZnKmSmBFZWR_p8R6CrSAJFr2Q_o5cs7ODUAc0XX8-Os_3M56LnEoFuGYSb99pJatSNtKh_kDo6haDgyiXDrX3KsuLUk7/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454601418372820594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjND6CuukZofKvl5w3RoQbSAIBLf1SuyRcC1Y2EifiFB5BqpCmIZnKmSmBFZWR_p8R6CrSAJFr2Q_o5cs7ODUAc0XX8-Os_3M56LnEoFuGYSb99pJatSNtKh_kDo6haDgyiXDrX3KsuLUk7/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+031.jpg" /></a> looking down into the boiling sap<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhK4kjuCd2649lLxvNdKE_Bm9LRNM-5JHAYGp8Z-brQrHncFtQtz6ASZcaAKUj-SWel5yILmecRCmYb4gE1N82BPn2XtqinZw8qr7X9EP5DwcfPy9QqTyoE3yK1QXJ4po3OF5zRJMyoCu/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+037.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454596776589407938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhK4kjuCd2649lLxvNdKE_Bm9LRNM-5JHAYGp8Z-brQrHncFtQtz6ASZcaAKUj-SWel5yILmecRCmYb4gE1N82BPn2XtqinZw8qr7X9EP5DwcfPy9QqTyoE3yK1QXJ4po3OF5zRJMyoCu/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+037.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8V8quc6vGXLsNjnYFNHCpyJMfMOCxGIliWuo7itUda5Mby9iZfeukNzMkNJIjzG6ht8bDcsnME2kcp7h0ENNXyuG6GFveAh35ARH3FapmBTwdGQIbx70ieJDEYvQRDk9nkmHa7-38J8N/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+039.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454596770193598002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8V8quc6vGXLsNjnYFNHCpyJMfMOCxGIliWuo7itUda5Mby9iZfeukNzMkNJIjzG6ht8bDcsnME2kcp7h0ENNXyuG6GFveAh35ARH3FapmBTwdGQIbx70ieJDEYvQRDk9nkmHa7-38J8N/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+039.jpg" /></a> it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIHHhryL2mGGGGPd-npKAHckNsGp7hDkDf6VO56a-nvAXLbKeK_S5TONOqWDizPC45dyHjdPM8vJiVbDju0CA6Ge1GvmPDR_HpbG58Ezm6p6WayXfJ0LmnNfT3S-UjBXAVxQXLHMCBqFz/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+042.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454596758831386066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIHHhryL2mGGGGPd-npKAHckNsGp7hDkDf6VO56a-nvAXLbKeK_S5TONOqWDizPC45dyHjdPM8vJiVbDju0CA6Ge1GvmPDR_HpbG58Ezm6p6WayXfJ0LmnNfT3S-UjBXAVxQXLHMCBqFz/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+042.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3eohUCEq-wn_W1WUyc6cbolzC_T1kMpVICU4ofsXOL1FQ6MLhbPagADWwdkA0TihZeueePrAXWTwhaHQs3gcYDiOy1XvUBmZsAjxaesM-5BhChddyf2UqS7gQmol2Unfuj4iOtxYCG4S/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+045.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454596757166207698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3eohUCEq-wn_W1WUyc6cbolzC_T1kMpVICU4ofsXOL1FQ6MLhbPagADWwdkA0TihZeueePrAXWTwhaHQs3gcYDiOy1XvUBmZsAjxaesM-5BhChddyf2UqS7gQmol2Unfuj4iOtxYCG4S/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+045.jpg" /></a><br />To the cabin they go.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAaQJxvvWmCJ7Ylgvrnsl-MRy682Q0g0nMedoE4Eo00q6mZvL5paEHk3SQfDUP24Ly6ywtz4MVGx6j8_llmnTpN08zkzpQuasbxbjMNwpEZRM0kIhk_DqFQbN9hyzXp9gcjfzRMSq1LJ7/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+047.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454569809294372690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAaQJxvvWmCJ7Ylgvrnsl-MRy682Q0g0nMedoE4Eo00q6mZvL5paEHk3SQfDUP24Ly6ywtz4MVGx6j8_llmnTpN08zkzpQuasbxbjMNwpEZRM0kIhk_DqFQbN9hyzXp9gcjfzRMSq1LJ7/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+047.jpg" /></a> When I showed the D'Angelo label to D'Angelo he thought everyone should pay him to get a drink.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPyTV9XG15UEnWmJekT4QFiBmBjX8JaNCfxERm7WlEPhUY8-Op0OEpBQBjnJZ2qFFdC6I_tYzZXTAD-N834ddKbXdKI39PGRvijNewwOFt1H4lNh0y8Xzl60qvw5NPzc-peUYv4HKoq0O/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+051.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454569799639204594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPyTV9XG15UEnWmJekT4QFiBmBjX8JaNCfxERm7WlEPhUY8-Op0OEpBQBjnJZ2qFFdC6I_tYzZXTAD-N834ddKbXdKI39PGRvijNewwOFt1H4lNh0y8Xzl60qvw5NPzc-peUYv4HKoq0O/s400/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+051.jpg" /></a> Can you taste the difference between real maple syrup and the imitation stuff you buy at the grocerey store?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSCrBPO8XZIlEJFLlKlPUo0iWbceBrXtY17vEgw5qoPS3AmcDMEdBmvW3IyHxL_4LML0PEvd06w8Vkyj_b5MWePHGnjbG5oHqh779aXmhTzRckkxMyFPHeoyngQfiGR3STe-vFSqhK0nL/s1600/2010-3-17+Maple+Sugar+Spring+Vll+053.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECB3Bzb_36Ng7-7gcR-YWK64xKbUqoYOkSHWrxaDKlaMKgLWgUCX04zYEIbRGL_Jx68ZpaA-2LcHFxgQ_fWSXSHRECEK0ui6_vg5hCrIv55QWXD3ZqtWCmwiP97USIBG60fQ870-V9QHV/s400/IMG_8584.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367608348363527874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca4zgoB7MFOc9tuyt9nWRV0KW5k5wm_dx-2Q46UDaPoEJXnkbzKYBYtfKVtj5JKBjILdv3ipmqlohhMT8NIgqwCXUFIFUaHx0nBRNFYfjj8AJg40YX2p4gJVjxQT1iBhspe2PrUtWXQoq/s400/IMG_8567.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Here is the fountain that Oliver tossed his shoe into- it landed right in the middle. After trying to convince Adeline or Auggie to go in and get it for me I got to walk in and retrieve it.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367609211835752962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0H6hMnXIF4lbkKMiVfQ5kRNZ-qU2-A6oUeWfJ-NH8E-2rBKuMux0i1aPO3IMlJlYWkk98b5oGztV-2oln0EqPv3waoQCATvRJFGFKULD8LXlehVMN0j4KWU1rlAJ6-1MgXtsi4TTkdZAK/s400/IMG_8592.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367608806909610754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5H0qCzwU036GBqdFRoUwSswFkSBVj0K0-hqreqa_zXYmU8Qg6Gydixx6ZzcnOpkKuVykSYtts1LMJ0f0GbJ-T_75SOqNFjTzzyH5ss-5BJfVgMRkGCD3dTbEcoX7UBByu8fRgeCpyoUD/s400/IMG_8588.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367611896529195442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkMSCUBc_LcxquXZPLUXJZRqFs64V4_xCwFMqdJlXYpVIC3rzPkSaZ7h78rx6I6474J8y-iqtk19VPhupdwGRaX9wu7HipBaxC829nZ3nRnZ6PQH_Ns8gIV1Uz7JcJFNIaHf8okHNPUP7/s400/IMG_8630.JPG" border="0" /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82yO3sEE5b_NHjBYGAE0HHNZ5-NhwD5PZJzb0silwLRY3Bp4e2dy3h_yKb73YPZzjR_ptDpf4ae5HuV_JO-l0tO7-7-KEAGysTHLWVi83X91u9UYuUC4V9AIMkRdM8xFOMBqDMWQ8LyYB/s1600-h/Sprinkler+Fun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367611913519050434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82yO3sEE5b_NHjBYGAE0HHNZ5-NhwD5PZJzb0silwLRY3Bp4e2dy3h_yKb73YPZzjR_ptDpf4ae5HuV_JO-l0tO7-7-KEAGysTHLWVi83X91u9UYuUC4V9AIMkRdM8xFOMBqDMWQ8LyYB/s400/Sprinkler+Fun.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvlQT7_6ZpW99qI_4CbJnRLHTOVR1RBWyQTGIFitLID9lPUL40FqqyCtOLM-SKCTCwIEEiSJn3VRwxAJ57K0iHU4RXrpK5UQaxdIhBB7oa0iMSHWPCYY37_httG0tCQMze1yRSeToIKfC/s1600-h/IMG_8656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367611904721296802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvlQT7_6ZpW99qI_4CbJnRLHTOVR1RBWyQTGIFitLID9lPUL40FqqyCtOLM-SKCTCwIEEiSJn3VRwxAJ57K0iHU4RXrpK5UQaxdIhBB7oa0iMSHWPCYY37_httG0tCQMze1yRSeToIKfC/s400/IMG_8656.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367614900850441906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-ypFucPbdFVRvxUS9MQWotD0aW-DvRXSGMbIwS9okpAsnGHxKSPb8ASL0DiWt9NVwN-vz_-9SNOZvvoliZ2-ThyISBJDRaED2_iahBCceJXLXUrq5Ke7aFeTdfNdg1EFlEuno6gjpum-/s400/IMG_8641.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div align="center">D'Angelo on the tram ready for his last day of Bug Camp adventures!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367609220364937810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfVyjI2Lnm4ZqQByjsvweM9SSWVARH93oH5YoS4b0VsZpVDrjJ1trwI0jakLdWu0LCFjnzOdqSbSdfpeWG7fQTgmQSU8F-OQIGgFQ5nJi_5R4ehDPD2GL1UHb1H1EGsxlUf5USQDRcCZQ/s400/IMG_8609.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367611920677479106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90I44TXj1ve1_P7_XXGR9gAjrkF-pia8EGxRXuL5HBJCDDgiqbv07Q2YIc0w0RD-u6tRzvoaIhh7q_FzbAJEhRQEEXBJZafeWoqG2b7VIK8tTM1KAfLv9L-GMfEhVd3UZ59D4w10VbEJB/s400/IMG_8784.JPG" border="0" /> </div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-81583276654577472252009-08-07T22:41:00.000-05:002009-08-08T11:47:41.277-05:00Legoland<div align="center"> Thursday afternoon we had a great opportunity to go to Legoland for free! </div><div align="center">A Big Thank You to Clearbrook :) </div><div align="left">The prices are usually- Adult: $19.00 Child: $15.00 Children age 2 and under are free. So you can see why I couldn't resist going. I knew the kids would enjoy it so after spending the morning at the Botanic we headed over to The LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre in The Streets of Woodfield. The kids had fun playing with all the Legos, riding the rides and watching the 4D Bob the Builder movie. Xavier, Oliver & Tia were in serious need of food & a nap by 3:30 so I headed out to the car to hang with them there while Grandma & Josh played inside with Addie, Auggie & D'Angelo. Around 6pm Adeline came out to the car and the boys stayed until the place closed an hour later at 7:00. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367630142206905714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3tPwDgS-eWBH6G_J5O-DBwDg0CBqiskytuSjr1bwZQRfvXl8B_aOW-fPic0laUzlgvtNdFaoQe-VNnkM84KmM2MxDbPmSWWnoKaFizCLaPgIv0OVL76hhH2_j4xCs5WrDa3-dvNDc1FJ/s400/IMG_8664.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367630149179559602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyia0CjzKOdUmywVTw_wdNshzz6Es-XTJxhDVbQXsolRKLZ_Kb5ixDPmOlajAbJjEjC1v-VdCKIqiK6vxnRDH8MY3Ck-cAp7OP-aFciVsSGPHSFK2PRRDzGNroCcMasyiZ_df_gT-bWPo/s400/IMG_8667.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3dGpuli8p9hZqclhKyuKMCwudaD5nLzGUkGmk1i3E21RXqi0t2fBSm30w74YjwUT42kb7mZPzxsI6rOmztxcF4aMKZp8gy52bCyh4pFv3aYJEZi0oKQuSoU_oocn8JzYs8dvxrrld-7s/s1600-h/IMG_8681.2"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367631542810226274" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cI5wD0wcxJVBKJ6b6JvDEnng77iRC4J6EofpJdZtqtiT9DveMJL65rRf8stf6teakOHeUIaWIMQ-4lwXKDAifYXROdji4na3ohnmcNzTyJRxZL9W2Rv9XdsFGR0MzxkVzMtgkqQ2SgtJ/s400/IMG_8699.2" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367631068770665650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nWLWZIMVQIwRhrFo4SAixDRY2slQgPM0H0PJf__JsboHf3VwvTHRDoDiKZ1-OvqkN0tSEW_rEItyrgvCKDaf7uxXrLtx4TZ5avPSYrjmWF8lJwD-ud6-Uh4jxTX46zw5BzR06gZm4zyZ/s400/IMG_8704.JPG" border="0" />Joshua made these cool chairs for the boys.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367631073238475698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KMrYjlVUtI80ukiJDprvD5tB1F3iNMQQhWjHMdeN4E1rYiwV8n1PE-KUrSkFF2bRxjtCzSpUDuxrKi70Szb2QZ9uapsxjWZTk2S8YVVZPwcndUvMO7Jm-GZj8YybWS8wXcnlVhLuoVZv/s400/IMG_8735.JPG" border="0" /> <div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-54851477488276255962009-07-30T21:13:00.000-05:002009-08-08T09:56:42.827-05:00Xavier's First Haircut<div align="center"><strong>Xavier James</strong> just before his first haircut! </div><div align="center">He is 2 years, 4 months, 22 days old! </div><div align="center">OR**75,600,000 seconds *OR*1,260,000 minutes *OR*21,000 hours </div><div align="center">*OR*125 weeks*OR*875 days </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367596802647959346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zEmmhysn3rYuCUDFOwDLmKBK38536Fk-7AC_yhx3RBqDaYR1NDecDCJbX_qC6AERERzS7j7i4PJVbuW5O0h-eeyPRg7Yqhk11hDS1Q0kiQqZRLgbjHl0HGrLiclT1qfGFF-9gDR07nlo/s400/IMG_8522.JPG" border="0" /> Bye bye curls... Mama will miss you<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367596809899607202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYuI58bucwiJxEEw8wSDHZLOsRWRtkjTt53eCowFm4oTp8-Qu3NHK0_PcBt6fl1EHjYW8ZuS2sv53d5c3Tdpm6OLooeme9YPBz__F9Ibm6zSlBuFol6-jofPcMqJL_iijJvc0UsuAv3Tg/s400/IMG_8532.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367596835073359218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NWbO8IOzztg7UQrIJDVEZ0TV256XfWrdwikH3AEsxFIHz81MkF4ss__YvpGIR_x38Rehqeh0wNiCGhtGOKdXcRsxqSlsTcOE9uY2fzLh6MNogsGBMt9DH-hq6G0tptGHdAapsuiGa021/s400/IMG_8540.JPG" border="0" /> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzWYzv3otfXIeqG7gmU_sNkKRscgDnsj2K-dHXhmw6TjRL0AgcuCwPttrI6KQMtkHRMkojJB8xr7vO7WRxdVuYep__eNMsPAIUSblIUsUsYlm9ztdA1DePfvVGS-1Fkf99o607AbNFPRU/s1600-h/IMG_8539.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367596827120445266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzWYzv3otfXIeqG7gmU_sNkKRscgDnsj2K-dHXhmw6TjRL0AgcuCwPttrI6KQMtkHRMkojJB8xr7vO7WRxdVuYep__eNMsPAIUSblIUsUsYlm9ztdA1DePfvVGS-1Fkf99o607AbNFPRU/s400/IMG_8539.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bFyUeaH9MyEDxmn4Zbk5wfdOtsismGujrd9O7eB2Y9SZZ57mFYTERCujNOW563Vw0wk4mLgxUb7elvWC8WIuYi15U_1HASyFxVU5wTofbvGmnjN928HymAEk8mBna0YSRXowxKFqjwwV/s1600-h/IMG_8538.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367596820807434130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bFyUeaH9MyEDxmn4Zbk5wfdOtsismGujrd9O7eB2Y9SZZ57mFYTERCujNOW563Vw0wk4mLgxUb7elvWC8WIuYi15U_1HASyFxVU5wTofbvGmnjN928HymAEk8mBna0YSRXowxKFqjwwV/s400/IMG_8538.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367597862857677378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqRx857qHmR33ubBasRw_FnNYTXIKuXT3TkS6VA2-kCVJxJAlq_unjfaLpPL4oL52BbTge_NP_j7iZnGSov0bIo3OfVxMbw4ZIpeBGppWoKYlfe_cA1XRcvkSpJyL6RTISM23AbU5MFa3/s400/IMG_8544.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367597853286175842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO04MwMitOYjc5Ei3BIIO9yfjY-Eo2lbxObMeuUth9TqPGnrsYym_2vTxG86mxh2ySY1NyNEQs-QjJ5LJMCObvOqF9TQabxs-ycpq9JCjxGJHChyphenhyphenvM-1RhdqAY2i2piIsGI8moPue5F-k/s400/IMG_8541.JPG" border="0" /> <div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-74065297390300884782009-07-26T18:34:00.001-05:002009-07-26T19:03:32.107-05:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Today we all went to Twin Lakes for the One Plus One twins club picnic. The kids looked forward to this picnic for so long. We live close to Twin Lakes and pass it often. Each time we pass by there the kids yell out, "there's our picnic spot!" </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMxjK-ckgQAboCBaKcFTAy4y-Yw-bhHipqIWPUo3vwdZ6-zYJtQseDNg30phW9c4eFtmudZhHfaa_RuJGZgn1NxVzCf2DiARA513DmYEW-jRU2KY7CJ-FV0RjhLrB6F1bFyqTav5lE49K/s1600-h/collage.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMxjK-ckgQAboCBaKcFTAy4y-Yw-bhHipqIWPUo3vwdZ6-zYJtQseDNg30phW9c4eFtmudZhHfaa_RuJGZgn1NxVzCf2DiARA513DmYEW-jRU2KY7CJ-FV0RjhLrB6F1bFyqTav5lE49K/s400/collage.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-33099267185296293172009-07-26T18:30:00.001-05:002009-07-26T20:18:06.800-05:00Fourth of July<div align="center"> I use facebook daily and upload lots of pictures there but then I neglect to blog. Sorry to my family & friends who do not use FB. I am trying to be better but my time is limited and a girl has got to sleep sometime. Along with that though I thought I blogged our 4th of July pics here but nooooo, they are only on FB. </div><br /><div align="center"><br />we had a nice time at Marisa & Max's party on the 3rd where we were able to watch the Arlington Park fireworks from their backyard. </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-Ybj3Rw4q6KvcmmLTGuni-fW0l5gJWsNm_POBn9tr8dw6B4753F-FDmoUTpCcId2NK2h_5z7RuaiLMYWjbuQcpik4CW_jzZaAzw6alZARwYfhtTTloBObADo63MGfpdqq3RovvEU6i15/s1600-h/2009-07-04-0859-47.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-Ybj3Rw4q6KvcmmLTGuni-fW0l5gJWsNm_POBn9tr8dw6B4753F-FDmoUTpCcId2NK2h_5z7RuaiLMYWjbuQcpik4CW_jzZaAzw6alZARwYfhtTTloBObADo63MGfpdqq3RovvEU6i15/s400/2009-07-04-0859-47.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ff0000;"><strong>THE FOURTH OF JULY</strong></span><br /></div></span><p align="center">Ready to go stake out our spot to watch the parade</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362937943821464674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SBkTyTCnWJ9jr16-XQhykFlyiWwle1TRQW9LdS_6sWlkGQtICLZVjIq6tCq0JV-vpN_RRV6yFDWe1cDlOFNUG7koj-Q7rEhcoEA793ETAWH500-Y962XDEmPQGfKv1QY1ilGtugKersm/s320/IMG_7832.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Since we arrived a couple hours before the parade began to save our space we had time to enjoy a little lunch at <a href="http://www.mrspandme.com/">Mrs. P & Me</a>.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362937951236144114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOzCCZUe6a2qdtW8vO0iGHFXU812fFjMMo_lrKXb-g_R3maO5Jq-BZJL5EoXWxa-fQW2zhNyDDjtyNZNublV5fgxNy4YYsKqaLIWYMNLhGcHRMfMaKFJqClFOFaPSH7D4Yu-dmBsbrqw2/s320/IMG_7839.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362937950794477474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXY1IdifcB_GujuOlMFD1KEe9uCrO_svCvrXw9lre-jqdZZc64X5GFzOEHwbKBh8_dzLeUM25_E6CwDWpIxH5paOq2FbJ5al1wwQIzlWLZyAMCv3VMEI-X8UIWYH-IPAaEQs0vjlAImF-a/s320/IMG_7836.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">Mt. Prospect parade</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362938369795629730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aojQs-3qq75Hw-KvH_ujZR1V3p3xUQyleX3kOzM_V43sBkJKjXsFoInLqfvpVMLqBWkJpTzvDBw5qhwN2L6prUdDqyQG1G4LDPl5A0FLOpMLYoXrRrb2Rxfqg7gMf1j7V3VE9XUkcNOu/s320/IMG_7841.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><br />it's raining, thankfully not pouring<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqmP6aazR60cxbNLxx20kOnH35d37GYW6jlVNHs1Phb49Hx5PrxbKl1UTMgrx_dWNLPa7KRbIe_F2KLI3B7YeuWEiPFC-t1tUQt9p1TYpZ3suvK29ZHntII4nDUqSN5r6_ozvWBCeaBDt/s1600-h/IMG_7875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362938388306944850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqmP6aazR60cxbNLxx20kOnH35d37GYW6jlVNHs1Phb49Hx5PrxbKl1UTMgrx_dWNLPa7KRbIe_F2KLI3B7YeuWEiPFC-t1tUQt9p1TYpZ3suvK29ZHntII4nDUqSN5r6_ozvWBCeaBDt/s320/IMG_7875.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBtuCpwFxQbYlMNLvaWrntIxcUjSx4nG-6_kIycleKAb9FCroGDhYuT8CJNkvAFRFu7GzjLkwc_rJhxQ2lloOV8ceF4_Z_rmjyVkupjKVul_VR9dTqa7vtH9xrX8o4jfGn3JP7zDNFL7d/s1600-h/IMG_7861.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362938378896428018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBtuCpwFxQbYlMNLvaWrntIxcUjSx4nG-6_kIycleKAb9FCroGDhYuT8CJNkvAFRFu7GzjLkwc_rJhxQ2lloOV8ceF4_Z_rmjyVkupjKVul_VR9dTqa7vtH9xrX8o4jfGn3JP7zDNFL7d/s320/IMG_7861.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362938606642572338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnI2gDIGyOYK3xGkb1gBtmmVuT6FfaedSgTGslVSjiaDo8Y8-VQrOypTtb2UnZP0rRcguyrSeWQH1OViZygavY7bh1jHQ9-H4nTxST-I8Bj39g6wjRtOyYx870R8bP0nMJqkEZf0hCZJrB/s320/IMG_7880.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362941421630644370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGpVw5bNdrqLlKOk6dpGukAti4-tGVwt6YTGoTYcvCx-XEm4vYyClPKpEPT5bRJuu7EgqK6LSwSihjvbretbGJC9cJHaqGJaiRkjjepfalT2cPZD-aa1qjXGuTsb6zLjt36-ANigc1lIs/s320/IMG_7881.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-39609905489270440212009-06-19T17:39:00.007-05:002009-06-19T20:50:31.044-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcQkVNGj-cayD6dv11gL0saQLq2AJOel9Q6CeEPiAeU1LCOZDhnHY7QHhRiB-WNf1EiU1O4JoZxO-cxMR5nD-KBh54PksUCutEFglhRZkVqwhxVosHaMCvMjAFbOVU9GlnDnnjbSz1bTV/s1600-h/IMG_7652.JPG"></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EtPfqrv5R5z8w5DTtgMHHnfV3e5xcGIYf1-58u4NmePknA1Vk69CJQAq4cAeUkL6NWEt4zEUhxf1CkdR5KWMW1kmjIhwkCZZCI7bFj-KXT62TKU8BVaWOoUyg7p_8do6vcXcuvs3mHmU/s1600-h/IMG_7646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349220682642805330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EtPfqrv5R5z8w5DTtgMHHnfV3e5xcGIYf1-58u4NmePknA1Vk69CJQAq4cAeUkL6NWEt4zEUhxf1CkdR5KWMW1kmjIhwkCZZCI7bFj-KXT62TKU8BVaWOoUyg7p_8do6vcXcuvs3mHmU/s320/IMG_7646.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have been unable to post since April because my account kept saying I didn't have enough storage even after I bought more. I finally took the time to get it working tonight, so here are some pictures from this week. D'Angelo attended Hidden Treasures camp at the <a href="http://www.chicago-botanic.org/">Botanic Garden </a>every morning this week. The other kids and I spent our mornings walking around the gardens. We actually got very lucky with the weather up until today. This morning we had a good storm that included lightening & hail so I didn't even bother getting my wagon off the carrier or taking the kids out of the car. We spent a <em>wonderful</em> 2.5 hours in the car watching DVD's, eating popcorn and driving in circles in hopes that the criers would STOP waiting for D'Angelo while he was enjoying his last day of camp. Let's just say that Oliver & Tia did not enjoy hanging out in their carseats. </div><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349192961091463602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3K21NJGL-B23BAjtSFPpUwWmMBOi8OxNZcvKatkw7QYzpgMlKW4hm9LLHsNjdrbrjW_y0dpsfi6kJRG75wtsayYIaOp576s6c6XwAIXOm_W0TQdsqh_03dO7YdyGWizcBFbB-uKFBGGL/s320/IMG_7598.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349193184461800242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyvgwlvCppVpVfIvCKevQcw6HUNLJG4K5zBIguFJPcFt_Zqg4Eh8g63npBC02B7QAFQyDo6VnHeQRCn7xYfbntHnbfku-nRPPBtByuAc2Uo1rK_iuq36InbXjOxJz0BPi25E28XO_FH8s/s320/IMG_7624.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ymQ8-4bTmxkJMB0h4DKkNZo9hDZRtwVbYKiva8qhtj9TH-8hSrXxpbGOmTVtK2AeU8f9-rCQLcPPb567AMYX7CjMBD8A2QSQoottb2cwiI_E0RDjmEAT-14-3xBcJ_EhEkX1OdZxlM19/s1600-h/IMG_7691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349200917972728178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ymQ8-4bTmxkJMB0h4DKkNZo9hDZRtwVbYKiva8qhtj9TH-8hSrXxpbGOmTVtK2AeU8f9-rCQLcPPb567AMYX7CjMBD8A2QSQoottb2cwiI_E0RDjmEAT-14-3xBcJ_EhEkX1OdZxlM19/s320/IMG_7691.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArUXdFftf06GRGaKNCyek8_wyRoupSsT7-hOK5KRML4GckXyzIK5fCv1UjIIFJXodmF0O3HOy-Sg1Z7iWmk81ZUajGiPl9tUifqWgr7GyJjAmtpQGj98g6hvTLL3Bvj5R6PI3mYot7-C9/s1600-h/IMG_7709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349198485092509970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArUXdFftf06GRGaKNCyek8_wyRoupSsT7-hOK5KRML4GckXyzIK5fCv1UjIIFJXodmF0O3HOy-Sg1Z7iWmk81ZUajGiPl9tUifqWgr7GyJjAmtpQGj98g6hvTLL3Bvj5R6PI3mYot7-C9/s320/IMG_7709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuGfuCpOlb4aUH_fyp73BRm1xBYWazqOvqlq3OT_jD-PhZHBflNr6M5CRH0PCuDHxd_OjPS4v7jjgseYVUo5A92eq2nfekNlxRz6ZCr9fy0xMSGPzHCQCtiW3B_3frvFFIOMLZsCWa5kr/s1600-h/IMG_7657.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349198469809780482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuGfuCpOlb4aUH_fyp73BRm1xBYWazqOvqlq3OT_jD-PhZHBflNr6M5CRH0PCuDHxd_OjPS4v7jjgseYVUo5A92eq2nfekNlxRz6ZCr9fy0xMSGPzHCQCtiW3B_3frvFFIOMLZsCWa5kr/s320/IMG_7657.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2rnKIhEKLrVsYEwvLyp0UcpCvk_wKORaMzlvgR20seSyHHvlVdI1X5zuaL-JOc5R_kwkYEdq3lky68yxOIQLKzp9__4csbiB8UOzOBiBHm1fXrYRM6VyzBP81u3E8ZbrlHKHEDgmtWyr/s1600-h/IMG_7672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349195986098307554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2rnKIhEKLrVsYEwvLyp0UcpCvk_wKORaMzlvgR20seSyHHvlVdI1X5zuaL-JOc5R_kwkYEdq3lky68yxOIQLKzp9__4csbiB8UOzOBiBHm1fXrYRM6VyzBP81u3E8ZbrlHKHEDgmtWyr/s320/IMG_7672.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oliver wanted to swim in the water features. At one point he kicked off his shoes and tried to climb in. He also asked me to take his shirt off.<br /><div><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZONkjiwAw4VtZlbAl9c7yJzp6bYW6N0Pu4hgLxhgXkP9p6BBPPBy58E01T0UFMhFiFTLyzOpjXS7Xf60wMo__rVkClbnm4zBBInkaV1s_4POs52ZdBeN_uZbwkvoaqaoICjfxyISThy8/s1600-h/IMG_7637.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349195967019828546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZONkjiwAw4VtZlbAl9c7yJzp6bYW6N0Pu4hgLxhgXkP9p6BBPPBy58E01T0UFMhFiFTLyzOpjXS7Xf60wMo__rVkClbnm4zBBInkaV1s_4POs52ZdBeN_uZbwkvoaqaoICjfxyISThy8/s320/IMG_7637.JPG" border="0" /></a> our wagon and our friend's wagon ... we got lots of attention. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldlsgWmaEv1hOTQY6BHxv3roObcJYfm1o6q_rtdKFksDqVkla6YvB-EvUtDHOfWSLYzjqrRIcBf0cPtdIvMxwiDfRC4g__Ln9v96ZsHVKdXt4poq5UwWgIXghaJec7R5h0nNu69FuoRla/s1600-h/IMG_7574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349192971235694466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldlsgWmaEv1hOTQY6BHxv3roObcJYfm1o6q_rtdKFksDqVkla6YvB-EvUtDHOfWSLYzjqrRIcBf0cPtdIvMxwiDfRC4g__Ln9v96ZsHVKdXt4poq5UwWgIXghaJec7R5h0nNu69FuoRla/s320/IMG_7574.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349220687043595410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeWbvsPlGzMlO-n9D4Bm82Use48zVvaoJOLhVhJHwBjbR3KP9oZIjKo83TFi4gsFOL2YqeZfrldI9m2AmEMEtzQa-aTvftCqb-5vzB2mdn49gDlkIq4tQ-cXPG1N6FK2DhoL798wrWzHt/s320/IMG_7649.JPG" border="0" /> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYI2xvCPJva5CrjYZoFu6ggOf0k7QQ_VH-GJmUwkZjAiffXTLlMFgITzlZHk9UNaR4xNJAp1__yIQCGCrhWBo59ywpLG5NvtRY9hq4pfrhaPz7A8TNb_6qLxo07yVjG2evi1anN6DVim8U/s1600-h/IMG_7577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349192954403485618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYI2xvCPJva5CrjYZoFu6ggOf0k7QQ_VH-GJmUwkZjAiffXTLlMFgITzlZHk9UNaR4xNJAp1__yIQCGCrhWBo59ywpLG5NvtRY9hq4pfrhaPz7A8TNb_6qLxo07yVjG2evi1anN6DVim8U/s320/IMG_7577.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349195983522405202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXpYuYvkw5Tz4CZgdx4mNMXrhp6GhfE5MBg1pg4LQPx9KvQj5NPdLOC76Oh6iBBJDTaqQivntIu8WqxZAlSW9WvWvoOPg1aS4txMKyuVKcaocOtsBzUNkdxAU0I7VwaBPPJYajLPQcWrX/s320/IMG_7664.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349195976957837218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxaEko4jqD2x2rBATzVx3-3uSRKzkINDH4-LHQxBQik9y3BzJran3bvcRCj97YhCb_aUlbQBWlW6HYgtLihR96E0Op6p4HhnTb8Lgt9AQQo8aO75h7OkZmIs5RjPymn91QD8Qh5RuXkts/s320/IMG_7654.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomcsviQGKADbMv-gFLi3-OuNAhaDTxzKSRw3ElZ7gNKKq2DhVuZd7w0c2_OS2UIRn82q8-8OzGrz81N3lcBlN_rcOumml3PrbpEHJJmi4V_WXhGHRWw0uGNvq15kw6Yrq8_hWwS888ZWX/s1600-h/IMG_7554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349192947590581618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomcsviQGKADbMv-gFLi3-OuNAhaDTxzKSRw3ElZ7gNKKq2DhVuZd7w0c2_OS2UIRn82q8-8OzGrz81N3lcBlN_rcOumml3PrbpEHJJmi4V_WXhGHRWw0uGNvq15kw6Yrq8_hWwS888ZWX/s320/IMG_7554.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-82242547999187009442009-06-19T17:32:00.000-05:002009-06-19T21:33:05.601-05:00Memorial Day WeekendWe went to a bbq at my friend Mike's house Memorial Day weekend. He lives on the water and the beach is just down the block. All of the kids were super excited to go to the beach. <div>It was the first time at a beach for all of them except D'Angelo, who visited a beach in Evanston and in California as a baby. They loved it and keep asking me when we are going back to Mike & Heather's house :) </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkktR8lLyS_F7UBMMCZIzefMhurTa8yDt7eRITuQsKXmKKMhBKjWt7OzDSDRyZJWAiYGjs6gzuNKvUpNVgtsu93Ap36VcznZyQLW3QX7osGuROWB6-Iyl7-8kf54RGJLHujMmR6_Joj95/s1600-h/IMG_7288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349228938225773650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkktR8lLyS_F7UBMMCZIzefMhurTa8yDt7eRITuQsKXmKKMhBKjWt7OzDSDRyZJWAiYGjs6gzuNKvUpNVgtsu93Ap36VcznZyQLW3QX7osGuROWB6-Iyl7-8kf54RGJLHujMmR6_Joj95/s320/IMG_7288.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8v2x-Nf9hMEiCCHR9kOh5c6fM8uRpdQrVTl6-lFm30p0C5d6SvqPk-7Mk6n-X20_x6hpv98KfA4MRzFBGk40QZfdg9BM8M5ozXAYFcOijIe7B2jV8bfSjbGkw0nJRYxKvtT9bFYfkh95C/s1600-h/IMG_7233.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349228928387349586" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwG-Qnby41P4sCf5P0qzWjqryWxAnT0NFsKbpOZlOommBqtPcx1ePWoFn8shUTsCjP0KXeghTwSfICAkKLAtXRfjmJtTHPNozs__zC3ohmSAGyJ7nGBDCf8Pnnjnz0E843DtN30Q5wG7os/s320/IMG_2852.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTnpCffsR_W2XS4hgTTgz9fCq1fnaM4mYldQrlYturuRFuCimfdncWsUfAeGUlpPLSzJ8VnAj2UnmGaIfOsDER6sZH1Xk8QVPiAQfYIK1grCH_JEaVcqPxdfaShpbpFPgz20zq0mhFoqK/s1600-h/IMG_2875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349211666395579554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTnpCffsR_W2XS4hgTTgz9fCq1fnaM4mYldQrlYturuRFuCimfdncWsUfAeGUlpPLSzJ8VnAj2UnmGaIfOsDER6sZH1Xk8QVPiAQfYIK1grCH_JEaVcqPxdfaShpbpFPgz20zq0mhFoqK/s320/IMG_2875.JPG" border="0" /></a> Easter Sunday at my Dad's house<br /><br />I never did sit all the kids down to take a picture of them together<br /><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349206913108076818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcz7pPij6Gk5dalbmZ3LQFgHWRWjbw8nAT-gFtvHmiNcg0EHEU47U59dZcoPiOW1rRVag4_d6-xYq0hPw9kLgQ7TLL1EYYAldW1ELhxl_1z6T0U4wO1JGX60aLZRgeQRXdIzSe0o8YiK21/s320/IMG_2474.JPG" border="0" /> little miss wasn't too happy crawling around with her long dress interfearing<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349206931106889794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0mQQRK6tQDNHABsHa-n5nGNeeUcgMeXGPuEcK5pxSQQI4F2jGMQuz7hluxZ_1p7byN-1lzL4SXMoqcMmi1Js_S69t9TbuLfqBCZqaZXHCprRIvPI0vqLAUaa2muSnn-I0j2nTvvkqpKP/s320/IMG_2507.edit" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7uS4fSiY6P_aZZOtw_NnLh2ymEri8ldjAu958P4po1qxC7a9JjlhuRboKG-d2ujauXiJQ0HPZYBTp7BJBt481AIvjBVpS58KO3pQyVJp1eztPQQ1ygG0125yteIvuPHz9Ax039jgvnL-/s1600-h/IMG_2566.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349206935721300226" style="DISPLAY: block; 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At D'Angelo's request, Rick took the kids out for a wagon ride and to play at the park for an hour in the 35 degree weather. Brrrr! I stayed nice and warm in the house and finally finished painting the kitchen :) Later in the afternoon Adeline & I ventured out together for a playdate with her friend Violet. The girls had fun playing Barbies and such and afterwards Adeline & I stopped at the store to pick up new shades for our kitchen. Upon leaving the store we were greeted by nasty winds whipping sleety snow into our faces. Yuck! Doesn't mother nature know we want Spring weather?<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322901604903355666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEd8TUf8513Tuq-5OlJl4eJEug757w0sfsqpSE3vF4LtpbR6X6bxGSFN0ols1qhrRXqsxv9R554CjvZrk9F_PTYMa36VSJBaY7K3936kposdQQ-UKWe0b0brv7FYFMenldqSiiVXTwysQ/s320/IMG_2724.JPG" border="0" />Monday morning we had a super fun playgroup with some friends of ours. The kids listened to the story Mouse Paint, decorated a rainbow with a bunch of fun materials and enjoyed a rainbow snack. The snack was neat and the kids wanted to have more of it later in the day. Each child was given a dollop of Cool Whip into which a couple drops of different colored food coloring was added. The kids mixed it up to see a rainbow on their plate. Then they got to scoop it up with chocolate chip cookies- Yummy! Thanks Melissa for such a fun morning.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322901612888324002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTVZsZ2sBk6a0MUlnytRtOAaqQULKbjBsNCWXERugu8nfO_7OieF6mJjtTz-nDVmO8BLN8RxMFm769I6F7fMn04klDXFY5uVUcyTA-nfRjHJnrbPZ-cHDZGUXhrthIobZfrBZFa8bZIa8/s320/Auggie2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322901606894391090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuKbcY4pB1hyphenhyphentfF_15E9cklr2-Y-WbnyETR6ml_7GxfAYR9vYB7o4eiA7yO19DAqbG07eYvzcKPqMH2v3iUj1aDtEJjgxQtlPrOj-KkqNt-8RT4c6JZ2GvmfyZsPL0i4XIa3gbSAQcm03/s320/Adeline.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Tuesday morning we attended an Easter celebration with some of </div><div align="center">D'Angelo's friends from AWANA. </div><div align="center">Here they are hunting for eggs</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-1IncJbK9KBCY8P0r_TtQ4iZo5xIuaxKMtdqC4xZ3AJ3AJIaKaTwLCb-fHPR6vR0kMkOeTNEPpGB6rXe3uLstwYkyd78g-jKNSbnQvS4Ro8wIRY4nraVi416jq5t_U7EC7yitjk0Tti-/s1600-h/egg+hunt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322902400876924082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-1IncJbK9KBCY8P0r_TtQ4iZo5xIuaxKMtdqC4xZ3AJ3AJIaKaTwLCb-fHPR6vR0kMkOeTNEPpGB6rXe3uLstwYkyd78g-jKNSbnQvS4Ro8wIRY4nraVi416jq5t_U7EC7yitjk0Tti-/s320/egg+hunt.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcTvKQjmTru_rJ-OMpt6nCL0qSW-UpqQJtqHVOp4ROnAaroT6WahcGnCVRnAyqfMUYDnJ70r2QY5xP8HtI_fo2sHswOkamTFK3mZdEzFZiExEEfzUesg6n0ZcR7Yj0Uh5ZltjZAKvxmYH/s1600-h/Auggie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322902399481744162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcTvKQjmTru_rJ-OMpt6nCL0qSW-UpqQJtqHVOp4ROnAaroT6WahcGnCVRnAyqfMUYDnJ70r2QY5xP8HtI_fo2sHswOkamTFK3mZdEzFZiExEEfzUesg6n0ZcR7Yj0Uh5ZltjZAKvxmYH/s320/Auggie.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322901615071550050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrP-FYDtL9n89PzTmiCBfG58qKEXOT67ZgipjsuP7BPkjBP5GFCPgCgj7GD78U6g7nGnfuzAAu0EANmjYEcJySIEa_2TIq9vUlOOVE0Fc5gubsOMz6u5_veokLjHWMMV8XM_MWKfo5UrK/s320/D'Angelo.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322901621997805746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio_QE0G-CoZu57bH_hEKR5gipXt-85Y7lI3wHgtUePqIVsJXH19Ep2xIyBD9AOh5LQmwocm1FrC3Gd1Ohyif-nScBe0A2-KO1G6ZK6153zdJvvE_n9Eg90G1EmfhS8vRRBjDBVQWoD7hp/s320/Oliver2.jpg" border="0" /> made a craft</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322903134494965122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixZ80KuUtpd0q6h-JaKuncNWQpq90EalytjuPzhbyAxfjy-EiY6kDhezRjLbQGdKjhyphenhyphen86l2aJwC2itOJSOhd0k2WnoBZt9kTAHVwgFirOTyCROE-dpL1uO-8dNhDQhFEHWzkqJa5Y2thE/s320/Adeline3.jpg" border="0" /> <div><div><div>Lamby told the kids all about Easter. </div><div>How Christ died for our sins, but that He rose again from the dead, and lives forevermore.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtEhnFTEbR4eM0tmB8cH0O3pz0sTjba5o841fEvdSzR_918K-NYPK-2PmYnJVRKev7WQ3-8r0ATjeghFnb3lU5YEt5c_WCdZnKe-iOD36UZOnJDpuW2tSujVZC1j4_jVyw60uY7ZBukfb/s1600-h/Lamb+puppet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322902391362017666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtEhnFTEbR4eM0tmB8cH0O3pz0sTjba5o841fEvdSzR_918K-NYPK-2PmYnJVRKev7WQ3-8r0ATjeghFnb3lU5YEt5c_WCdZnKe-iOD36UZOnJDpuW2tSujVZC1j4_jVyw60uY7ZBukfb/s320/Lamb+puppet.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today was actually a nice day and the kids spent most of it playing in our yard. Late this afternoon I Finally took Xavier & Oliver for their 2 year pictures and Tia for her 1 year pictures. A month late for the twins but at least they turned out cute. I won't actually have them until next Friday though so I'll have to post them then.</div></div></div><br /></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-3226486957531217872009-04-04T00:11:00.015-05:002009-04-04T02:21:38.360-05:00<div><div><div><div> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Oh where, oh where have we been?</span></strong><br /><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Xavier and Oliver celebrated their 2nd birthday March 8th</strong></div><div><br /></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center">Xavier didn't enjoy the singing, but Oliver thought it was fun.</div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320719607505484258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC-q6tMI0siV5fWybUKswTkpTbs-E3I2v-dWrYIRODEkZmap0OgZXb-8T1C5rT5m5bMWqTVXRqfaf12LwzE2Cf8G-Lk_UNAd4aYgA5xDve5yooQ2ISWIVR9XCiyi9x5XWz6XTuhhEGSmk/s320/IMG_2419.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">earlier that day D'Angelo was hard at work decorating X & O's cake<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320718123999067986" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSfqYsH8LfBQFqMX0w-gtVSff1HiTtPcgtZTMbzxmDdjq6rB6kIR8gEAJYLyl4IYL4PEXGFf2T8tGi_WmtC139nPnotcLIUadhtReEV2PIR11Qb_fLXxfGoJQ5BkGbzXZEHxNF50mYWG_/s320/IMG_2393.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320720375188936978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3nNuESQg6IgeV_K4vOsESXi_dlUclrldU0hc17o4kXt7u83FNV-uV_mz_6fJNwSVVKsuEoosoEBwiYjcwhXvUFH8OwQ22WyS6Nlmj9q56pXaBkYnXv5ednl59FGJj3wAATEq8N830QCf/s320/IMG_2454.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Grampy Bill (Rick's Dad) was here visiting us to attend the opening night of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show with Rick as well as celebrate X & O's birthday.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320719624543371474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqdKx502BahyphenhyphenvK0C_SrG2v9y5YC0-KRswZT_vb534qNQtVc3ktmpTwJ5wTkchGCsZNjcXCSbKz4WjMaJnNUNQBta5eH5FADE5wDRm4hJ6u5m6wmAk0vF_CnBl3rTIzkVqIW0oDH0ho7D-/s320/IMG_2443.JPG" border="0" /> <strong>Little Miss Tia celebrated her First birthday March 21st.</strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320731719200437474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6Eknbe7PJG_TX06XntTkYl6cTCkAgbf2RgT4-PVw2hB0v7zCXSepcU6f34yahpqlXx2vF7OXSpI4-GjAblhreYFFa0jQcZSmgxGvH_JwPLXUxuCc3D37qHJg5dOxDQR4OOtu66j68COL/s320/Tia+1st+Birthday+421.edit" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1l0f2sF_apk6R9PWjpTgLdo5xzSlT_oSxOUqRk6Ly9V_lbRdIzlX94My_hexveH5taPu0tAhoSWlW-1N-K4h4E7VFumph1DMPzBuo5Z5iOw33_jup4v-3Z8PEz6D8PO4QHrUjZvm8Z4C/s1600-h/Tia+1st+Birthday+422.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320731740646604226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1l0f2sF_apk6R9PWjpTgLdo5xzSlT_oSxOUqRk6Ly9V_lbRdIzlX94My_hexveH5taPu0tAhoSWlW-1N-K4h4E7VFumph1DMPzBuo5Z5iOw33_jup4v-3Z8PEz6D8PO4QHrUjZvm8Z4C/s320/Tia+1st+Birthday+422.edit" border="0" /></a> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz743Q83YVDNjMDG5Kx0Vxk9jwrdFdP-ogTxIk1qeE2k5xCW7-c-YFfcs5D7zFqK92k0quwMcmZgSv7xe_GQP3jVbXaSxVfZM-l5oVYgn1dW1bI9eXF1AkZvmLqO4rqrp6Cn7UGRUsXiuV/s1600-h/Tia+1st+Birthday+437.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320731729600162850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz743Q83YVDNjMDG5Kx0Vxk9jwrdFdP-ogTxIk1qeE2k5xCW7-c-YFfcs5D7zFqK92k0quwMcmZgSv7xe_GQP3jVbXaSxVfZM-l5oVYgn1dW1bI9eXF1AkZvmLqO4rqrp6Cn7UGRUsXiuV/s320/Tia+1st+Birthday+437.edit" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320731742549162674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuNNzKErZBx7L3pfUt8MwADkrj6_4vP0nJMR20B-f7IHpX8FxYeOYUGUs4oGZorGhicoJo9DbEyGMhHQq9vSXk1GQX6POHyrYFlyM9QolLVYGUCzz9bfpX-hFLCpqnlBjGWS6CBwZPauG/s320/Tia+1st+Birthday+445.jpg" border="0" /> <div>On Monday we went back to Spring Valley Nature Center for Maple Sugaring with our homeschool group.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vxR2ZwK1-ZWz7HkZtIhQWyDaELWS2cl__BZhnrbCgFX9NrBw16cPwS7UfDkt2Ys2ESPJ9oo-PjZwfxWsYAnYiMZiUqjN-fPCZEiZ4uaYR65O768T3s92HaWmDdxODjoQDTlkmTzDX9W0/s1600-h/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+031.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320713066540058130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vxR2ZwK1-ZWz7HkZtIhQWyDaELWS2cl__BZhnrbCgFX9NrBw16cPwS7UfDkt2Ys2ESPJ9oo-PjZwfxWsYAnYiMZiUqjN-fPCZEiZ4uaYR65O768T3s92HaWmDdxODjoQDTlkmTzDX9W0/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+031.edit" border="0" /></a> here they are looking into the collection bucket from the tree<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320704723291454082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbNuP18I0yTsVmFjpNQZm4uL7ivM1-FMXSOI6sjSN_SJHTFscvpZ8nVEhj_N9qd50wrTt8yM6A1CIm6XsGKpBQ8SClMLsKDPL-v1dFrtMjZQOaCvLe9wfWLgPbb84AYluSpeJx5ZiITVW/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+004.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><div><div>tasting the dripping sap<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320704734285899778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9P8_f1mqrPHw2-BbD2SSn__BxbCh0q9hGV9UUGeG0mhmqrDYE0P4qcUKN5tqWTed_OemLcCZWQkAx0_7UxT6o5FUDEq2Se0LV7vfJAQW_e9gfYkClHsfL7Ajnb-u3egZ3lN_muuKk4a0T/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+005.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>trying out the tools of the trade<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320704746895294834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq83TYgUZFQrPcUpRoOocG8qacuRiyq6fpNBsmMCELDy5VY_1ZItDf8RrcAxg4rxRJQ5LoikQt2VBOmd0Q4112N-FF95JWXj5u9fDulRS9a2FEFOuLuC9OQoJ5atnfzRkhOy3baemwndar/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+016.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320705750466365938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-c2GsloJ0SQBecRrokemOiSttLSWntqIaAVe0dhiITXyS2ztZqbb1GjT8xe9gQNA0HDyFmo26mxLw00svCBmKmQ8XlKSnvp_xw1q5m-sOJrDbe_gFvL06GK9iB33Nuw8SFJ6RWvC1r-c/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+029.jpg" border="0" />tapping spouts into a log<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320704739479776850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGyFaCDxLFijlZE3He3HEbQWM9I0uMqS0VBWSFAG6rjUFag5Z8pLMkN66-MAd5gFAR7YJvcpMnN4sdsmVDpZwaWD6B9wO8fjwTqEqoLX5MPyXNycNyPWuv8oOGrsY0akJTrdjV9xkoyDc/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+008.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>HOT boling sap<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320706500477638354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZdJVWvrX2JMZYHwn6VlYz8MhASEtmvumiuMJjniLNSy8lRb5QWPEEdKmWjbJznwWQN9sPjZbuSfOgqeewwe_dceOlb0Pu3wCMtINbughvrTrI7jsyaPQwhXL2g-OdW9SGAud6JAdB9qP/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+021.edit" border="0" />D'Angelo & Adeline looking down into the boiling sap.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFVhho_HVfmRePF13ToXFQB7pI-vt4k1MzIXWFcx5LzPtiyK6U21Xt0fqgj2B9hbQJ13SSUExVzugh5WvrSDz0IiWHnkd6C5nvHRHFKh832dne_2TcXOnC5uY4OR5oGkHGKUEz8R5GA9f/s1600-h/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+022.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320706506593443874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFVhho_HVfmRePF13ToXFQB7pI-vt4k1MzIXWFcx5LzPtiyK6U21Xt0fqgj2B9hbQJ13SSUExVzugh5WvrSDz0IiWHnkd6C5nvHRHFKh832dne_2TcXOnC5uY4OR5oGkHGKUEz8R5GA9f/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+022.edit" border="0" /></a> Inside the cabin the kids had the opportunity to taste both store bought syrup and homemade syrup from the nature center. D'Angelo & Adeline preferred the homemade while Auggie liked the store bought better.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnQq9cn-vEIBUdinxzNapxmeKFc0ZHsQAiNDTFdwovdnQWxVlgYCnqXm9HFQ9qsyiOxrLCh7r4KiHtuO30MpDU0fdTsidRtMeQ-6o5qW1RUYGIkVL8Y9b66eur19MfHaresxda3WFN7rk/s1600-h/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320705744104518850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnQq9cn-vEIBUdinxzNapxmeKFc0ZHsQAiNDTFdwovdnQWxVlgYCnqXm9HFQ9qsyiOxrLCh7r4KiHtuO30MpDU0fdTsidRtMeQ-6o5qW1RUYGIkVL8Y9b66eur19MfHaresxda3WFN7rk/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XJ0tQCyMTxHWTbOPv1yhqZRWnkTy7BFFeUQWGCVGpoaMY5E8PIHOfNLhlkmyI_vuP06qhHjRJYjxUf9leZubt_AGOq6jHD3-g2wfya9crKNfgoo0RLgl7eZOIeM0Gy-IfNROc6RKQZK7/s1600-h/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+034.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320705738357167058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XJ0tQCyMTxHWTbOPv1yhqZRWnkTy7BFFeUQWGCVGpoaMY5E8PIHOfNLhlkmyI_vuP06qhHjRJYjxUf9leZubt_AGOq6jHD3-g2wfya9crKNfgoo0RLgl7eZOIeM0Gy-IfNROc6RKQZK7/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+034.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW2xxmb66msnY5BSoJ8hdLWEfZI8wDAYaLvSizL4kPU48TIfmO4Uc8NnUpEmCBDmc7xmGpfLtP_1duZ1IEzBQiEERGwmQUtG9LjDaRpvvu-GPMgYiAzquouSZKkfS84cxpn4h9AdbruQT/s1600-h/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320704750183646514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW2xxmb66msnY5BSoJ8hdLWEfZI8wDAYaLvSizL4kPU48TIfmO4Uc8NnUpEmCBDmc7xmGpfLtP_1duZ1IEzBQiEERGwmQUtG9LjDaRpvvu-GPMgYiAzquouSZKkfS84cxpn4h9AdbruQT/s320/2009-3-30_Maple+Sugar+Spring+Valley+033.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />This morning we went to visit the Arlington Heights Fire Station # 2. It was Xavier, Oliver & Tia's first visit to a fire station and the second time for the big three. The kids had a great time and were excited that a few calls came in while we were there.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpMTgvm9hYrjS6GyTBL4sJsYhi3jmzuzpmINxF6tupXbfJMFrzQwfEvMnt4wmngNide9HJP9XvTsiaA30-Afja3zVUJ0_2YHXZ4fCX5e9g3aULrCeUyPQXiAHL9C_0YvAsAA_Eqolzzz9/s1600-h/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+011.edit"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320713072540925842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeDrOZn19CDAaty8_vkoe1lRBDc77xJEixUbkPWz9GxpATXTl82glycir8Xi2GMu-JE-TBxlX8Ca-j0d6C5wbhLRneoEAPrmXmHh8oCT-Kd0sW4jfu3CUF79HmXufMZgsLNr0KB4zA_F1/s320/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+023.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320700345326422946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2pFwLqLKqa7occR7PjYvKBAqnZhG8tA8TyPBNP8B6bOHvbjPiWPIRw-mTJZWNgQYdcdaXwjN4txozp3FVd5b1rxRk_ELoEmTYA619oEpGyWLxSoo1PiSM6DJ3cpsUFZWWeQ2wouWxjgU/s320/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+015.edit" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320713076176218354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIFbYAHnfp3xWpHp4C8U3dJwJYuWzslj2wZsmGIjE2MKXCdlcPfmGjSo8MW5m5GdV7GY13bGftNE0uBS8l6X-qC9UguF3xfl5Ot9MeR5sFUhyphenhyphenLwHZR1RKpjPX3Y7FK-Whv2d3RQUTjEvJ/s320/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+017.edit" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W4dAVjONd8Q1MhtlQOdKLaNc18MwtlFtYkrDLaGZc7HKhuq0Bj8bndrIK75Y4GQ6v_rr1pVHwT0sloPyrQRuWqXrH9I-birzVguu6TqIFlj55zfGmY0qSVIsWgcSzPbusJhpbIabSdsy/s1600-h/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+013.edit"></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuLbnRIKtz-2o7DKMbATDrT3UpjzWSmX-ozWNfZIaGgpgNKeEUs-w_rGIhwmABS5ABSJivaMKNOhxDn5SdQlSvQ2bNZvE6HRQquyxktIJY-PhvyWLmqt1dm8oGqQYfEuM5A1ZK-450gDa/s1600-h/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+012.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320715390065151906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuLbnRIKtz-2o7DKMbATDrT3UpjzWSmX-ozWNfZIaGgpgNKeEUs-w_rGIhwmABS5ABSJivaMKNOhxDn5SdQlSvQ2bNZvE6HRQquyxktIJY-PhvyWLmqt1dm8oGqQYfEuM5A1ZK-450gDa/s320/2009-4-02_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+012.edit" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yDJ178TzBSQPGLoopFSa1_GzlmegwcvqW8hHdf3MCGzjdAXEp34B9CCC0Vw-TDPwyOM93HkzpKHIDFAdcpTBZmzt54s73e2aPAgle24wslMZbGXgnOzjcTx95L_2n9bC8PtwaiOFeP8z/s1600-h/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+028.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320714954552096370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yDJ178TzBSQPGLoopFSa1_GzlmegwcvqW8hHdf3MCGzjdAXEp34B9CCC0Vw-TDPwyOM93HkzpKHIDFAdcpTBZmzt54s73e2aPAgle24wslMZbGXgnOzjcTx95L_2n9bC8PtwaiOFeP8z/s320/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+028.edit" border="0" /></a> He was showing them the jaws of life<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fkMQH1Rdc4l4SSaR5n_nYKJwCkzo-Zp4WLUAoTMgrFD60yF3p2HSOyzt4UBIQeAvp7gkQNG2ynnuxpmAgZBfgplzo2PcXxxGlP3cd2tvJC6u8JYkGU70acrCinWXccapYuTudiCiT0A1/s1600-h/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+027.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320714949807072866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fkMQH1Rdc4l4SSaR5n_nYKJwCkzo-Zp4WLUAoTMgrFD60yF3p2HSOyzt4UBIQeAvp7gkQNG2ynnuxpmAgZBfgplzo2PcXxxGlP3cd2tvJC6u8JYkGU70acrCinWXccapYuTudiCiT0A1/s320/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+027.edit" border="0" /></a>How many preschoolers can you fit into an ambulance?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_RLG3lXLrINoCS2He8P-sZxl7kMBFhWzmAQWYD87zivFJ97_UHRegwGNr1oQklpW1Udg9ikrtMfROK3GK004gOHC9L4q-ZtQZXsRCGqX4kEFLZ9z7gKFJO9FFuJ8LgQLiFA5jinF_42x/s1600-h/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+019.edit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320714944918981186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_RLG3lXLrINoCS2He8P-sZxl7kMBFhWzmAQWYD87zivFJ97_UHRegwGNr1oQklpW1Udg9ikrtMfROK3GK004gOHC9L4q-ZtQZXsRCGqX4kEFLZ9z7gKFJO9FFuJ8LgQLiFA5jinF_42x/s320/2009-4-03_AH+Fire+Dept+Visit+019.edit" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-62704856446640662962009-02-20T21:32:00.007-06:002009-02-20T22:33:40.892-06:00Early Settler Life<div align="center">This past Monday the big kids and I went to Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg with our home school group to participate in a the Early Settlers program. The kids were able to see just how hard the early settlers had to work for their food. They were able to make cornbread, applesauce and butter. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here is Adeline chopping apples to make applesauce.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305091798865486866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccHFPd9dQlc__t8l5hFX0KQwPQxp9QO90HHkk7SLLG4oYEhC885F9LUKjCbek1OKCoPBIHVJXRmA38RpSPjutrxkUC5NXxv5mn3id_HbPP1HTr35sw05R-ohXgCIqqoJd0ejNd7j_iP27/s320/IMG_2134.JPG" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305101931561987154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRvKReDFD1qB9lidjoDW6EpeQHqf-93fmVxUWPiZhLGjtzg5FG-TJa_KjXegajDpXCL2uzMokBteiB954mEUsXa0tJPzvZkAnEJTMMlQzmTCMihL8h96gvkXQZembxcXOpwVKfDdQg5IO/s320/IMG_2142.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305101933231176098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFseaT8YBQxzFnSTjXK9g72YDJlCtBoSXZuhlc3d5IvJwuhQBjdOJgcX65F8Gk13dANpXlEolAt9WF-pCFthVZKNvBaK8F_0k8WDDKWRI2g_soTAQnLB1QQLFmBY8QCRocqymL8rE662pf/s320/IMG_2155.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">There had to be someone churning the cream to make the butter the whole time we were there! All the kids and a few adults took turns. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305091805917365890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKsk7vfnitYzVP_mmlMrO2XbgY3JX4CmO5H2hzI8AEIIMrcauVUSTaS5ypQn8RLEpiEJhdRT9Fpnu9f2NOAZ9RsGt9pT2nEB2Rz_fVIHK1cVe0C9-YeagCxE-jGcaChgRuHUFAyDKaIXB/s320/IMG_2136.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305095233908103698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUpTFBHiEIseH6MxFDA0JCUh5gelXsmNUes0C78znnal17o0EVlSsPNOj_eb3uWqyezrGs56T77m5OL8W8kRlI7Bvw0Fv8_wtkzixNDEqd9H2FeT2h3jbhjjIqAakdOxHEM9yTjSa7wLG/s320/IMG_2157.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9QppdIumiRzcLPlH1sexegVCzB0oXVMkZdm74BjSu5MmsVGlZebjgMITmuanPtIub8FirF3jvthRtrZ8rhXm9zkXQCx_EGR3y1SVMfBECaEU3QcX8ObvwfYs0iouQ3mq7tNQZoKDhRsC/s1600-h/IMG_2165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305095230516187474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9QppdIumiRzcLPlH1sexegVCzB0oXVMkZdm74BjSu5MmsVGlZebjgMITmuanPtIub8FirF3jvthRtrZ8rhXm9zkXQCx_EGR3y1SVMfBECaEU3QcX8ObvwfYs0iouQ3mq7tNQZoKDhRsC/s320/IMG_2165.JPG" border="0" /></a>Use your muscles D'Angelo! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305091812317070098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFZxSiRod2QoE7HH-L8nidzmYGdJf7dZtJenT1yJ_2myLm06BZprg70KpEieeXYzlwa9P5TyEzsrt2u48_nkvx7NUnYoc6XJUK088jiAB93pRMLrx9ELee7xbqsweb4Cp9_GPHXngNI9i/s320/IMG_2162.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305103528926363954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmwn4_61vVlXTGozuFS8-xKz210GSmKfRsGua0beb63IOrrsfKlZZ2vmDkpG2tNNsBlsALyJ-0YgdEV3AZbSAVUJpB4Kax7CO9g76AjlIjLkdxJKKLDIxXrJpMdHR5cyQX8A0NX-ZOQV1/s320/IMG_2167.JPG" border="0" />Cornbread<br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305095234844584146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZERhVGqxJzCxvBSsje7D7Pd08-BkJsXyNQ0GhaESIwwahj1wJyP_wNMvEIgJa8v-Dgz-E9NrI9RRIfCoWiza_WkQN_-SXde1GnV8aqlYjFrmUHrIgtjcJcmwhTSH0DB_i_9T6RUqWMPBg/s320/IMG_2166.JPG" border="0" />They all enjoyed the cornbread. The apples were a bit too chunky for Adeline to enjoy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbcKkWUnQOcq5EQsyYP3yAWGAzkn__uTlG7H1qWq1D3ByNEFhsUSZkzWv_PrS1mLJ8QZs3bUUOH_qrmUVFEbPeENhDSJjvTUVJc7Dz_-1-aLAGp5QllmBhmxS7LZpKL1QiCDNEouNpSbD/s1600-h/IMG_2175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305091815434578034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbcKkWUnQOcq5EQsyYP3yAWGAzkn__uTlG7H1qWq1D3ByNEFhsUSZkzWv_PrS1mLJ8QZs3bUUOH_qrmUVFEbPeENhDSJjvTUVJc7Dz_-1-aLAGp5QllmBhmxS7LZpKL1QiCDNEouNpSbD/s320/IMG_2175.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-7663829397587165962009-02-14T02:09:00.012-06:002009-02-14T03:26:15.792-06:00Happy Valentine's Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lGXYoiu7YYQ-iLaNRu0cpsTJJnWN3gm-jg3WJlgytqHw-_XM5uf_xjDdtrEJGCLKSphHUj-fYHsulbD3CkCayspm0wyZr8-5ICXEROZPUffNFvbTkWEsDXhLPyoq7KKCeo9SITsyCbiN/s1600-h/IMG_2125.JPG"><span style="color:#663300;">The kids are having lots of Valentine fun this week. We have had pink, heart shaped pancakes every morning this week, done fun crafts, made valentines for their friends, and made pink Rice Krispie treats to take to a Valentine party. Rick left on Wednesday to go up north to Copper Harbor with his buddy Tom for their annual trip. They enjoy roughing it up there in a little cabin; no plumbing, no heat, no electric, and Lake Superior water. The trail into the cabin is not accessible by car in the winter so they also get to enjoy an 8 mile snowshoe, pulling their gear in a sled to the cabin. I sure hope they are having a fun, safe trip.<br />This afternoon Debbie & Josh came over to hang out with the 3 little guys while I took Adeline, Auggie and D'Angelo to our home school group's Valentine party. The lucky kiddos have another little party to attend tomorrow. </span></a><div><br /> </div><div align="center">Showing off the window painting -it was 43 degrees outside.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302568561129838594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsn0nXYxpl0Mibzvy_MHdwjSb9iHCipo5YC5JjDvLtoBIw_vggHrK8-l0_e8p3udw08OH70uckGX_odzqPauKB4dyynAK6ltNnLjLJKbG20ez-hu9LP9VUZhtrZk7WVYNLM0jTOzyS2ZC/s320/IMG_2047.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center">Here they are passing out Valentine's today.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302578778350355506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8-z2f6GKJgj6UZoyvFDyZCFcicOAhe6Nz764mKY-hRekGyV2CSP2p_hfVIy_403YT_F41KwspGxP4kGz28LAGuVIUfsCWm2nWQ0MoCdfz7b0W_h-0JAjXsgSEiGExNC2n2TiKAoDTQPt/s320/IMG_2118.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY58nVaJpH9Sk-KNVhPXxHIYPQex8hXu8blwVEsboW_l_hDqDBUlGnCiHx1V2yxcgaEEL9-g3otAw7r9LbyE9CFpqzBAccZcQsDT7SATpSLCCXhmrt_uwaejvVnpvYQfN1eraRdryM0WD4/s1600-h/IMG_2119.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302572770852912498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY58nVaJpH9Sk-KNVhPXxHIYPQex8hXu8blwVEsboW_l_hDqDBUlGnCiHx1V2yxcgaEEL9-g3otAw7r9LbyE9CFpqzBAccZcQsDT7SATpSLCCXhmrt_uwaejvVnpvYQfN1eraRdryM0WD4/s320/IMG_2119.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6RTja9EWLR5msD3NTbmhA8TgI6etdK0uZKuhXfVBUefCIhoJFYSlPHiAkhasxCtgYFKdsFpZpCkYkOJkCZL72xrQzuywdj95f9KpNrSc1TFdFpn-KgIGS-g_-7iq8viZx1UeesF4tw3j/s1600-h/IMG_2117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302572763373883602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6RTja9EWLR5msD3NTbmhA8TgI6etdK0uZKuhXfVBUefCIhoJFYSlPHiAkhasxCtgYFKdsFpZpCkYkOJkCZL72xrQzuywdj95f9KpNrSc1TFdFpn-KgIGS-g_-7iq8viZx1UeesF4tw3j/s320/IMG_2117.JPG" border="0" /></a> Last Saturday morning I took all 6 kids to the library for a special program about unhuggable animals. The kids thought the funniest part was when the man put his mouse on top of his head. Here is a D'Angelo with a yucky huge roach-eeeeeew!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302568580399488882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7WevVUXqnrH9HOsbukPKorKAJZhmBgc9v7Kb-556krU7zVRh7THY4IFsAZvB4ifzs3Nt__Bys6GXko1m0I3JAcq396vtuH6UuTRPL4f7BojBpqVC1acNOWOcP01NzMvjcQw7bTBp6OZG/s320/library+party002.JPG" border="0" />Afterwards we played in the park for a short while- it was still cold out there. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302569374684385250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAH-6JKAOsdoPb8AMUgEiMPjy_hTFDA5dh2UiKDobXM-0pr8Y5er86FLOD_2WjN7idQaYV-9XBsOTq05oJ_ppyaTk9Qq0xLVY1e0-MFaBOWeig1B_w1ki7xwcrWXuYaXD5b0pG-Y-7snS/s320/library+party010.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302570820959540018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_leaYaLk2C7oUvFHoZs5sNwu3nd2HStpAOr7Tl6JZb0XPC0YB_oHU-_aD8HqyBmXWX84d49J4Nre-bugw1GCRHRPxZPp06iTg_3HtgoMSncSF3O73fuh811Zw9K_nZSti1EvLtZH3lZx/s320/library+party005.JPG" border="0" />We walked home, had lunch, and put the little 3 down for naps. Daddy came in to watch them while I took the big guys back to the library for the Library's reading celebraation/50th birthday party. The kids played games, had cake & ice cream and won lots of fun little toys.</div><div align="center">They each earned a new paperback book and goody bag for completing the winter reading <div></div>program as well.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302570833267034386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5_Ai05szrSIrkHdW8y28913ucx06IavoEAxEQNH9F_ZoasBXyAh5WnPu8a5OGEe1XH6PpzRrRuzS9NNGyA_05a4k8Nj49tj5dVc-ztAvbYptKQVmfULX95lzFMaBVVkAMLMJSl2ecxcH/s320/library+party028.1" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pDrQnLX_eFaHthzedo0um4lrrts4-_sC6iobdJy0ZsnbxvrOCGmkcOC6dms1hDDGJcetXe9b0a87cUP8koCE7o3pvO-rPV-slV5VLy_yu34MDsnasfnV2rcQSJzRURFP08fedNX1bNPS/s1600-h/library+party026.1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302570832669553346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pDrQnLX_eFaHthzedo0um4lrrts4-_sC6iobdJy0ZsnbxvrOCGmkcOC6dms1hDDGJcetXe9b0a87cUP8koCE7o3pvO-rPV-slV5VLy_yu34MDsnasfnV2rcQSJzRURFP08fedNX1bNPS/s320/library+party026.1" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQrX03xSkvUndgPn-_1QYVwB_-Du-uXwQowdFO6I94pO2LPV4Q6Sb7c0VP426XSYGSGedvYhdh0_9hlZzgEEkiuzUyHTSP5nhsMjcwYRHubEaeSlX3-6m6Z3GDPPMEarFzsLr8IbghOz/s1600-h/library+party029.1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302570827682119186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQrX03xSkvUndgPn-_1QYVwB_-Du-uXwQowdFO6I94pO2LPV4Q6Sb7c0VP426XSYGSGedvYhdh0_9hlZzgEEkiuzUyHTSP5nhsMjcwYRHubEaeSlX3-6m6Z3GDPPMEarFzsLr8IbghOz/s320/library+party029.1" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiymX8zGPzUdejmG8v3SkbfACfiKb2L5GokamrrmIuf2Urr6xD0D7MD6deiNTVDKH7VBYW5o352FxX105v451wepnM9KREX5uR_Wc2SBFI1yjFCsGHDC3hVhv7IHnf9jpDfDeVyxja1Nq/s1600-h/library+party020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302569378869093218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiymX8zGPzUdejmG8v3SkbfACfiKb2L5GokamrrmIuf2Urr6xD0D7MD6deiNTVDKH7VBYW5o352FxX105v451wepnM9KREX5uR_Wc2SBFI1yjFCsGHDC3hVhv7IHnf9jpDfDeVyxja1Nq/s320/library+party020.JPG" border="0" /></a> breakfast time<br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDFzAHtj8a0956A7aDR0_uEHreUhUya12udu9bJ3hOh12kDH1O9QffherPibp4JRdYZ_6CWvk90EZWvkphonu9SATNx9xZi_nzzD7pL0-jKBlElwDpBQmQ7hy7AZaYhvqhei3hbVu84a0/s1600-h/IMG_2057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302568570695718978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDFzAHtj8a0956A7aDR0_uEHreUhUya12udu9bJ3hOh12kDH1O9QffherPibp4JRdYZ_6CWvk90EZWvkphonu9SATNx9xZi_nzzD7pL0-jKBlElwDpBQmQ7hy7AZaYhvqhei3hbVu84a0/s320/IMG_2057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj_YRhbKfUHVZyPD4M2Ilw3VJX8HKBzUAwN5tzLYqYxoRHhnQm6kZVfSZDjTsZv4cBzagydpmOd3y8f4PEw3deV2Yba6Kui-pBhtEyrZDGmOEvA1RHWGUJhpbox3t-h3M-rmjkis4-bKA/s1600-h/IMG_2056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302568567936539314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj_YRhbKfUHVZyPD4M2Ilw3VJX8HKBzUAwN5tzLYqYxoRHhnQm6kZVfSZDjTsZv4cBzagydpmOd3y8f4PEw3deV2Yba6Kui-pBhtEyrZDGmOEvA1RHWGUJhpbox3t-h3M-rmjkis4-bKA/s320/IMG_2056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Xman is just too cute. All day long he wanted to play with the blender. </div><div>He usually helps Daddy make smoothies in the morning.<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302572774090304898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lGXYoiu7YYQ-iLaNRu0cpsTJJnWN3gm-jg3WJlgytqHw-_XM5uf_xjDdtrEJGCLKSphHUj-fYHsulbD3CkCayspm0wyZr8-5ICXEROZPUffNFvbTkWEsDXhLPyoq7KKCeo9SITsyCbiN/s320/IMG_2125.JPG" border="0" /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-56187862941143223632009-02-01T23:04:00.004-06:002009-02-01T23:30:43.125-06:00Kate GosselinI had the opportunity to see Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8, TLC’s hit reality television show, interviewed during the 5:30 service yesterday evening at <a href="http://www.willowcreek.org/MiniSite/default.asp">Willow Creek</a>. They were concluding their series Families at their Best. I did not attend the other portions of the series but plan to get copies of it. The church was packed full for her interview! I went with a couple girlfriends and arrived near 5:00. The main floor was already full and although I'm sure we could have found seats if we looked hard on the second floor we went directly to the third floor and sat right up front. Even from way up there Kate looked fantastic. We mainly watched on the screens but it was neat to hear her speak in person. She was able to share stories of how she and her family have been blessed by God and how he continues to provide for them. I'm glad I was able to attend.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298067920365518978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FJq776GZKI6HwRNUOZ9iz6YK6bXcXvMhwDlScwmKKnsVlrhBrqIYl5i8XCx1GPKrdRlOUCdaCxcBze3FxdbnUFZtLWPDOeuDpznYpLxfhWPWW_fCC6hd029qq9FI0wD9sSDT7gW0dWIx/s320/Kate+Gosselin+at+Willow+Creek.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-2699545563908772792009-02-01T14:41:00.001-06:002009-02-01T14:44:00.578-06:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Here are a few of the pictures from Thursday at Coco Key.</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI98tB7WuSU-uxc0Qdk6UWUmI_LnO8uo86nUr9pVuG1UQ8682X6wMfuBsJocqcH7gfPMte7cLe0L5hCEHaaghfAYJ8Q8YtZuc9o_vqATFiksY0xPD70hiNO8bXhC5k4XNMOkkVbh_Snlk/s1600-h/2009-01-31-1514-04.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI98tB7WuSU-uxc0Qdk6UWUmI_LnO8uo86nUr9pVuG1UQ8682X6wMfuBsJocqcH7gfPMte7cLe0L5hCEHaaghfAYJ8Q8YtZuc9o_vqATFiksY0xPD70hiNO8bXhC5k4XNMOkkVbh_Snlk/s400/2009-01-31-1514-04.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-858662841628527742009-01-27T11:25:00.004-06:002009-01-31T15:00:55.831-06:00We're still here<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Almost 4 weeks have passed since I last posted! The kids have all been battling colds since the 18th, coughing and being crabby with fevers here and there. They were couped up in the house up until this Thursday and it was making me and them a little nutty. Adeline went to the doctor last Monday morning because she spiked a fever of 104 Sunday night. She had a double ear infection but is much happier now with her pink medicine :) That's right, she loves to take her pink medicine. She asks me several times a day if it is time for another dose. </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">We thought the colds were behind us and ventured out to Coco Key water resort on Thursday afternoon with D'Angelo, Auggie and Adeline. My Mom & Darrell came and met us there to play with the kids too. We all enjoyed out time in the water Thursday even though it was on the cold side. Happily the air and water temperatures were warmer Friday morning...the bad news is that Auggie & D'Angelo were getting nasty cold symptoms again. They only wanted to sit in the warm pool and be held by Poppy or Daddy. They both fell asleep shortly after getting into the water. We dried off, got dressed, packed up and went to the immediate care center near my Mom's house to have them seen. The assumption is that they all have a strain of strep; so now, D & Auggie get to have the pink medicine too. </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div>Prior to being sick we visited the Kohl Children's Museum a couple times during the snow storms we had here. Most people decided not to venture out on the roads. The museum was amazingly empty, so we went two days in a row! <div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">January 9 & 10, 2009<br /></span></strong></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSrSY8GcsDPzlHyt7yALHhU9W7GNf6jurUemL_DtHBKJHOWiIivfwfU0_cVXbcwEXJM4bPl7h3sUeeO0hPd47hzlVN2stMiXyfB5AUBbEBrGqcLlx9u4KV9uxN-o-Ta96t9XR2lUy4hWs/s1600-h/January+2009.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSrSY8GcsDPzlHyt7yALHhU9W7GNf6jurUemL_DtHBKJHOWiIivfwfU0_cVXbcwEXJM4bPl7h3sUeeO0hPd47hzlVN2stMiXyfB5AUBbEBrGqcLlx9u4KV9uxN-o-Ta96t9XR2lUy4hWs/s400/January+2009.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-65544363528110012352009-01-05T01:45:00.002-06:002009-01-05T01:52:57.767-06:00Gymnastics<a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=7c834f54c8e0a3a974c2e9&skin_id=1604&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=image" target="_blank">Here is a little video of Addie & Auggie at gymnastics.<br />A Team Gymnastics 12-30-2008</a><br /><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=7c834f54c8e0a3a974c2e9&skin_id=1604&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=image" target="_blank"><img title="View this montage created at One True Media" alt="View this montage created at One True Media" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/cover_thumbnail?p=7c834f54c8e0a3a974c2e9&view=2" border="0" /></a>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-32498228331010046252009-01-04T00:52:00.003-06:002009-01-04T01:38:13.556-06:00Happy New Year 2009!<p>This year D, Auggie & Tia went to the farm to celebrate, while X & O spent time with my Dad, Deb & Josh. We have spent the past 6 or 7 years ringing in the New Year with the same wonderful friends. We have moved locations, but most things remain the same. Rick spends many hours, for weeks before, planning our menu. He shops on the 29th at Sunset Foods which is his favorite grocery. He spends ALL DAY on the 30th preparing and prepping for the next day. This year we dropped the twins at my Dad's about 1pm on New Years Eve and headed into the Loop with Adeline. Adeline came with us so she and her good friend Lucy could hang out together. The girls had fun playing together, doing multiple crafts, wearing matching dresses, and fighting over the pink baby! </p><p>We had a really nice time visiting and a whole bunch of delicious food & wine. What I love is being able to spend the night there and know we are all safe and sound. New Years Day I slept in :) I started my day with a nice hot shower, a good cup of coffee, and a crepe breakfast prepared by my husband. We didn't head home until after 2pm. When I called to let my Dad know we were on our way to pick up the boys I was surprised to hear that they wanted to keep them another night. We agreed to it and continued home. Once home Adeline fell fast asleep on top of my big, fluffy, red coat and stayed there for just shy of 4 hours! She needed some zzzzzzzzzzz's. The fun part was when she woke, we took a trip to TRU, where she bought a new dress up outfit. She and I played together until almost midnight! </p><p>How did you spend New Years Day? </p>Here is Doctor Adeline... wide awake and still playing with me at 11:45 pm.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PX6kLuxCzdatQ7xEIdhftvUG5CDpCmBbLHGx6z7q4ijcYVU4Nl5m7uNgSLfB8A-Bk3nrfsLoE7GngHvgMi_UwOr4q6Uq8bB4Vtsd5vWgRqbqX924yVi0G3SwEv1DZnyq57yQwWDtvOQR/s1600-h/doctor+Adeline.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287329416782224226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PX6kLuxCzdatQ7xEIdhftvUG5CDpCmBbLHGx6z7q4ijcYVU4Nl5m7uNgSLfB8A-Bk3nrfsLoE7GngHvgMi_UwOr4q6Uq8bB4Vtsd5vWgRqbqX924yVi0G3SwEv1DZnyq57yQwWDtvOQR/s320/doctor+Adeline.jpg" border="0" /></a>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-52050921076134817422008-12-29T22:04:00.010-06:002008-12-30T00:49:21.990-06:00Christmas fun with Our FamilyAs tradition goes we host Christmas Eve at our house. This year it was our family, Uncle Chuck & Susan, and my Mom & Darrell aka Gaga & Poppy. Auntie Judes & Uncle Denver stopped by for some dessert too. Rick's Dad decided not to come to Chicago this year and that was sad. The kids missed having him. Any time they hear the word Arizona they say, that's where Grampy Bill lives or that's where Daddy's Dad lives, so cute. Anyway, you were missed Grampy Bill.<br /><br />Rick cooked us a nice meal and afterwards we had lots of goodies from neighbor Deb (my Mom's neighbor) and the creme brulee that Rick made. The kids were a little on the wild side by the time dessert was being served so we decided not to open any more gifts. They had already opened gifts from Uncle Chuck, but they usually open their gifts from Gaga & Poppy on Christmas Eve as well. I love having everyone over and having a little time to catch up and enjoy the company. I am glad the overexcited children didn't scare them away early. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family! <br /><br />My Mom & I had the challenging task of waiting for the kids to sleep before we could go out to Rick's office to get gifts wrapped. All I kept doing for weeks was dropping things into Rick's office thinking I would get back out there and get wrapping before Christmas Eve. That never happened, I hadn't wrapped a single gift. D'Angelo wanted to wait up to see Santa even though I assured him no child has ever stayed up late enough to see him because he waits until he KNOWS your sleeping...please go to sleep little ones. Adeline was up the latest. She was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep. It was after 11 when my Mom & I finally snuck out to wrap, but we got the job done, and I was snuggling into my pillow around 3:30am.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span >Adeline & Uncle Chuck</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285433493548714370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnY2DFfFk6KgF9P4hqzJM-xUnDW2xwiSWdEmrOSmhCeVT9DO9vEAL21kJHTCsjwMRIp4hLCEsoITLhQkwZ-78eOwtZ9msQ9KTDAtZ2uYkrb5UvnFovh6DjjftFsXkHgg3xPhg9Z2e9bX8/s320/IMG_1421.JPG" border="0" /><br /><strong>Cookies for Santa </strong>Auggie had already fallen asleep so D'Angelo & Adeline made sure to leave a plate of cookies from Auggie as well. Yep, that's right, there had to be one plate of cookies from each of the big kids this year!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285433508081035026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLA9K3hgofoyz3w78zwbiHuQ764_-Zok7-AxoAF4CGSL_kxo90lf5uBb4xyr05CFcuJ6qdb5LgAxWtj5vewUrRX2sAUnoSP1qaQt5e2Bzq0jabdWnWqRSZBnlIL247sDLw2T78tNiQYVc/s320/IMG_1508.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285433501998764642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzp1cUI6FLR7iVtNdJ7qTqBLExAD94J-NfMw66ro7NwdQE7QMHyt_Zp90PHeY4jwpgU7qICV1gpS92bxpqPqWGD_T-ozHq2loF_wk6KQkq7Vqu-LSTGt1cqSSEbBRFX-ujfadka-3TkpW/s320/IMG_1515-cookies+for+Santa.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="left"><strong>Christmas Morning... </strong>D'Angelo was the first to wake just before 7:00. He woke me up exclaiming, It's Christmas, Santa was here! I was so tired that I tried to convince him that we should sleep for a while longer. He then almost started to cry and said, "Mommy, it's Christmas you <strong>have</strong> to get up!". That made me feel so bad. I got up and let him open up his stocking, just him and I in the quiet house full of sleeping people. He was excited with what he received, but, it didn't have the yellow train, you know, THE TOY he wanted for Christmas. I told him Santa probably left it under the tree somewhere. His next comment was, well then lets dive in and open these presents. </div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285433517280194946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJQba5uPkxIHrOYCMdZyRvpgHMhzGKpMvPu2MzeQ80mX2OOza_Ns41AY_Pv3k_tCW55FL6iKap_dvRU-BgGKngM8U0APr0Pki6NhgTXtVs0k4dDs8pxN4DLLsHaIlODoSMLRbiwsGvTni/s320/Christmas+Day2008015.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285442826937423826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0J9BOMWStWDllw8llWsTg5sX6tN76st8G98rEt9YiL0KnY0Vh5UGHqv6NqsHyZwfPQ7tfsBAmgscNc9UzPopTBGRe2tFWQ26J6wsJwf8ix3aSS9CAoFW8IVMU0VYd478COE3HT3ONh4h/s320/Christmas+Day2008021.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVqu2rndii8lLwMGKHYeKWWq07SzZg6_w9XTaYrRAZOAke-Py0uhFnn0QYpJBKrIwDT-T5v0sl_gnaQms45CnBMPcyTlqB0SnX8MYFR6CCyeWkJSGxHycAx5NhWug3E-0zkjKU_jSxKPS/s1600-h/Christmas+Day2008031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285437292526042466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVqu2rndii8lLwMGKHYeKWWq07SzZg6_w9XTaYrRAZOAke-Py0uhFnn0QYpJBKrIwDT-T5v0sl_gnaQms45CnBMPcyTlqB0SnX8MYFR6CCyeWkJSGxHycAx5NhWug3E-0zkjKU_jSxKPS/s320/Christmas+Day2008031.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oliver really getting his teeth into it<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285433519565280114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvh5u4GAiSjSAIRLu_rEfkACgVqGpU7uKaMbJ6QMqsDwzJlDt3LAgWpjKtyqIpZL893_B4I0YybVD0ygGDFNDWjmWR2UDp67zFXtuyobY6og6Mffwp9eC-ledIhdp-jtKcyKr5TpqvYIT/s320/Christmas+Day2008034.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285442831413797202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_G673b8NuJ5NQWYTCELB7n5W-t86eVryWSLeTzfEw0GwKuG6lpITxLCsmPFqWnNd3sT5PypPQVV1YqV_da82gxSEapp6SqgsopB6O5jVyLYrCcBsNVzuWHuMDEzGn3kE13-RhXewNRM4/s320/Christmas+Day2008084.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Auggie very happy with his new train</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I laughed at all the blueberry stained faces from the breakfast of french toast and blueberry sauce Daddy made us.</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285442817860197490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-BUHIC10Vl0WS90eSNklK1xQPTDgElcMZRTYMu7wQrVuLU3-2vetF3dlY-n-SaGTRi8JSaVUInQXCId4yfkmMcf2AAiJvGcAixi96CU4oyiyzmkzsaI3WDU2fjjw8lBaJ3xgCiWgy5G8/s320/Christmas+Day2008094.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285442804740488114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsjbfvQSNlR3TLgBNbmC7f0kxNzhkABjxJPRTKsgSvBFBqwLDaFma4Y0CnETAONU1JNGKKEW3VAWNMMQ5dmglrHmo6E5yg84JLWsnBOrQjmU9hskS2JwSgB2pgfaAgUcWEXdr2PrVXq1U/s320/Christmas+Day2008104.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Xavier enjoying his raisins that were in his stocking<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285442813380717378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2IauAfGIYsTrWWWerte5g_4bBJ6mmaxiAxrwr1KNFKz4mG71mqV7jcTUVs7ZQ7vKIuIjDE3aJr3ivKoKCaCwtKzVT1lKagMbNc5mPTVh1rbsCkR4lZ5YjTYoyJXf4o_8_7F_yMiFp4eG/s320/Christmas+Day2008141-crop.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">All 6 of our kids playing with the Ball Popper that Tia got for Christmas.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8uQIvMKN_qOk82TOrJ4OauNCXP1HZWk38owxtnV7ewaYpuwwQzRT3sKco6eq5tsFe85BlFGmntB4EnoIbWbos7i9ftNahQZ4bappxhjHFzgeWgbngJ1Twv_Ma4r_2X1xZ4GFK3eq493z/s1600-h/Christmas+Day2008175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285437275166933170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8uQIvMKN_qOk82TOrJ4OauNCXP1HZWk38owxtnV7ewaYpuwwQzRT3sKco6eq5tsFe85BlFGmntB4EnoIbWbos7i9ftNahQZ4bappxhjHFzgeWgbngJ1Twv_Ma4r_2X1xZ4GFK3eq493z/s320/Christmas+Day2008175.JPG" border="0" /></a>The girls and Poppy with his & Gaga's gift</div><div align="center">(thanks to Charlie for taking all the wonderful pictures of our family)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvOi_k_Z-a5Drb6ufAv8UeW_JLW_0KuTPEiO008pWOHN2YYOxxZQmXbWYCCj5Va0dlHfGhuuYvJK8KdnsBWkzalKiXmttARx2MmaWx9YvtfX63KCWXEQuADm-0FynEabxonhFQNs5D7xa/s1600-h/Christmas+Day2008111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285437259089285570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvOi_k_Z-a5Drb6ufAv8UeW_JLW_0KuTPEiO008pWOHN2YYOxxZQmXbWYCCj5Va0dlHfGhuuYvJK8KdnsBWkzalKiXmttARx2MmaWx9YvtfX63KCWXEQuADm-0FynEabxonhFQNs5D7xa/s320/Christmas+Day2008111.JPG" border="0" /></a> Miss Tia's first Christmas! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yIEiRB7UVeI7xSOpEH0X0x2PbJX2GcK7i8mML4Z04YkyCdNncZF8pczF7TlGoLB3PUxUX46XUq3WNAtXhiYxE0ZNOFAgzTKSSwqjpSMn7NH427vSQ6F1b9ZIws6AautdDSiHkmmgonnF/s1600-h/Christmas+Day2008050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285437251178216610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yIEiRB7UVeI7xSOpEH0X0x2PbJX2GcK7i8mML4Z04YkyCdNncZF8pczF7TlGoLB3PUxUX46XUq3WNAtXhiYxE0ZNOFAgzTKSSwqjpSMn7NH427vSQ6F1b9ZIws6AautdDSiHkmmgonnF/s320/Christmas+Day2008050.JPG" border="0" /></a> Santa delivered some dress-up outfits too<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285437282953736146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6stbejRed55F5oFBvNKvCZpm0usuHtTVXJkdxf7uUfWhKc7Awhs1dDAEANq5TdAoF8YM5qSHlpVQsqr1XhLB5STL-FA2ikZmpKpQ-bub-shGrR9aD-kAjG2ZMp-hztRoDg182cs1ic2PR/s320/Christmas+Day2008197.JPG" border="0" /> <strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11</span></strong></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-49357090435230263982008-12-23T00:58:00.004-06:002008-12-23T02:20:56.167-06:00naughty, naughty, naughty<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>So, is it just my kids or do other kids do things that really make you angry but at the same time give you a giggle?<br /></div><div><strong>a small sampling of my crazy hahaha funny life.<br /></strong></div><div>Xavier James managed to get this done while I dressed Oliver in the bedroom upstairs. Took him maybe 5 minutes of alone time to get this job done. Very sad for me because this was a brand new jar, just got it the week before, and it was $20.00 swept right into the trash. Okay, maybe it was more like $19.50; Xavier was eating it.</div><br /><div>Angry, a little. On the upside his ability to imitate is fantastic :) Thought he was the cutest kid ever. He was sitting on the floor stirring the spice in the pot and eating it. He looked at me, smiled, stirred, tasted some of the spices and said, "mmmmmmmm". </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282878836397486434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDde_3MBnNbY37A1QZKNeIU-0CKsK_U7VRXAT1GEx4-_Z0oHRbR-XOj_JYJrEZAdQ8JR7anPA6ShbolMSzC-IhdK_74QzVhnxyg_EdrnoHxFw6eDyYvAWa-F-tqvog0fgv5_v8Ncz1vKV/s320/IMG_1100.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282878830792404466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJhguCPnInaNgbajcuvz2MkGPlJGNPks2mFFYhJ-7yd4JnRBfnE1dzzV4OOLuEn9EoXbsBCFNpbYxYatcSSzDYY-e_PswFeca_3P4X67W_yLBsPG0qKSr2z_1w0PkK3pShWp1zbNfwZma/s320/IMG_1099.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282878847158282754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgXqlCG0246WcBonSBb6wRU13jOwSduUP29-Wvw2BhhM1c4r0CdSj_e7GCY3DnXj2hAzlgUgq2IdOG0BYCkvB_q_TWy-PajmusVdB7xwGZv0HvHXVhA5R_d3FY6b6JXLLTzsx2NR_nMCJ/s320/IMG_1101.JPG" border="0" />but later that same day Oliver decided he could not let Xavier have all the fun so...</div><div>he added Coffee mate to our art projects and then all over the floor.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282878860088692850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdQpRCQzu2uuAfi8MT5HUT2nY5n4BRx0yc5e86wEdDfmGt-TE6_h8P7aQzduSiyofRT8GGfazTQq9jMqyhTkY5HBgttJYq23ztDQhpy0rw6LsrsJTgQjxubqfLzCRuR0c7iIHUwM0wKxa/s320/IMG_1107.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282878853208879746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYLC_uHExc9DrATfh1fIh9zhrXrCTj__nfIgpeCOM4xRP6sMlbHCZZN0WAi8VMkXWHzgeaEgkxjXPfLOf_KU9vOoEWCUIEhMooBn4yy3RNMcZmNhcEWLW_YnCuN8bVgtdTusqn1uAKAr4/s320/IMG_1106.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>Auggie- well, Auggie is an interesting kid.</div><div>In the past two weeks he has performed plastic surgery on Mickey Mouse.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282893365209335490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-11Jk1qSyiqqGvr-sXXGjqs6wHCW4-y1qxbUmijSPskl2h2Hjn0c-zzyaRlsNWA_j1RMZjqZX_kWKTOIPyZOMbp5jKehMPZ149Jz9cql1nM6OUm-1DDijJJdWCH_k9kkDSCnMjfB_LcF/s320/IMG_1402.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282893359550790162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1sKT8aniWaP95-DQCIMnsdMS1pAaBYp1gqOgI1EXApaaBDZ8Qnk0bVjX6M3TKxNDT6-o5jMHV69VgKEACdVOWUsPQpE9Ii0LYZCTtTiX75yXWBQ4sus6VriaoLffRw66N0xNoCRE_Ssz/s320/IMG_1403.JPG" border="0" /> he also dropped a car into the oven. This is what happens when you heat to 425 degrees!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282893379672067346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPXeM2FTdkAnapX2lhKoS5NhvDPE_UTMxMhCqi3g2O5TZ_H4u0hJesYIVm7lLshk8bMWsDGFXHBLWVaIEYnPNHQtPj5aAAyZ6ejuHrNv_97O9QqpNoEJ19oJdkQOMQuu_Amk4t0QPmngR/s320/IMG_1405.JPG" border="0" />And I think this was my favorite. Sunday night all I wanted to do was make cookies with the kids. I already had my butter softened on the counter. I came home from the grocery store and my 1# block of butter was missing. Adeline told me Auggie was making a BIG mess with my butter. Panic...run upstairs. He had it across the entire train table top, two of the sides, two walls were decorated, D'Angelo's bed and bedding were a mess and my cookies did not get made. Auggie and I spent lots of time cleaning the bedroom. Ask the kid why he did it. His reply, "cuz it's tasty". <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282893368734889826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2Pgu0UL4Y4fBLodnRwQLyz2zu4Uwj7Djbj47LGOd7jWukF1LkWhDtTQ3lv9XmihshYxjei0PVYkze4cBek_CAhhcnfeZ-Ua2FL221kZexHLgDHEwzQVeRlYWwsV6rk2E49W8c0lyw7tp/s320/IMG_1390.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282893372156626146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn8ZeG77o-06SkNd5DQtTN4dSovjdxqKwhV_S1re0-G7HcUGCMiVpzdpxEuZu6TcRVTEjQesyWZNcbEhSfiCtd4m2np9ejVv_9desFcvy-9whCU87i7VxKsIVnWnpGFYYzS9IyshGCdx-/s320/IMG_1391.JPG" border="0" /> <div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-76443887484618699072008-12-23T00:39:00.004-06:002008-12-23T00:57:31.827-06:00Snow day...Friday was a fun filled snow day! The big three headed out to play in the snow with Daddy. <div>Oliver was running a fever so we had the big guys go out while X & O napped. There is major meltdowns here if the babies can't go out to play when the big guys go. If we so much as mention the word shoe Oliver is quick to grab his boots and unlock the door.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRzae_DQD6wMpCwrBqyTljBEIdG4krjcDwvbOtodCw37K8xUZeXYWhW7sosCYbAEsm4fG4-bTYlya4xyh_2CWX4CATE82vQHx7REhYKMuS78FZYRmYnwstMJpALxZYpoecer6bKx2RcKN/s1600-h/IMG_1347.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282872333262165410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRzae_DQD6wMpCwrBqyTljBEIdG4krjcDwvbOtodCw37K8xUZeXYWhW7sosCYbAEsm4fG4-bTYlya4xyh_2CWX4CATE82vQHx7REhYKMuS78FZYRmYnwstMJpALxZYpoecer6bKx2RcKN/s320/IMG_1347.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__TH1Co2NgQWOhK_YMFMF-Umy4bBu3qp4l5SrKEJvhJQ7EPV4rhRQK2vVCFaV2tiW2EwuCZZjsZKRkdd9RfRH8IK6tiD-CSj9RNZcdfoX8UvJYegIsyOO75TYjc1EvWuAWb2Y2xhU9YJU/s1600-h/IMG_1340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282872329016177874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__TH1Co2NgQWOhK_YMFMF-Umy4bBu3qp4l5SrKEJvhJQ7EPV4rhRQK2vVCFaV2tiW2EwuCZZjsZKRkdd9RfRH8IK6tiD-CSj9RNZcdfoX8UvJYegIsyOO75TYjc1EvWuAWb2Y2xhU9YJU/s320/IMG_1340.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pgvYlMaF0GndFdaFrMJmCLfK94U1mJitluziDj3HM5GVTtzqezvLF5mQuYHYebI2iR_JyL1kZosXhHpLwQqOO6Im1D6JfYwD676CYAkO2st5oKpNbngUHq7bijJ8hYmwg4KOED6gpE9z/s1600-h/IMG_1335.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282872317608668354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pgvYlMaF0GndFdaFrMJmCLfK94U1mJitluziDj3HM5GVTtzqezvLF5mQuYHYebI2iR_JyL1kZosXhHpLwQqOO6Im1D6JfYwD676CYAkO2st5oKpNbngUHq7bijJ8hYmwg4KOED6gpE9z/s320/IMG_1335.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHjXSbOKHcf8yq6rciyML3_AeGbr4AYoTFKCZwjQ8-a8nzGwuuFUuTqR0uvxxkAE4TQAEL8zj4Ig3rWwSDA1B8Ho9RJhF9iZctQkLwpk5KE2OWiRjevWBFpIv0J35Ev1LTUL1QtA0P3Y9/s1600-h/IMG_1330.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282872315445794578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHjXSbOKHcf8yq6rciyML3_AeGbr4AYoTFKCZwjQ8-a8nzGwuuFUuTqR0uvxxkAE4TQAEL8zj4Ig3rWwSDA1B8Ho9RJhF9iZctQkLwpk5KE2OWiRjevWBFpIv0J35Ev1LTUL1QtA0P3Y9/s320/IMG_1330.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIL1fXGH8S32WAy6l9d4LQE0dZEyFcw1qgNDbc2rIJMU8n6JZweeTCCfKIDn8TNZyPrXqIEb2yjPy_XNWpJt1ccY-Epv2nKj5uSxxmf3eqx3YTGhqgWbIJ4sLaujTr3zFHAp0iirxN-VT/s1600-h/IMG_1317-crop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282872310722566594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIL1fXGH8S32WAy6l9d4LQE0dZEyFcw1qgNDbc2rIJMU8n6JZweeTCCfKIDn8TNZyPrXqIEb2yjPy_XNWpJt1ccY-Epv2nKj5uSxxmf3eqx3YTGhqgWbIJ4sLaujTr3zFHAp0iirxN-VT/s320/IMG_1317-crop.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-78276239928198453772008-12-15T09:34:00.005-06:002008-12-15T11:24:38.211-06:00Brookfield Zoo *Holiday Magic*We had such nice weather yesterday that we decided that I would take the big three kids to <a href="http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home.aspx">Brookfield Zoo</a> to experience Holiday Magic. We planned to go last weekend as a family but it was too cold! Last night it was still 44 degrees at 9:00pm when were leaving the zoo; very windy and raining but at least it wasn't freezing yet! This morning it is 5 degrees here. Brrrrr, we didn't even venture out to playgroup. They all wanted to see Santa so we waited just about 30 minutes which wasn't too bad. Once it was our turn Auggie ran, really ran, into Santa and Adeline wouldn't even go near him. D'Angelo let him know that he wants the yellow train (Geotracks) and Auggie wants the green train. We tried to get our picture with the reindeer but they switch animals ever hour and we were two familes short of seeing the reindeer... I wasn't paying for a picture with a llama wearing a scarf! All in all it was a good time. The kids wanted to go so that always makes it worth the effort.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280051848067381618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdIK-dHpH8Se456O-hV2Ig_4emRv1UHhAzy-YoxVIr-Lhv2GhKY580Dv5OU2R6_epWY0_qHWDTYRhn8P2m74_8mGOHfOnFopJrvU-PkTG4uoFRWpHAc-EgNvi8sR8BlwGQJUQDjXV7wqs/s320/IMG_1283.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280051865697271842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRAYF-7h_8a5Zead2U-2Noa5IbqHg6ZDY5yzk1VKNjNanRFqutrOwOG-FRgk2qhSgF_FVurcU9E0jO6mH2LqsbNt4k2mSe-4pNO-hvtuiiNaoSxgDB-jy3vMY0rf8v6Yzz_xeH2S8jm82/s320/IMG_1310.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>This was funny, they were trying not to get bit by the alligator!</strong> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYB_JsWgNK9xdKk7FAA-aC1PQp6rc3eYIVBCNdsvLVhZegA9UMIid6RszxTK7XLaV8ol6_dZ_vB4dxhV_KaceeHQAoNqmhQQS7mjcn3wJGFl3PF47rVwl8UVS9ba2JAowD9QlxtJk6aQ9/s1600-h/IMG_1285.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280056444074481026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYB_JsWgNK9xdKk7FAA-aC1PQp6rc3eYIVBCNdsvLVhZegA9UMIid6RszxTK7XLaV8ol6_dZ_vB4dxhV_KaceeHQAoNqmhQQS7mjcn3wJGFl3PF47rVwl8UVS9ba2JAowD9QlxtJk6aQ9/s320/IMG_1285.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong>D'Angelo</strong> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMpLgbgDuRFAtI-BMG7kIj9AvW8xNM8-Pzsqjr5VbssETQyTc5ndgtJV-Oqb5XMXbcDQ2tq8IOp8vs5bGM1Bg1ZNjbGasnabyyYJElvmoMVdsvhbe2GgMl19ldVl-If2cAQ-6dXeD2YIy/s1600-h/D'Angelo+Dec14-2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280056437491229954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMpLgbgDuRFAtI-BMG7kIj9AvW8xNM8-Pzsqjr5VbssETQyTc5ndgtJV-Oqb5XMXbcDQ2tq8IOp8vs5bGM1Bg1ZNjbGasnabyyYJElvmoMVdsvhbe2GgMl19ldVl-If2cAQ-6dXeD2YIy/s320/D'Angelo+Dec14-2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Auggie<br /></strong><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswuivAAZSNOwj5a1ev_jX46EN_UFR2Kpi3GzZajBIZTQVP5pZDMqytCGNj5i7lTcqRtrJf2g-IVc4j_MuaKJCNvK3GCsNr1zkAUV7oAwRK_DjuLP2h94Aec32p1FTgztxkumQWgvsdHn1/s1600-h/Auggie+Dec+14-2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280056426093584690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswuivAAZSNOwj5a1ev_jX46EN_UFR2Kpi3GzZajBIZTQVP5pZDMqytCGNj5i7lTcqRtrJf2g-IVc4j_MuaKJCNvK3GCsNr1zkAUV7oAwRK_DjuLP2h94Aec32p1FTgztxkumQWgvsdHn1/s320/Auggie+Dec+14-2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Adeline</strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RoGNKQyqZCdkMixD_CMWrCdufue4qJ-HyWAu_K49ECsjMkKxYZjNvcG_jrxexTsbW1P6y3rmJhDk22xc8mNVqPk1H_HbNgIm4aqdcGpbfWGv3m65sLe1EiAVX9bcxVyhJbw2pXB21j_x/s1600-h/IMG_1272.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280051874567764514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RoGNKQyqZCdkMixD_CMWrCdufue4qJ-HyWAu_K49ECsjMkKxYZjNvcG_jrxexTsbW1P6y3rmJhDk22xc8mNVqPk1H_HbNgIm4aqdcGpbfWGv3m65sLe1EiAVX9bcxVyhJbw2pXB21j_x/s320/IMG_1272.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_zVzujgbYQZPcTGBbSYb5EDKuQrha3EU_IWOvxtuzh4ZlnIqh2vo17huL8XXjn_eJiLTioCwudVt-s-TEpm1uPlgz3QxXQ8md2LDFA7cbylgCBHu9pNxpMCUNDtS4nCJdB-BCGpuvjLu/s1600-h/IMG_1300.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280051870157590610" style="DISPLAY: block; 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We were all supposed to go to the zoo and see the lights but the weather was so cold that we decided to stay inside and have a gingerbread party instead. Taylor, Adeline and Debbie worked on one house together while D'Angelo, Auggie and I worked on a house together. There is a reason gingerbread houses are for decoration only! The kids were really enjoying the icing and candies during the decorating. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiECpjRSYnCloZr8aeocowV0ker3ribF3hBhu_U7C3db6MyEizenA08El35Pv5zPz5IGh9qFueAokjgtbatZM4DKdyOjeAyQG1eWdmCIEVyD0ai6qGSQ9xWVdwSW4oDDkv6sEIWRaXrhB/s320/IMG_1128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279672708910398210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4d-HgkyRaMGBQnzX4FkeFcGrv3CYgQnlW8imrV5K3Gi_2kncHyG6ZVQHyKQUvi2_yQBMyXIwsUGhIjCcyI6xCK-n-Dp_a8V-fZDWJ9MoDGMcf1g5qxX5r4_NlD_wkmo4VQBvLn3ZgOb7/s320/IMG_1162.JPG" border="0" /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433352565408732547.post-60045190505458915342008-12-01T19:49:00.001-06:002008-12-14T11:13:03.649-06:00Advent beginsDecember 1st already! Get started on your Advent calendars :)<br /><br />We enjoyed a nice quiet Thanksgiving at home and my Mom made almost all of the food which was so nice. We had such an easy time preparing the few things we did contribute. The big kids went home with Gaga & Poppy and won't be home until tomorrow! They were going to come home today but the weather was not favorable for driving. I'd rather they stay there longer & know they are safe. It seems like the first snowfall triggers an inability in people's driving skills. It always amazes me how people who live here act like they have never driven in snow before. It certainly was slick out there last night though. I had to run out to the store around 9pm and my big car was sliding on the ice. Not so fun.<br /><br />So, here is what I did yesterday. Instead of getting out the Christmas tree I decided hey, I've got nothing but time, why don't I go through the kids clothes, toys, etc and get rid of what we don't need. This is what I wound up with; Yikes!<br /><br /><div align="center">The bags are sitting on top of our couch and table -those are not piled high from the floor.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcJer1oFbrXVwLAiamY87ngcEdmqu03aIC1jikBCU5R96Iw_iXkMaFcjhV7_BmDyVPVZMoLcVowVvNu-sjW_S1xDM6jAcTeS2Gvnk63MwCUaMAZHMvvx65nWtwnJPr8qD1Gz28i30CVSE/s1600-h/garagesalestuff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275113808185812210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcJer1oFbrXVwLAiamY87ngcEdmqu03aIC1jikBCU5R96Iw_iXkMaFcjhV7_BmDyVPVZMoLcVowVvNu-sjW_S1xDM6jAcTeS2Gvnk63MwCUaMAZHMvvx65nWtwnJPr8qD1Gz28i30CVSE/s320/garagesalestuff.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is what we woke up to this morning. Our first real snowfall of the season.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275113804902089138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr90klzZE4_YO2QjAaFLfuZEVFAFdAB-tT_Lf0v2S6-fovDUt9MkV6cKcKBLBElT2ayCZY7fcFb5bEKd6iLMS6siOAofTnhWkQR7oH-HHUebeIYndGrcM5OvvTGw3gZYOkJaNrHs6y1HT/s320/FirstSnowDec1st2008-Branches.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErx61xs0bPCpEcCZIN8gGGxpdL2VfA35pJxLjjPPk3UrERgVfowKVPw8VSHxRmwKTCRORnM95JP7E5OkkRy_8hDS_zDOApBEfbUtgABjhNP3S0j5yk9KR2BffDW3vFaBM90NSFApqmh32/s1600-h/FirstSnowDec1st2008-Rick.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275113809474707474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErx61xs0bPCpEcCZIN8gGGxpdL2VfA35pJxLjjPPk3UrERgVfowKVPw8VSHxRmwKTCRORnM95JP7E5OkkRy_8hDS_zDOApBEfbUtgABjhNP3S0j5yk9KR2BffDW3vFaBM90NSFApqmh32/s320/FirstSnowDec1st2008-Rick.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>6 Monkeys and Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709356560809728660noreply@blogger.com0