Arch-

Ben has been extremely interested in the Arch - when we drive near it or see it on TV while watching a ball game... So, we headed on the MetroLink and had a picnic under the Arch.

Messy Play Day

Ben with the bubbles

Baby Abbie loved climbing the slide!

Connor in the playhouse.

Ben with the shaving cream.

Dillon really liked the bowl of spaghetti!

We hosted a messy play day/picnic in our backyard... it was a lot of fun and the weather was awesome. We had paint, spaghetti, bubbles, shaving cream, etc. and the boys (+ Abbie) seemed to have fun with everything. We just LOVE our playgroup friends!!

Citygarden

We loved the visiting Citygarden with Bebe and Grandad last weekend! What an awesome place right in our own town... next time we're definitely taking the MetroLink and staying for a picnic.

John Hancock-

Yesterday Ben asked me to write his name on a piece of paper. He saw the letters I wrote and quickly said "I can do that!" So, here it is... he was very particular about the "E" and made sure the horizontal lines touched the vertical just so. He was pretty proud of himself and so are we!

And Chicago...

So, we switched gears from, calm, peaceful Wisconsin to bustling Chicago. We had a great visit with our friends Shana and Max. They took us to the BEST restaurant in Chicago... I'm still dreaming about the amazing food. AND we met up the next day for the Shedd. It was so great to see them!

Our hotel was right by Wrigley Field, so we walked up to listen to the big concert (along with 500,000 other people, well, not really - but it was packed!)

My new boyfriend... sorry Joe - you're just not frumpy enough!

We quickly hit LegoLand and Ikea on the way out of town and had a great time. We were all pretty exhausted when it was time to go home. Ben literally screamed for the first hour of the drive home and then CRASHED. He slept the rest of the drive - this was the first time he fell asleep in the car and we were grateful! What a great road trip - I would definitely do it again!!