Hi All,
I celebrated yet another birthday. The celebration started a little early, as Jim and I spent the weekend in Chicago. We arrived Saturday mid-day and settled in to a relaxing day. We grabbed some Thai food (a favorite of mine) for lunch and watched some football and dare I say a nap before venturing out! We headed to a sports bar to catch dinner and some more football with our friends Doug and Lisa. We also made a stop to the John Hancock observatory for some great views of the city. Then, on Sunday we joined our friends Al and Sandy for the Bears-Lions football game at Soldier field. Both teams played bad, which made for a close match. And, we witnessed first-hand the most controversial call of the weekend - a Lions caught pass in the end zone to win the game (yes, it WAS a catch), which was reviewed and called incomplete to everyone's surprise.
Monday was back to business as usual. We attended our first gymnastics class today at the MAC; it's called Wrigglers. The class description stated it was for children starting as young as 18 months. But Drew and Bree were nowhere near ready to perform much of anything the instructor asked of them. Bree wanted nothing to do with the instructor and spent the entire time running around the gym on her own or stuck to me. We did get a few somersaults out of Drew. Luckily, D & B were the only two kids in the class, so we weren't disruptive to anyone else!
But, of course, it was good to be home to celebrate my birthday with my kiddos. When Jim got home, he cooked a great dinner, then we made a cake run which made the day complete! :)
Bree at the ready to help with the opening of gifts
Drew demonstrating his latest trick - climbing over couch to the buffet table
Trying for a picture - but the kids are way more interested in the cake
and balloons
