Straight No Chaser

Towards the end of August my parents, brother and I (silly Louis thought he was too cool for a concert and ended up at Chuck E Cheese with the kids instead, ha, jokes on him!) headed up to Lake Geneva to go to George Williams College for a concert on the lake featuring Straight No Chaser. 

It was rainy and stormy all afternoon so we did some shopping in town first. Apparently Sean wasn't entertained with my selfie antics!

We went to Pier 290 for an early dinner beforehand and of course we had to test out the bike in the store

For the concert, everyone parks at the high school and they bus you into the college. 

Dont my parents look happy to be on a school bus!

Once you get to the college, if you have a lawn seat you try and run and stake out the best seats (a lot of seats don't actually have a view of stage). We got lucky and scored perfect seats to see!! 

Pic with my Mom (and my Dad taking a picture of us taking a picture in the background!)

My Mom and Sean

After we set up our spot, we walked out to the pier for pictures

Mom and Dad

The concert was so great! They were amazing singers and made the show fun and funny. We liked it so much that we ordered tickets to see their holiday show in December downtown Chicago. Just call us groupies!!

Blake: Junior Kindergarten

Where has the time gone? How is my little boy growing up too fast? On Monday he started his first day of Jr. Kindergarten at Goddard. We absolutely love their school and his new teacher, Ms. Hildebrandt is GREAT with the kids. I think she will really help prepare Blake for "big kid school". 

Comparison between last year and this year!

I wanted to start the tradition of asking him some questions on the first day of school every year. So here is my interview with Blake (age 4)

Favorite color: blue

Favorite TV show: TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Favorite movie: Zootopia

 Favorite food: Honey Nut Cheerios (he was eating breakfast when I asked)

Favorite place to visit: Florida (he has never been there so not sure why he picked that)

Favorite part about school: playing

Favorite sport: soccer

Favorite part of summer: playing outside

What do you want to be when you grow up: work for money (ha, this cracks me up. He often says he wants to be a policeman but lately he knows you have to work to make money)

Favorite thing about Brooke: playing with her

Favorite thing to do with Mommy: play with big trucks and cars

Favorite thing to do with Daddy: jump on him to wake him up (it really is hilarious to wake up Louis)

What one word describes you the best: happy

After this I was done with the questions but he said he wanted to keep the interviewing going so I asked him some more!! 

Who are your best friends: Adelyn, Brady, Logan, Mason, all my friends

Favorite toy: Avengers toys (Hulk)

What do you think will be fun at Jr. K: Playing with Ms. Hildebrandt

What do you like to draw: Rhino and Gorilla

Favorite Animal: Gorilla

Favorite Stuffed Animal: Brutus

Life Lately

How the heck is it the middle of August and I am just now posting pictures? Shame on me!! 

The other weekend Wendy and I decided to take the kids to Lindy's Landing for lunch on the beach. Literally, the picnic tables were on the sand so we could easily hang out and watch the kids.

 Blake hanging out with his bestie on water day!

Wendy and I went to go see Bad Mom's together and we intentionally picked a movie theater that serves wine, well turns out they weren't serving when we were there...insert sad selfie

Since the kids wake up so early, we usually have lots of time in the mornings on the weekends so we hit up the park. 

Blake wanted to play tennis at the park so him and Louis played while Brooke and I hit up the park. Blake is really loving tennis (music to Louis' ears!)

 When the annoying little sister gets in the way on the court

 School smiles!

 The other weekend we decided to randomly head to the Brookfield Zoo. Our attempt at a selfie.......

 Blake has a current obsession with Gorilla's so this was perfect

 This little one conquered her fears of the carousel (with Mommy holding her very tight!)

Blake and McKenna absolutely love each other. McKenna lights up and starts talking up a storm when she sees Blake. 

 Home Depot= greatest store ever. This racecar cart was PERFECT to entertain these two

 I mean, how stinkin' cute is this?

 Blake was invited to Logan's 5th birthday party and of course him and Brady got crazy... (note: Adelyn is smart and walking away!)

 See what I mean about crazy.....

 More outside smiles

 Last Saturday we headed over to the wakeboard park at Three Oaks beach to watch the guys and play in the sand

 Louis very excited they serve CL Brewing Beer!

And because I am an awesome Mom, I took this picture during a meltdown Brooke was having that her granola bar broke in half and we couldn't fix it..... two year old problems!

Summer Fun

The last few weeks have been really busy in the Malic household. The weather has been amazing so we are trying to take full advantage because you never know how long it will last. The other weekend we decided to meet up with the Kramers and Sumps at Three Oaks Recreation Beach for a fun water day. It is crazy that we went from college frat parties to playdates. I love that we have been friends for so long!!

Miss Nancy wasn't sure of this beach thing at the beginning 

Trucks + Sand= Heaven for my kids

Goggles!!

We haven't had a picture together in awhile, much needed!!

Mary, Nancy and I 

Blake is a baby whisperer, he speaks this babbble that all babies seem to LOVE. Nancy was no exception. 

Blake and Raegan making a road

Ice Cream Break!

For those of you who read this blog regularly know that Blake has two best friends, Brady and Adelyn. He loves these two so much. So when I got this picture from school I almost died. I texted Britt (Brady's Mom) right away saying lets keep this one to show them when they graduate high school. 

Goofball at school

My new favorite picture. When these two love each other it is so cute. 

Hi, my name is Blake and I have a stuffed animal addiction. Blake got to pick a toy at the mall, and he picked Sven. 

Teaching my kids the value of a sale!! Ha. 

Last weekend we met up with Matt, Mary and Nancy again at the CLCC to take advantage of their membership for some pool time. We didn't get a lot of time in (boo lightning!!) but we made the most of our time. Brooke LOVED this pool because she could touch by the stairs. She felt like such a big girl. 

Brooke: "Oh, I can touch!" 

Brooke has done a 180, she went from screaming in swim class in February to cruising through the swim levels. On Wednesday she got a ribbon for moving up yet again to another level. Here is how they take a picture to celebrate, ha. 

I love when I get pictures from school of the kids throughout the day. 

Um, where did my baby go she isn't in this picture :( 

Pretty sure Blake's favorite day is water day!

Happy Summer!