February Fun

Blake had gotten a free ticket to a Chicago Wolves hockey game (minor league) from school and so we decided to take the kids and Brady (the biggest hockey fan we know!) to a game. Before the game we had some time so we let the kids wild at Cabela's for some free entertainment. Honestly, the kids loved it so much we probably didn't even need to go to the game.

Brady was nice enough to give Brooke his old Wolves jersey and she was in heaven and has worn it 3 times a week since! (Don't worry I ordered Blake a Wolves jersey too after our adventure so they all match)

 

The boys had so much fun and even got on the jumbotron!! They were so excited. Brooke loved watching Skates (the mascot) and being at her first hockey game.

Last Friday we had a snow day and school was closed. So in the afternoon we took the kids for their first real sledding experiences.

 

Blake LOVED it, he got to the hill ran and dove head first on the sled down the hill. He probably went down a trillion times.

 

Brooke liked going down but walking back up the hill wasn't nearly as fun for her so she asked to head to the park and swing instead.

Every year Goddard has a Daddy/Daughter dance. Brooke was very excited to go this year, however Louis was in California so luckily Papa stepped in to take her.

First time in a dress since her holiday show in December.... (she cried for about 20 mins before wearing it)

 

While Louis was away in sunny California, we headed up to Lake Lawn Resort in Wisconsin for their annual Sky Circus show. They had all these amazing kites and snow/ice sculptures. The kids really loved it.

 

On the frozen lake. The kids glided around like they were ice skating



January Catch Up

I keep falling behind on updating the blog on a regular basis but work is starting to calm back down a bit so hopefully that will get me posting more regularly.

January is a big birthday month in my family and so we headed to the city to celebrate my Mom and Sean's birthday.

Drinks before dinner off of Michigan Ave

 

Then we headed over to Gibson's Italia for dinner. OH MY GOSH, it was amazing. The views, out of this world, the food, so yummy!! We had such a great time, we are already plotting when we can return.

 

January also had our first sleepover for Brooke. She begged to have her friend Ruth spend the night and so we let them try it out. The girls had a blast and there were no tears!!



December and Christmas Break Recap

I have no idea how it happened but somehow I managed to get almost a month past Christmas before posting about the last half of December. So prepare yourself this might be picture/information overload!!

First up, this was the first year that it was just Brooke at the Goddard holiday show. She had memorized all the lyrics to all the songs and sang all the time but when it was showtime she froze a bit more. She still did great job and bonus, I got her to wear a dress!!

 

Every year we have a holiday dinner with my parents. This year we decided it was time to invite the kids along. There was lots of drama and tears leading up to dinner but when we finally all got there the kids were very well behaved and loved going to a "fancy" restaurant. My favorite part is seeing how nice my kids can clean up when wearing nice clothes (such a rare treat!)

 

At the end of November Papa got to be a mystery reader in Blake's class and we got a picture back from that fun day.

 

Our Tod Squad got together for a Chili Cook off/ Holiday party and it was a blast! Kudos to Blake for being the only boy in a sea of girls!!!

 

We started off our Christmas celebrations over at Uncle James and Aunt Colleen's house. The three amigos loved hanging out.

 

Blake is so great with little kids and McKenna is his absolute favorite and I think the feeling is mutual.

 

We only took one picture on Christmas Eve and it wasn't our best....haha....

 

Santa came and the kids were very happy!

 

Two days after Christmas we packed up the car to drive in below zero temps to head up to the Wisconsin Dells with the Yemm's



 

Girlfriend just can't hang without a nap... so the quick shuttle ride put her right to sleep

 

The kids love to paint pottery so we took a swim break for painting

 

Wendy and I cheers!!

 

BIG DAY FOR BLAKE, he finally lost his first tooth and the tooth fairy got to visit the hotel

 

Silly doesn't even begin to describe this group.....

 

Brooke either was happy, overtired and crabby or asleep......

 

How he can sleep upside down on that chair is beyond me but he was super cozy

 

We played lots of games of Old Maid and Go Fish

 

Group Selfie

 

For New Years Eve we hit up Nicks Pizza with our favorites...someone wasn't feeling it

Happy NYE!!