We celebrated a little early.....our Happy New Year celebration took place at 7:30pm - before Jake had to go to bed. Jake, Megan & I had our own little party with pizza and dancing. We played a little "freeze dance", which they both loved. Megan was practicing counting down from 5. We must have done it 10 times.... You know - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....Happy New Year!!! She said, "I like Happy New Year!" Darin is in California getting ready to attend the Rose Bowl tomorrow. Go Illinois!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Winter Wonderfest
Well, I've been a bad blogger. Especially since I sent out Christmas cards that said "Keep up with our family's happenings on our blog". This photo is one of maybe five total family photos that we have. We went to the Preview Night for the Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier a few weeks ago and actually got a photo of all four of us looking at the camera. Amazing.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Fun with Photoshop
Here is Megan's school picture:
This is what happens when you work in an office with a graphic designer and ask him to scan your photo....
You gotta love the typical "fake smile" in the school photo. I didn't think it would start so early, though. She really seems to like school. Last Thursday, Santa paid a visit to her classroom and surprisingly, she was the first kid up and in his lap. Everyone was shocked since she's usually one to hang back. She's super excited for Christmas and I've been able to keep the peace by threatening to call Santa if she's bad. I don't know what I'm gonna do two weeks from now. Jake obviously doesn't get it yet, but he's excited about whatever Megan is excited about. So, I'm sure he'll have a blast on Christmas too!
This is what happens when you work in an office with a graphic designer and ask him to scan your photo....
You gotta love the typical "fake smile" in the school photo. I didn't think it would start so early, though. She really seems to like school. Last Thursday, Santa paid a visit to her classroom and surprisingly, she was the first kid up and in his lap. Everyone was shocked since she's usually one to hang back. She's super excited for Christmas and I've been able to keep the peace by threatening to call Santa if she's bad. I don't know what I'm gonna do two weeks from now. Jake obviously doesn't get it yet, but he's excited about whatever Megan is excited about. So, I'm sure he'll have a blast on Christmas too!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Santa!
We just got about 6 inches of snow on Tuesday night and I was home with the kids yesterday. So, we went out to play in the snow in the morning and they LOVED it! Jake had a bit of a hard time moving around in his boots and snow pants and at one point Megan pushed him down -- flat on his back -- and it was just like Ralphy's little brother on A Christmas Story, he couldn't move at all. Jake got her back though....she was making snow angels and he walked over to her and threw snow in her face and then fell on top of her. Amazingly, she laughed it off (not the norm for her). That's how much she loved the snow. Unfortunately, it was 22 degrees and I couldn't take it for much more than an hour. So, we came in and put on dry clothes and headed to the mall to take a picture with Santa.
When we first got there, Megan was a little shy. I said "Say hi". She turned her head and Jake started waving at him like crazy. Then I put Megan on his lap and she warmed up to him. Jake was a little less enthusiastic once he got that close. We tried for a while to get him to smile for the picture, but alas, this was the best we could do. When I put him on the floor again, he smiled like crazy and babbled away to Santa. I guess he works better from afar. Megan told Santa that she wanted a camera. He said, "What kind of camera?" And she said, "the kind that takes pictures". Duh, Santa. She also told him she wanted a vacuum. Again, he said "Oh, any special kind of vacuum...maybe a Dyson?" I said, "Sure Santa, we'd love a Dyson" and Megan said, "a vacuum that picks up fuzz". How old is this kid? A camera and a vacuum? It sounds more like my wish list!
When we first got there, Megan was a little shy. I said "Say hi". She turned her head and Jake started waving at him like crazy. Then I put Megan on his lap and she warmed up to him. Jake was a little less enthusiastic once he got that close. We tried for a while to get him to smile for the picture, but alas, this was the best we could do. When I put him on the floor again, he smiled like crazy and babbled away to Santa. I guess he works better from afar. Megan told Santa that she wanted a camera. He said, "What kind of camera?" And she said, "the kind that takes pictures". Duh, Santa. She also told him she wanted a vacuum. Again, he said "Oh, any special kind of vacuum...maybe a Dyson?" I said, "Sure Santa, we'd love a Dyson" and Megan said, "a vacuum that picks up fuzz". How old is this kid? A camera and a vacuum? It sounds more like my wish list!
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