The Weekend Wrap-up

Cubs Day
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Last Friday was Cubs & Sox day at Megan's school. We went shopping for a t-shirt at Target and they only had them in the boys section. So, I held up the shirt in the photo and a White Sox shirt that was plain black with white letters. Megan loves black. But, she must love her uncle Jimmy even more because she said, "I like the black one, but Uncle Jimmy really likes the Cubs". So, she picked the gray shirt. She was getting dressed on Friday morning and put on that shirt with a pair of jeans and said, "I look like a boy". So, back to the drawing board. I found a pair of red pants and we fixed up her hair with all kinds of accessories to "girl it up". She was happy with that.

On Saturday, I finished my last pre-marathon long run with my group and then we headed up to the cottage in Wisconsin. We brought our neighbor, Francesca, with us. Megan was psyched. We did a little yard work and then headed over to the Apple Barn for a hay ride and apple picking.



We bought some fresh apple cider and some fresh donuts (a good snack before dinner). They played on an old fire truck and listened to some acoustic guitar and played in the tree maze before we had to drag them out of there!



That night, we had a campfire and roasted marshmallows. Or as Francesca said, "Can we burn marshmallows now?" We went into town in the morning for a big breakfast, followed by a boat ride on the lake.....



.....before heading back to Chicago. All in all, a fun weekend.

On a different note, Jake loves Dancing with the Stars just like his sister. If he's upstairs and hears the intro music, he stops what he's doing and says, "Dance stars!!!" Here's a photo of some of his moves:



The only problem with that show is they get really wound up right before they should be going to bed. The other day, I was talking on the phone and Darin was at the gym and the kids decided to start jumping from the ottoman to the couch. Jake was a bit tentative since there was about a foot between the two. I told them to stop and that they were going to hurt themselves. Didn't matter. Megan stood on the floor between the couch and ottoman and Jake jumped right into her. She thought she helped "catch him". Then she made the mistake of sitting on the couch and telling Jake to jump to her. I knew this was bad news, but before I could get over there to stop them, Jake jumped. He hit his chin on her head and the sound was terrible. Megan was crying like crazy and I picked her up to rub her head while Jake stood next to us with his finger pointed at her saying, "Told you, Megan". What a nice guy, huh?