We loaded up the minivan and headed to Chicago, better known as 'Cago according to the kids, last weekend. We had a cooler chock full of Capri Suns, grapes, pineapple, cheese and a grocery bag full of a variety of snacks. We picked the kids up after a lunch to hit the road. Despite having just eaten lunch at school, mommy spent the first hour with her neck cranked and arms in the back seats handing out snacks and drinks to Nate and Tessa who insisted they were "just starving." It was mostly the novelty of the plethora of special snacks that are more often deemed special and even sometimes illegal. Have any of you ever witnessed these kids sucking down a juice box in record speed? It's pretty impressive. Anyways, it was proving to potentially be a very, very long drive. A couple movies later, a long nap for Tessa, and only an hour away from our destination did we have to start to hear the complaints that "it takes forever to get to 'Cago" and that Nate's "legs were going to fall off." Needless to say, Troy and I do not think that we'll ever be road tripping to Florida or out west with this bunch despite special snacks and the luxury of DVD players.
We went to visit Lisa, JT, Katie(4) and Sam(18mos)...finally! Busy schedules and fevers have postponed this trip a couple different times. It was a great weekend. Even though there was still snow on the ground the weather was awesomely springy. We had a hard time keeping the kid's coats on them. We played in Katie and Sam's bounce house, went to the park, and went to a fantastically fun place called Make a Messterpiece. At MAM, Katie and Nate got to run around on the jungle gym, make Banana Sushi in a kitchen class (sounds gross, I know) and do some drum painting that was really, really messy and fun! Saturday night Katie and Sam's very special babysitter, Mimi, came to corral and entertain the kiddos while the big kids went out on the town. Of note, mom managed to bowl a lifetime best 163 on Saturday night! We're considering a King Pin tour to hustle for college money for the kids.
Katie and Nate playing on the sand table.
Sam and Tessa at the park.
Tessa and Kate swinging at the park.
Katie and Nate all dressed to go drum painting.
Katie and Nate all splattered with paint!
Chef Katie and Chef Nate making Banana Sushi.
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