Boo at the Zoo

Last Sunday we made our first visit to Boo at the Zoo at Brookfield Zoo and Grandma & Grandpa joined us!



This year we have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle - Leonardo specifically - and a Foofa (from Yo Gabba Gabba)!



As usual, Luke was the leader!



Foofa made herself comfortable while we got some lunch!



Love this turtle boy!





We didn't quite make it in time to participate in the parade, but we were in a great spot to watch it, which was actually probably more fun anyways. We saw so many cute costumes! And the cheerleaders leading the parade even stopped right in front of us to do a quick mount!



Paige wasn't too sure of all of this at first!



But she came around and started waving to everyone! She makes such a cute Foofa and I have to say we didn't see one other Foofa there (but the Turtles were very popular this year!).







Super cute pic!!!



I love this one of us - we didn't even tell Paige to make a funny face and Luke's pose is perfect!



As you know from previous posts, my kids can't get enough of this stuff!







This one is the best though :)



We had a lot of fun checking out the monkeys on this trip!





The decorations were fabulous at the zoo!



We ended our visit with the kids favorite animal!



This was our first time at Boo at the Zoo but definitely not our last!

Pictures, Horses, Fire and the Park

As the title indicates, we had a weekend full of lots of different things a few weeks back.

Our Saturday morning started off with having some holiday pictures taken. The kids both did so good so I am hoping for some super cute pics!

We rewarded (bribed) both kids with a new small toy so we made a stop for that after pictures. After lunch, a nap for Paige, and some rocking out to Rock Band,



we headed to our local fire department's open house.









Paige absolutely refused to go in the truck!



Then we headed to church followed by a night at the races at Balmoral Park!

Just before we left, we all picked a random number horse and placed a bet. Here they are cheering on their horses!

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Luke was the big winner with his horse coming in 2nd place. He won $1.20 and you would have thought he won $1.2 million! He was much more excited about the 2 shiny dimes than the dollar bill :)

The next morning was super low key, but it was a beautiful day so we decided to head out to another fire station open house. This one was in Homewood (where I work). They were having a live burn demonstration that we thought would be neat to see.

It doesn't take long for the fire to spread - scary!



Once again, Paige refused to get in the truck!



After our visit at the fire station, we headed to a park for a picnic and to enjoy the beautiful weather!





















 These weekends full of randomness are usually the best ones!

Golf Banquet 2013

This week we celebrated the end of golf season with Wally at the golf team's banquet. 

This is the first time both kids have gone to a banquet and they were so well-behaved!  I had several parents come up to me at the end and comment on how good the kids were.  There is nothing better than hearing that from other parents!

There is also nothing better than hearing how appreciative the parents are of Wally and the time he has spent with their kids this season.

The Seniors


The Juniors

A little coach "roasting"!

The 2013 Andrew Varsity Boys Golf Team

Future Andrew golfer???

Paige was taking pictures too!


Here is some of her photography :)

Another season in the books!

Wordless Wednesday {Phone Pics}

Snowman jammies in the Fall - why not?



















And finally looking like Fall/Halloween outside our home!

Bears Sunday

My parents and sister came over a couple of Sundays ago to watch the Bears game.

It was a Sunday funday where these two did a lot of hand holding :)





 Or maybe Paige was dragging Fiona along and Fi was actually ok with it!







And there is always a kiss with these two!



Fiona is getting so big :)



And the best picture that these 5 have ever taken - it's a miracle!