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Friday, January 20, 2012
A Picture and a Video
Mommy and Me Slippers
Paige and Puffs (this was probably her 4th time trying puffs and she still isn't much of a fan)
Paige and Puffs (this was probably her 4th time trying puffs and she still isn't much of a fan)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Not Feeling It
I have just not been feeling like blogging lately. Between the craziness of mornings, work, the craziness of supper time, bath time, bed time, I am just not feeling the blog. I have been terrible at taking pictures lately. Though, it is certainly not because I don't have the cutest little subjects of whom to take pictures! Hopefully the blogging energy will return!
We did have a fun time last weekend!
Friday night we stayed in and watched the movie Mr. Popper's Penguins. It was very cute, although I probably enjoyed it more than Luke. He kept asking where the penguins were and once they came on, he had sort of already moved on and started playing with his toys.
Paige had some 6-month pictures taken on Saturday morning. I was a little worried about how they were going to go since she had a terrible cough and a runny nose, but she did amazing - full of smiles!!! At first, I wasn't sure if Wally and Luke needed to come along, but I was so glad that they did. The main reason for all of those smiles was Luke! As long as Paige could see him, she was happy. :) I can't wait to see how the pictures turned out!
On Saturday afternoon, Wally and Luke headed to Musher Mania at the Monee Reservoir. There were dog sled demonstrations and other activities for the kids. I made Wally take a camera along to get a few pictures. They had a good time!
Ice bowling
After church on Sunday, we decided to go bowling. I called the bowling alley in downtown Frankfort to see if they had any open lanes and the owner said he was booked from 1:30-4:30, but if we came right now he could give us a deal. I had no idea what that really meant, and we had never been to this place before. So the bowling alley is in the upstairs part of an old building. When you walk through the door you walk in to this huge bar/billiards area. The owner was the only one there (we got there about 11:45 even though they didn't really open until 12) and he lead us through a door to the bowling alley - 6 lanes in a totally retrostyle area. It was so neat! Right away he gave us our shoes and a light ball for Luke and left the room. We had the place to ourselves - it was really cool! The guy came back in a little later and took Luke and I behind the lane to see how everything worked. I think he said everything was from 1957. It ended up being a really fun hour of private bowling. Luke really enjoyed himself and Paige slept through most of it. Thankfully I had my phone to take some pictures! (I am not sure if the videos are going to work or not for everyone...)
Wally and I were both off on Monday (thank you MLK). We headed to the daycare for a group picture and then we to Barnes & Noble to hang out. This is one of my favorite things to do with Luke when it is cold out, but Wally had never come with us before. We drank some mochas and hot chocolates and read some books and played with the train table. We ate lunch at Potbelly's and then headed home to relax for the rest of the day. Love those long weekends!!!
Hopefully it won't be so long between posts next time :) And I WILL change the header sometime this weekend - I must!
We did have a fun time last weekend!
Friday night we stayed in and watched the movie Mr. Popper's Penguins. It was very cute, although I probably enjoyed it more than Luke. He kept asking where the penguins were and once they came on, he had sort of already moved on and started playing with his toys.
Paige had some 6-month pictures taken on Saturday morning. I was a little worried about how they were going to go since she had a terrible cough and a runny nose, but she did amazing - full of smiles!!! At first, I wasn't sure if Wally and Luke needed to come along, but I was so glad that they did. The main reason for all of those smiles was Luke! As long as Paige could see him, she was happy. :) I can't wait to see how the pictures turned out!
On Saturday afternoon, Wally and Luke headed to Musher Mania at the Monee Reservoir. There were dog sled demonstrations and other activities for the kids. I made Wally take a camera along to get a few pictures. They had a good time!
Ice bowling
After church on Sunday, we decided to go bowling. I called the bowling alley in downtown Frankfort to see if they had any open lanes and the owner said he was booked from 1:30-4:30, but if we came right now he could give us a deal. I had no idea what that really meant, and we had never been to this place before. So the bowling alley is in the upstairs part of an old building. When you walk through the door you walk in to this huge bar/billiards area. The owner was the only one there (we got there about 11:45 even though they didn't really open until 12) and he lead us through a door to the bowling alley - 6 lanes in a totally retrostyle area. It was so neat! Right away he gave us our shoes and a light ball for Luke and left the room. We had the place to ourselves - it was really cool! The guy came back in a little later and took Luke and I behind the lane to see how everything worked. I think he said everything was from 1957. It ended up being a really fun hour of private bowling. Luke really enjoyed himself and Paige slept through most of it. Thankfully I had my phone to take some pictures! (I am not sure if the videos are going to work or not for everyone...)
Wally and I were both off on Monday (thank you MLK). We headed to the daycare for a group picture and then we to Barnes & Noble to hang out. This is one of my favorite things to do with Luke when it is cold out, but Wally had never come with us before. We drank some mochas and hot chocolates and read some books and played with the train table. We ate lunch at Potbelly's and then headed home to relax for the rest of the day. Love those long weekends!!!
Hopefully it won't be so long between posts next time :) And I WILL change the header sometime this weekend - I must!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hello
Saturday, January 7, 2012
50 Degrees in January...
requires a visit to the zoo! (all of these pics were from my Iphone - I got one for Christmas - yay!)
Llama Llama Lukey and Dadda (we love the Llama Llama books!)
Paige's first trip to the Brookfield Zoo!
Super close up :)
I believe the goal of the day was to see how many holes Luke could poke his head through!
Paige got in on this one!
And Daddy too!
Me and my baby girl :)
Our Little Roo
On a completely unrelated note - Paige had her 6 month checkup Friday morning and weighed in at 18 lbs. and 26 1/2 inches - 80th percentile for both!
Llama Llama Lukey and Dadda (we love the Llama Llama books!)
Paige's first trip to the Brookfield Zoo!
Super close up :)
I believe the goal of the day was to see how many holes Luke could poke his head through!
Paige got in on this one!
And Daddy too!
Me and my baby girl :)
Our Little Roo
On a completely unrelated note - Paige had her 6 month checkup Friday morning and weighed in at 18 lbs. and 26 1/2 inches - 80th percentile for both!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A New Year
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2012?!?!
Every year has been very good to our family, but 2011 was especially good since we welcomed our baby girl!
Wally and I celebrated the New Year at his cousin's wedding. It was fun to get dressed up and actually have plans, but I have to say at 12:01, I was ready for bed! While we were out, the kids celebrated an early New Year with Grammy and Papa enjoying some pizza, Lion King, and milkshakes.
This was our last planned trip back to LP for awhile. It will be nice to sort of hunker down at home for the next couple of months and have some visitors come out this way. (We will be making a trip at some point to meet Baby Templeton who will hopefully be joining the world VERY soon!)
Before we left town on Sunday, we stopped over at the Lenkaitis house to see how Miss Avery has grown and visit with Jes & Charlie.
Cute smile Avery; nice face Paige!
My kids don't look like they are related at all do they??? Ha!
We woke up Monday morning to some snow flurries. It was actually coming down pretty good for awhile and covered the ground. Luke of course wanted to get outside to play. I figured I would bundle Paige up to at least get a picture or two. You will be able to tell from the pictures that she wasn't very thrilled about being outside.
It was a little breezy and she didn't quite know how to handle it - check out that face or should I say those cheeks!!!
Getting a closer look at the snow!
It was a nice quiet day at home - Paige did some jumping and Luke did some painting!
Such a serious artist!
And I snuggled up with all 3 of my babies!
I headed back to work Tuesday and Wednesday and then it was date day for Wally and I today. We took the kids to daycare and headed to Oak Brook where we hit up the mall and one of our favorite restaurants, The Clubhouse.
Tomorrow Paige has her 6-month check up in the morning and then we are heading to Brookfield Zoo. We might as well enjoy this 50-degree weather in January because we know it won't last!
Have a great weekend!
Every year has been very good to our family, but 2011 was especially good since we welcomed our baby girl!
Wally and I celebrated the New Year at his cousin's wedding. It was fun to get dressed up and actually have plans, but I have to say at 12:01, I was ready for bed! While we were out, the kids celebrated an early New Year with Grammy and Papa enjoying some pizza, Lion King, and milkshakes.
This was our last planned trip back to LP for awhile. It will be nice to sort of hunker down at home for the next couple of months and have some visitors come out this way. (We will be making a trip at some point to meet Baby Templeton who will hopefully be joining the world VERY soon!)
Before we left town on Sunday, we stopped over at the Lenkaitis house to see how Miss Avery has grown and visit with Jes & Charlie.
Cute smile Avery; nice face Paige!
My kids don't look like they are related at all do they??? Ha!
We woke up Monday morning to some snow flurries. It was actually coming down pretty good for awhile and covered the ground. Luke of course wanted to get outside to play. I figured I would bundle Paige up to at least get a picture or two. You will be able to tell from the pictures that she wasn't very thrilled about being outside.
It was a little breezy and she didn't quite know how to handle it - check out that face or should I say those cheeks!!!
Getting a closer look at the snow!
It was a nice quiet day at home - Paige did some jumping and Luke did some painting!
Such a serious artist!
And I snuggled up with all 3 of my babies!
I headed back to work Tuesday and Wednesday and then it was date day for Wally and I today. We took the kids to daycare and headed to Oak Brook where we hit up the mall and one of our favorite restaurants, The Clubhouse.
Tomorrow Paige has her 6-month check up in the morning and then we are heading to Brookfield Zoo. We might as well enjoy this 50-degree weather in January because we know it won't last!
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
One Big Merry Christmas
I have so much Christmas to blog about so prepare yourself for one big long Christmas post!
After celebrating "Christmas morning" at our house, we headed to LP to be with our families for the rest of the Christmas weekend.
First up was Christmas Eve with the Zukowski's. We all went to 5 PM mass and then headed back to Grandma & Grandpa's for dinner and fun.
We took a few pictures and then...
we had a very special visitor!
This was Luke's face when he saw Santa at the door!
Luke led Santa into the house. He sat right next to him and listened to Santa read off all of the people that were on the "nice" list. He mentioned all of our names and when he was done, Luke asked, "Santa, what about the dogs?" It was about the cutest thing ever!
Luke opened his present from Santa which was Smokey the Fire Truck - exactly what he had asked for at our "Lunch with Santa". Santa is good!
Paige wasn't really having it. She was due to eat, but I made her wait because I knew Santa was coming.
Santa was followed by dinner, present opening, and the annual Bingo and dice game! Then we headed back to Grammy & Papa's for a good night's rest and some more Christmas the next day!
We woke up to this!
Luke opened his presents but then we waited for Aunt Carly to get there to open the rest. As a first year nurse, she had to work the holidays. She got off at 7 AM on Christmas Day and immediately made the drive down from Madison.
Luke played with his Transformers playdoh set while we waited.
Two happy kids!
I love this picture!
Checking out the ornaments with Michael.
We headed to Wally's Grandma Hylla's around noon for lunch. It is always crazy there - lots of cousins and lots of kids and babies. It was a nice time!
Then we headed to my grandparents house to open presents and visit. My Aunt Heidi and her boys weren't there this year so it was kind of quiet, but still fun!
Love this girlie's smile :)
We asked Luke to smile and this is what we got - silly boy!
Opening her presents!
And our final stop of the day was at Aunt Kathy's for Kohr Christmas! Luke fell asleep in the car and remained asleep on Kathy's bed for about 2 hours. It was for the best!
A lot of our time at Kathy's for family gatherings are spent around the island full of food!
We got our present opening spots!
It is always a bit crazy opening presents there, but so much fun!
Like father...
like son!
Brooklyn and Luke
This one cracks me up. "Brooklyn are you looking? I have my fake smile all ready to go!"
Just missing the babies :(
Carly & SIL :)
Ben and his besties!
Papa always has the magic touch!
Hey!
Dangerous Pair #1
Dangerous Pair #2
Playing :)
Trouble!
Sophia and Luke - best pals by the end of the night!
The girls (minus Kara and Paige)
The guys (minus Matt, Casey, and Baby Jack)
Overall it was a wonderful Christmas weekend. We are always running around everywhere, but I remind myself that it is 2 days out of the year and we are with family so it is all worth it!
After celebrating "Christmas morning" at our house, we headed to LP to be with our families for the rest of the Christmas weekend.
First up was Christmas Eve with the Zukowski's. We all went to 5 PM mass and then headed back to Grandma & Grandpa's for dinner and fun.
We took a few pictures and then...
we had a very special visitor!
This was Luke's face when he saw Santa at the door!
Luke led Santa into the house. He sat right next to him and listened to Santa read off all of the people that were on the "nice" list. He mentioned all of our names and when he was done, Luke asked, "Santa, what about the dogs?" It was about the cutest thing ever!
Luke opened his present from Santa which was Smokey the Fire Truck - exactly what he had asked for at our "Lunch with Santa". Santa is good!
Paige wasn't really having it. She was due to eat, but I made her wait because I knew Santa was coming.
Santa was followed by dinner, present opening, and the annual Bingo and dice game! Then we headed back to Grammy & Papa's for a good night's rest and some more Christmas the next day!
We woke up to this!
Luke opened his presents but then we waited for Aunt Carly to get there to open the rest. As a first year nurse, she had to work the holidays. She got off at 7 AM on Christmas Day and immediately made the drive down from Madison.
Luke played with his Transformers playdoh set while we waited.
Two happy kids!
I love this picture!
Checking out the ornaments with Michael.
We headed to Wally's Grandma Hylla's around noon for lunch. It is always crazy there - lots of cousins and lots of kids and babies. It was a nice time!
Then we headed to my grandparents house to open presents and visit. My Aunt Heidi and her boys weren't there this year so it was kind of quiet, but still fun!
Love this girlie's smile :)
We asked Luke to smile and this is what we got - silly boy!
Opening her presents!
And our final stop of the day was at Aunt Kathy's for Kohr Christmas! Luke fell asleep in the car and remained asleep on Kathy's bed for about 2 hours. It was for the best!
A lot of our time at Kathy's for family gatherings are spent around the island full of food!
We got our present opening spots!
It is always a bit crazy opening presents there, but so much fun!
Like father...
like son!
Brooklyn and Luke
This one cracks me up. "Brooklyn are you looking? I have my fake smile all ready to go!"
Just missing the babies :(
Carly & SIL :)
Ben and his besties!
Papa always has the magic touch!
Hey!
Dangerous Pair #1
Dangerous Pair #2
Playing :)
Trouble!
Sophia and Luke - best pals by the end of the night!
The girls (minus Kara and Paige)
The guys (minus Matt, Casey, and Baby Jack)
Overall it was a wonderful Christmas weekend. We are always running around everywhere, but I remind myself that it is 2 days out of the year and we are with family so it is all worth it!
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