Family at Disney!

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Visiting the Brookfield Zoo

We had a wonderful time visiting the zoo with the Block Family on May 7th. We celebrated Natalie's friend Darwin's 2nd birthday. There was cake and presents! Natalie's favorite part of the zoo was watching the polar bear swim and also riding on the merry-go-round. We were there for almost four hours and we still only saw a small part of what the zoo has to offer! Good thing we have a membership and we can go back soon! We still would like to visit the Children's Zoo and the Ray's and see the penguins and the dolphin show! I think the zoo is going to be a big part of our summer!

Wonderful Easter Weekend

We had just a wonderful Easter weekend. Natalie loved the Easter Egg hunts, and all the running around outside. It was a teeny bit chilly Easter morning, but still nice weather to be in the backyard looking for eggs. Kevin and I started out the weekend Friday night with a super fun Jonathan Coulton concert down at the Park West in Lincoln Park. Then bright and early on Saturday morning we took Natalie to an egg hunt at Mariano's supermarket where she got to meet "The Big Bunny". Then she got to go downtown with her Grandma and Papa to a birthday party at the Gymboree while Kevin and I took a much needed nap. Then everyone gathered for Mexican food at Pepe's Saturday Night. Sunday morning Natalie hunted for eggs at our house and then in Grandma and Papa's backyard. Then we went to Dawn's house for a nice Easter dinner where Natalie got to play with her big cousin Jessica. All in all, a lovely few days. We are so blessed.

Easter Egg Hunt

Spring is almost here!

Today was an absolutely beautiful Spring day. We took Natalie on a walk, we played on the swing, she went down her slide numerous times and we practiced hunting eggs for Easter. Here are a few photos I took during the late afternoon. We had just gotten home from Cousin Connor's birthday party where she received bubbles in her party swag bag.

Rolie Polie Olie

Well, we just finished watching Rolie Polie Olie and the baby bots for the hundredth time. Natalie requests this video every morning. She thinks it is hilarious. 21 month old senses of humor are interesting. I am amused that is has a character called the pirate of pleasure.