Frozen Blueberries

I gave them both frozen wild blueberries as desert. Guess who was eating with their fingers??

Imitating her brother's pose.

Grandma Bart, Grandma Kiki and Aunt Kathy visit (5/28-6/1)

We had a wonderful long weekend visit from Grandpa Bart, Grandma Kiki and Aunt Kathy. We went to the Royals/Cubs game on Friday and had passes to go down on the field! Luckily the weather held on Friday, but Saturday was a rainy yucky day - but we get a little stir crazy all in the house these days so we filled up the van and off we went. We took the quick drive down to Garfield Conservatory to look at the plans. Surprisingly Lillian cried the whole ride - which she almost never does. When we pulled her out we found out why - she was a MESS. She had pooped everywhere. That magic poop that works around diapers and through clothes and into everything. Somehow Alan and I were caught completely unprepared, like rookies we had left the house with NO WET WHIPES! We had a dramatic cleanup in the back of the van and Lillian ended up shedding some filthy clothing. After the hour at the conservatory, Lillian napped; Grandpa Bart, Grandma Kiki, Aunt Kathy and Simon played; and Alan and Emily washed car seats. It was intense. Happily Sunday was much more low key with lots of tickles, books and laughs.  Another great visit!

Apparently Simon is ticklish! 

Snuggles with Grandma Kiki.

Story time!

Dr Kathy was in!

He can see behind him!

Trying on Kathy's shoes!

Simon's Hearing Test

As a final chapter to the Tonsil/Adenoid/Tube adventure Simon had a hearing test and doctor followup 6 weeks after his surgery. He is hearing perfectly which is absolutely great new. 

Guess where the TV is?
Most of the waiting room time was spent playing, not watching, but I thought this was cute.

Can you hear the beep?

Asked to smile before the test - I got this instead.

Checking for beeps in another way.

First Baseball Game of 2015: Cubs vs Royals

Aunt Kathy came into town this weekend while Grandpa Bart and Grandma Kiki were visiting. We all went to a baseball game: Cubs vs Royals. Kathy brought Simon a Royals tshirt which he wore under his cubs jersey! We got VIP tickets to see batting practice on the field, but unfortunately batting practice was rained out. Game was still on and they still went on the field though! It was a great game with everyone having a blast! Simon was really tired (the adults might have been as well!) and we left the game when it was tied 4-4 in the 7th inning.

Headed to the game!

At the Ernie Banks statue.

Whole group right as we arrived.

ON THE FIELD!!

Watching the game.

Building Furniture

Simon practices using the drill. 

Memorial Day 2015

Memorial Day we went to Vickie and Joseph's house. Lillian loved the train and giving Maddie 'Baby!' hugs (which pretty much looked like she was strangling her but came from a place of love). Simon spent tons of time running back and forth and just hanging out.  It was a great time for all! Meant to get a family picture but just forgot to do it!

Visiting the Delaneys' at Epic

We went on a road trip to Madison on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Because we're crazy we decided to go there and back on the same day which is 6 hours in a car (3 hours each way). The kids were amazing - there was only about a 20 minute melt down for Lillian on the way home when she got woken up from her nap and after a few minutes in we realized we hadn't fed her dinner (she eats dinner usually around 4, before the rest of us).  It took us the next 15 minutes to convince her she really did want to eat and then she was happy Lillian again. We spent the car rides both ways listening to music and looking out the window. Lillian made Digit the Piglet dance along with some songs and we all had fun. Simon spent about 20 minutes of quiet time (while Lillian napped) listening to his own music on his headphones and looking out the window.

We spent 4 hours in Madison with Chris, Erika, Casey (8) and Darby (6). Simon LOVED playing with the boys. Lillian was a bit too little to keep up but she tried hard to do so! Though we didn't get to do much catching up due to kid chasing, it was nice just to hang out with Chris and Erika.  We actually spent the day at Chris's workplace - EPIC. It was amazing. There was a small beach and huge, perfectly manicured lawns. Lillian wondered probably further than she has been from adult supervision in her whole life! It was a great day that will hopefully be repeated in the near future.

Left to Right: Darby (6), Simon (4), Casey (8), Lillian (1.5)

That is a fake duck. They spent 10 minute trying to coax it to come closer.

This is Chris's WORK. That's us up on the balcony. Kids were swimming in the water.

Still Chris's Work - perfect grass. We ate, played ball and generally had a blast running around.

Little does Lillian know that Chris just gave her Orange/Banana JUICE.

Yeah, she likes it.