The Boogers

OK, I'm not being disgusting.  It's the name of the kid's rock band!  Really! 

We took the kids to see The Boogers yesterday.  M was a little shy at first but, man, when this girl lets her hair down she knows how to have a good time on the dance floor.  She was even doing hand stand kicks.  Yeah, you heard me.  Hand stand kicks.  I don't know where that came from but it was awesome (and, no kids were hurt during this dance time).  Her strange dance reminded me of a girl who for some unknown reason decided it would be a good idea to do the worm dance at our wedding so I have to admit I am a wee bit worried.   Worries aside, she had a blast dancing and we had a blast watching her (and listening to the band....they were fun!).  Even ARose got into the groove..dancing on my lap!

Check out this rocker hairdo that she got at the concert. Cool, huh!

Eleven Years

And counting my blessings!  I know it is such a cliche but really ....where does the time go?  It seems like just yesterday that I moved to Atlanta after undergrad and the nephew of my aunt's good friend (and neighbor) offered to show me around the big city to help me adjust to the move.  How thoughtful of him, right!  11 wonderful, fun-filled, exciting years...and 2 kiddos later.  Happy Anniversary my love! 

Mudroom, almost there....

What's Missing?

After weeks of wiggling, it finally happened while eating sausage pizza Saturday night!  She turned into a crazy kid (in a good kind of way) for the rest of the night.  She put herself to bed without any fuss at all...imagine that:-)  The tooth fairy was kind to her---a whole dollar.  I know the tooth fairy has been more generous to some of her other friends, but oh well.  She'll survive, right! She was excited to purchase a journal at the dollar store.  She is going to author a book while her best buddies are going to illustrate it....that's her goal!

Fall Leaves

I was greeted with these lovely leaves tonight as I entered the door.  Mia picked them especially for me on her walk home from school. Awwww, I have the sweetest little girl!

Museum and a Date

Science and Industry Museum with the kiddos during the day yesterday, date with my hubby at night.  It was a fun-filled, exhausting day for sure.  M was able to take her two best buddies to the museum so she was in heaven.

Chris and I then tried Revolution Brewery in Logan Square.  It was a cool place.  The bar was really nice.  I loved the light fixtures (can you tell?  I have a weird fixation with light fixtures.).  The beer selection seemed nice (but I'm not a beer drinker so I can't really comment on that).  Chris tried four of their house beers and really liked them all except for the bourbon barrel beer one which kicked his tail.  We had heard that the wait was really bad....and it was!  We were told 45 to an hour wait.   It ended up being double that.  The food was good, but in my view doesn't really compare with the other gastropubs around town.  If I were comparing it to a typical bar, I'd say the food was great.  Hail to the mussels though.....the best and plumpest I've ever had. 

Happy Halloween

Garden Goodness

Doesn't this just scream Fall? 

Have I mentioned before that I love gardens.  Our garden this year was an absolute winner for us.  Each year we are getting better and better at figuring out what grows well here in this climate and where to situate the plants, etc.  It's not perfect yet.   But we are on our way.  One item that we know we are adding next year is garlic.  We are told that you simply plant garlic bulbs in the fall before the frost.  We will see what it does.    The garden ended up being somewhat of a community garden that we gave to friends and neighbors since we produced more than we could keep up with.  The garden may be gone now but we will have plenty of goodies from our garden for months to come.  This is just one example!!  Yum!

Halloween School Parties

Yesterday was our first Halloween at Irving. Our first parade around the building. Even Arose joined in on the festivities by walking around the block. Our first classroom party. My first lunchroom duty during M's lunch time period. We then rounded out the day with Arose's party at Big Mike and Ms Alice's. Each year we are treated to witches brew by Ms Alice---which is (secretly) my favorite! We had a great time and we all crashed from the sugar high before our normal bedtimes! Fun day!!

Irving

Big Mike and Ms Alice