Showers of blessings...

Last weekend we spent a lot of time out in Tinley - my cousin Amanda is getting married and a lot of family came to town for her bridal shower. I didn't get a lot of pictures (I was having too much fun!), but here are a few.

Aunt Elaine and Amanda

Nate and Aidan playing bean bags

Mom and Amanda

My cousin Lori and her daughter Anna

Kevin and Aidan

My cousin Debra, her daughter Abigail and my Uncle Harry (in from California)

I didn't get a picture of Amanda and Joe (but I will soon - I am doing their engagement pictures next weekend!)...but this is Aidan and Ian. Ian is Joe's son - Aidan thinks he is sooo cool!

We had Mark/Cindy/Mary and Ken/Jackie from Michigan, Liz & Maddie, Uncle Dave from Connecticut, Lori & Anna from Indiana and Uncle Harry from California all in town for the weekend - it is always a good time when everyone is in town!

The shower was really nice and Amanda got some really nice things. Congrats to Amanda and Joe - we are looking forward to the wedding!

Abigail and Lucas

My cousin Debra had Abigail 3 months after Lucas was born - she's already as big as him!

Uncle Harry (Grandpa to Abigail) was in town this week. I know my mom has really enjoyed spending time with her brother and I'm sure he was glad to spend some quality time with his grandbaby!

Squid!

Aidan wanted to make a new decoration for his bedroom door...so we painted squids!

He was so proud!

So happy Chloe is home...

Aidan is so happy to have Chloe back home...he loves to snuggle with her, give her treats and he even fills her water/food dishes. Now if only I could teach him to scoop poop...

Aidan is looking so old to me these days. It was report card week last week at school…sigh….I wept. I honestly wept. I wonder, do all the preschool teachers out there know how exciting it is to get our child’s first report card? We get so excited to see how they are excelling in their first try out in the real world…well, when Nathan got home we figured out I was reading the report card wrong …duh….he had actually improved in most areas!

There is definitely some room for improvement with my little guy, especially in the self-control department. He won’t show off how well he knows his letters or his counting (although at home he sings the alphabet and says “hey Mom, you drew a “K” all day long…). But overall I am so proud of my little man – he’s growing up so fast. Slow down little guy, you’ve got the rest of your life to be big, k?

In other Aidan news – Aidan got moved up in his soccer class – he’s with some older kids now and I can’t believe how he has improved. I think he has a little crush on Coach Amber…

He also started t-ball this week. He was a little shy/nervous about his first day, which is so unlike him! But once Coach Chris showed him a few things he was having a great time. His buddy from school, Kai, is on his team, so that makes it a little more exciting for him.

Lastly, he had some awesome comments this past week that I want to remember...
After he stole a toy away from Lucas (and probably conked him on the head with it) his response to me was "well mom, you shouldn't have left me alone with him!"

When Nate and I were having a "spirited discussion" in the car he said "Stop fighting you guys, or I'm going to start acting just like you!"

Decorating for Easter...

We decorated the door for Easter...

Some our finest handiwork...

Nate even got involved!

Great job on the border Aidan!

me just showing off my skilz...lol

Garfield Park Conservatory

So yesterday I was determined to find some sort of Spring in Chicago...so off we went to the Garfield Park Conservatory...if you have never been there I highly recommend it. They have a great area for kids to play as well...and the best part, it's FREE! Where in Chicago do you find that? I mean, completely free? Even parking!

It definately looked and smelled like Spring in there...

And the kids got to play in dirt...life doesn't get much better than that...

and we got to see turtles...

Overall, it was fun hanging out with Amy and Vivienne and we enjoyed pretending for a while that we had some nice weather in Chicago. Today is supposed to be in the 60's...but storming...of course. But I think we'll make the most of it and get our rain boots on and play in the puddles! As Aidan often reminds me "Mom, that's what boys do!"