Marching Band

We had our friends Sara & Keith over along with my sister-in-law, Dana and my niece and nephew a few Friday nights ago. The kids had a great time together and end up creating their own band, what fun!

Movie in the Park

Everyone hanging out before the movie began

The boys

A few weeks ago our neighbors invited us downtown Naperville for a movie in the park. We got pizzas, blankets, and treats and headed out. The evening ended up being a beautiful night weather wise. There were very few people there which surprised us. We got there, ate pizza and then headed to the nearby park until it was dusk. We enjoyed the movie The Incredibles under the stars. All of the kids loved it and almost everyone stayed awake for the entire movie. What a great memory!

Trip to the Museum?

So one afternoon the boys were playing upstairs and it seemed unusally quiet so I went up to check on them...this is what I found, too cute!

First Day of "4's" Preschool

In his classroom

Cutting out his name on triangles, he's actually pretty good at cutting!

Chase and Ms. Janet

Climbing the tree outside of school, I think this is an after school ritual!

Wednesday was Chase's first day of preschool. He was pretty excited and so was I. I'm so thrilled that he is in the same school, same classroom, and with the same teachers as last year. He was very comfortable about going, even waking up with a smile and saying, " I get to go to school today!" He will be going 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours a day. I hope that he not only grows socially but also academically as well. I definitely think he is in the right place!

Lindsay's Shower

All of the girls

This weekend I went to my girlfriend Lindsay's baby shower. She was in from London for the last time before the baby is born. It was just a small gathering of good friends. We had a great time talking and catching up. Out of the 9 girls in this picture, 4 of them are expecting! I can't wait to meet all of the new additions!

Chase's First Bears Game

At home with mom, cheering on the Bears

Dylan, Charlie, Blake & Chase

Chase & Charlie

Saturday night Blake took Chase to his first Bears game. They had the whole "experience"-tail gating, seeing the players run in through the "bubble" as Chase called it, and about a million questions about all that he was seeing. Although the game wasn't much to watch, I think it was great for the two of them to begin to form the sports bond that I'm sure they'll have forever.

"Hockey" Class

Getting skates on with Dad

Being silly

At his lesson

Chase and Anthony

So after much discussion, we signed Chase up for a learn to skate class. His good buddy Anthony, from Cathy's house and preschool, was doing it too so we figured Chase would like it. This Saturday was his second week and he is doing pretty good. He's very excited to go and can stand and move down the ice better than we expected. We talked that we hope this develops a skill versus a passion, hockey is so expensive!!