Family Road Trip

We packed up the truck on Thursday night and headed to Indianapolis for a quick family getaway. We didn't get into Indy until after 2:30 am due to a horrible 90 minute detour, but after a few (short) hours of sleep we seized the weekend and had a blast visiting the zoo, Children's Museum, some family and even some of Joe's high school friends. We had lots of yummy meals and burned off the calories with lots and lots of walking and chasing after the kids.

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to meet up with us! It was a wonderful trip and my first time to Indianapolis, I really liked the city and will definitely visit again. 

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Happy Easter 2009!

Easter egg hunt and visit with the Easter Bunny at the Sportsmen's Club with Joe's family.






Dylan was a little apprehensive about approaching the bunny, but finally gave him a high five and was fine after that.

Matthew couldn't wait to meet him! He wasn't scared at all. Unlike Dylan at about the same age.

Hunting for eggs Easter morning (at 6:30am!)

Springtime!

Look how fast Dylan's "garden" has grown in just three weeks! I'll be planting the peat pots into the backyard soon, can't wait to see if we will get some yummy vegetables in a few weeks (months?). We are also planting our own pumpkins this year. It will fun to watch them grow!

Chicago is a great city for sports, especially baseball - check out the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza.
Joe and I have always been Cubs fans, but recently Dylan pronounced his preference for the White Sox. I couldn't believe it. He will only wear a Sox cap. Too funny, I mean, who is raising this kid?! I got to the bottom of it and found out that his day care teachers are die-hard Sox fans, as well as his little buddy Eric. Talk about peer pressure! I think it is great that he has strong opinions about something, even if it is for the Sox!

Dylan and Joe decorated the Easter eggs this year. I was too pooped to participate. They did a great job! We did a marble effect and tie-dye with glitter. As Joe said in his Facebook status today, it probably wasn't a good idea to decorate Easter eggs with a 4 year old using glitter, especially in a newly renovated kitchen. And especially without mom around.

One of his friends called glitter "the herpes of craft supplies". Hilarious!

Happy Easter everyone! 

Chef Dylan hard at work..and an 18 week belly shot.

Dylan has been talking about making fruit salad for a few weeks, so I finally got all the ingredients (he was very specific about which fruits make up a fruit salad!) and we got busy on Saturday. He loves to cut up stuff. The salad was delish! 

We had it for breakfast with a side of "magic" oatmeal,  which is oatmeal with sprinkles on it.

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Saturday night was also pizza night! It is usually on Fridays, but since it is Lent we did it on Saturday so that Joe could get his favorite ingredient - sausage!
It is amazing how inexpensive and easy it is to make pizza. I used the Jiffy pizza dough mix and it was seriously so easy. I also use Pillsbury pizza dough, but I think I like the Jiffy stuff better.
Toppings this time were, sausage & pepperoni; mushrooms, onions & goat cheese; pepperoni and pineapple. 3 pizzas for under $10!

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I couldn't resist adding this picture of happy Matthew. He is almost 17 months old!

Check back in a few days to see our Easter egg creations!