Chicago visit

We went to Chicago to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday. He had no idea we were coming so it was a lot of fun to surprise him! We even threw him a Big Surprise party which was yet another suprise for him! I'll post some of those pictures soon.

At the Legoland Discovery Center:





At the Chicago Children's Museum:

Playing in the snow:

Our new friend:

Ethan- sledding down the hill:

Ethan's 2008 Holiday Program (rehearsal)

Ethan's Holiday Program was scheduled for Dec 12th but since we were in Chicago on that date, we made arrangements with his teachers to come and watch a rehearsal instead. The kids were so cute even if they weren't all dressed up in their Holiday outfits! And these kids have some hip dance moves, huh? Check it out.

Smores and more smores

One night we decided to make smores - indoors! The funniest part was that the kids ended up liking each ingredient by itself, not all melted together:

Turkey Day 2008

Here are some pix from Thanksgiving, held at our home:

Carla and Maggie

Some of the men playing a manly game of Hungry Hungry Hippos

Halloween 2008

I know its almost the New Year but I wanted to post a few pictures from Halloween. Zoe was Ariel the Little Mermaid and Ethan was...um...guess? Yup, Spiderman. Spiderman was pumping iron all year because he was buffed this year.

Ballet class

Zoe and I also took a Mommy and Me Ballet class which she seemed to enjoy. She was the youngest kid and couldn't pay attention thru the entire class. She probably focused for 15 minutes of the 30 min class but looked so adorable in her little outfit.

On one of the last days of her class, the class had a little performance and got to wear their Halloween costumes to class. Zoe was a mermaid for Halloween:

Karate class

Sorry it has taken me so long to update the blog - time just flies! Anyway, Ethan took a karate class and here are a few pictures of him. He loved it and after the holidays, we'll probably sign him up again. He even tested for his first belt. He went from an all white belt (shown here) to a white belt with a black stripe thru it.