Mixed Prints Life

This past weekend, we visited our friends, Bethany & Erik down in southern Illinois. As his birthday present, we also brought along my nephew, Jonathan, to hang out with their boys, Parker & Kent. The drive on Friday night was…interesting! Charlie refused to sleep, Jonathan experienced some night terrors, and asked “Are we there yet?” 27 times in the first… View Post

We had a fairly low-key Mother’s Day weekend. On Saturday, we did the Groovin’ in the Grove 5k (walked as a family) and then headed to dinner at Outback Steakhouse with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Dan, Aunt Sara, and baby cousin-in-utero. On Sunday, we relaxed, played at Pilcher Park (Joliet) & walked through the botanic gardens and greenhouse. We enjoyed great… View Post

Sniff, Sniff! Our class came and went too quickly! We had a great time exploring nature, playing, finding new friends and meeting animals. Charlie did wonderfully!

perfectly baked rainbow cupcakes the first time….

Today was all about dirt, mud, bugs, snakes & the greenhouse! Charlie enjoyed the dirt, not so much the mud, played with a bumblebee puppet, touched a Boa constrictor, made a plant, and danced with the instruments. This was probably one of his favorite days!!!

That he participated in! (sort of) We headed to our nephews’ (David – Mariners & Jonathan – Cardinals) baseball parade. Jim helped out by walking with Jonathan’s team and picked up Charlie along the way!

With May just around the corner, I thought I’d post some goals for our family during the period of time between May 1st and August 31st. 1. Enjoy nature in some way at least once per week (this does NOT include walking to and from our cars!!!)2. Take a trip to the Morton Arboretum3. Take a trip to the Shedd… View Post

At Seedlings today, we talked about and played with one of Charlie’s favorite things – Birds! He met a chicken, a baby chick, and played in flaxseed (HIS FAVORITE PART!) He also tried escaping a few times….little punk! Messing with the flaxseed… Playing with Lainey in a bird’s nest…Petting the chicken!Unhappy.

We went to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa today (Daddy’s mom & dad). It was loads of fun! Your most favorite part was running around with the goats – your first time officially meeting them on your own! You refused to sleep, you wanted to walk everywhere (which takes quite a bit of TIME!) and you stepped on many… View Post