Fall 2010 - almost caught up!!

Avery is 11 on October 11th, her golden birthday

Avery and her friends (plus Nora) getting ready for laser tag

Brady is 13 on Oct 24th

We officially have a teenager. Thanks to all of you who wrote special letters to Brady. We presented him with his book and he was quite overwhelmed. It will definitely be a special keepsake for him.

Brady and his crew of friends (oh, and Nora's there too, of course) at his sleepover party

Fall birthday parties are big at our house with Avery and Brady having birthdays in the same month. Avery had her friend party at Chaser's Laser Tag and Brady invited 9 friends from the 7th grade to sleepover, eat pizza, play video games and drain the fridge in the basement dry of soda. There wasn't much 'sleep' happening at that sleepover.

Looking back - part II

Here are some more snapshots of the last year...

Nora and Daddy at the last day of preschool party

Brady and Nora at the air and water show

The Blue Angels at the Chicago Air/Water show (our annual tradition)

B, A and N at the Jumpers airstrip in Hinckley, IL (also an annual trip!) - yes, Brady is much taller here than 6 months ago. :)

All the crazy kids with Scott waiting for the sky divers to parachute down

Looking back - part I

In no particular order, certainly not chronological or with tags/captions, here are a few things that happened in 2010...

MaMa visits in May for a dance recital and piano recital

Avery at her first piano recital


Avery - Recorder concert for 4th grade at school

Mother's Day 2010

Nora - at her dance recital (ballet/tap)

Really, this is the back to school pic...

Nora - Kindergarten, Avery - 5th grade and Brady - 7th grade

Back to school again

Guess what - the kids went back to school...again! Maybe I should just call this the "school days" blog. That way I don't have to feel guilty when I don't post anything for an ENTIRE YEAR. :)

(BTW - this isn't even a back to school pic. Just some random spring break picture that I found quickly on this laptop).