tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27931253671142468312024-03-13T08:30:24.592-05:00Becky's BlogBecky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-25308101716286910642012-04-09T21:14:00.000-05:002012-04-09T21:14:21.300-05:00Easter-Just One for Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've got a bunch of pictures to go through from Easter, but here is one for now. :) What a beautiful day we were lucky to have!</div>
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<br /></div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-18895644638239303282012-04-02T20:41:00.001-05:002012-04-02T20:41:53.916-05:00Brookfield Zoo With Old FriendsAt the end of March we visited one of our old favorites, the Brookfield Zoo. This time though we were joined on our visit by the Dasbachs and Smiths. At one point in life, we were all able to get together much more easily, but that was B.K-before kids. :) As time has gone on and families have expanded, it becomes a much more complicated planning process! Even with that, it wasn't perfect as the <a href="http://andersonfamily1.blogspot.com/">Andersons</a> couldn't join us, but that is just another great excuse for another get-together! It was fun watching the kids enjoy themselves and catch up as if no time had passed since they last saw one another. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Love this of Steph-right away she took Mia and Ava's hands :)</div>
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Our gang of kids (minus Anna)</div>
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Stephanie is seriously such a great helper!</div>
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Checking out the rhino</div>
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While the guys did some catching up of their own</div>
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The kids checking out the giraffes (or the rocks on the ground, not quite sure!) </div>
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The girlies</div>
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2 group shots-look how big these kids are getting!</div>
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The boys</div>
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The African Wild Dogs</div>
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It was like I was on a safari-ha, ha!</div>
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Cort and Cole checking out the eagle </div>
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Mia's wingspan</div>
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My 2 favorite girls</div>
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We got to see the polar bear up close that day, I love how the water distorts his legs!</div>
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Ava and Mia again</div>
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Cole</div>
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Brian, Anna, and Cole</div>
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The kids ready for a boating expedition</div>
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Cole and the Alligator</div>
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The girls once again</div>
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Beautiful snow leopards snuggling</div>
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Mia and the leopards</div>
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Cole and the leopards</div>
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And just one more because I think these are one of the most beautiful animals and I love their tails! </div>
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(3.25.12)</div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-76219576701466376822012-04-01T22:00:00.000-05:002012-04-01T22:00:54.736-05:00Neigborhood Easter Egg HuntOne of the things I have loved about our neighborhood since we moved here 5 years ago is the Halloween parade and Easter egg hunt they put on each year. I am a big sucker for tradition! It is that time of year again, so today we headed on over to the park to hunt for some Easter eggs. It had rained the night before, so I was expecting the field to be a muddy, wet mess, but luckily it wasn't too bad. The kids had a great time collecting eggs as you can see from the pictures below. If you want a good laugh, you can check out pictures of Mia (Cole was in my belly) from the hunt back in <a href="http://graske.blogspot.com/2008/03/busy-busy-weekend.html">2008</a>. I thought I had blogged more of our egg hunts in past years, but I guess that was the only other one I have done. Now on to the pictures....<br />
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Mia and her friend Mia :)</div>
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They divided the kids in age groups, so Cole went first.</div>
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And he's off!</div>
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Cole was so funny, he shook each egg before he decided if he was going to keep it. :)</div>
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So excited! </div>
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His loot!</div>
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Now it's Mia's turn!</div>
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Waiting....</div>
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Go!!!!! </div>
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Checking out what's in their eggs</div>
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Mia and Cole checking out one of the many aquariums</div>
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Cole and Grammy checking out some fish</div>
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Doesn't he look happy?</div>
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Mia checking out one of the poison-dart frogs </div>
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Kiss for a fish</div>
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Here was Mia with the same fish 4 years ago! My how she's grown!</div>
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My mom's reaction to some of the ENORMOUS river fish (true River Monsters!) </div>
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Mia and the snake</div>
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Cole and the snake </div>
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Grammy and Mia </div>
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Insane crab! </div>
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Cort and my mom </div>
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Mom and the kids at lunch (you can't tell here, but we had a nice view of the lake)</div>
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Cole touching some sea stars</div>
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Mia's turn</div>
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Some hands-on exhibits</div>
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Thanks to my mom for getting pictures of me with the kids today!</div>
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My mom loved the otters-they were sooooo cute!!</div>
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Kids today-Mia asked if she could take a video of the penguins with my phone-really???</div>
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One of our penguin friends</div>
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My two favorite penguins</div>
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Family shot</div>
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Grammy and Mia learning something new</div>
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Me with Mia</div>
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Mia, Cole and a turtle</div>
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My favorite of the day!</div>
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Thanks mom for a great day!</div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-54977993646746536362012-03-23T19:58:00.002-05:002012-03-23T19:58:41.603-05:00Flashback Friday-American Girl Store (8.6.11)<div style="text-align: left;">
In an attempt to catch up on many missing 2011 posts I am going to do some "flashbacks." Eventually I will go back and put them in order, but they will be here for the time being.</div>
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Last August Mia was going to be celebrating her 5th birthday. About 2 years prior to that we began receiving the American Girl catalog at our house. Immediately Mia said she wanted one of those dolls. Thinking that a $100 doll was not in her future, I told her that those dolls were for girls who were at least 5 years old, thinking she would forget by then. </div>
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Well, she didn't. :) However, she has a wonderful Grammy who said that was a special gift she wanted to get for Mia (Thank you Grammy!!). In addition, her Gigi also chipped in so we could get her doll some clothes and accessories. So, for Mia's 5th birthday, we took a ride down to the city to American Girl Place. </div>
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What an experience! It was truly such a magical day for Mia and seeing the sparkle in her eyes and joy on her face was worth every penny. Here is a glimpse into the day.</div>
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Mia and Grammy on the car ride down to the store</div>
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On Michigan Avenue-so excited!</div>
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Mia knew ahead of time that she wanted Julie from reading her catalogs. Within 10 seconds of stepping in the store she spotted her.</div>
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We looked around and checked out all the displays (here she is in front of Julie's)</div>
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Posing with Grammy</div>
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The display for the "Girl of the Year"</div>
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But finally it was time to buy Julie!!!</div>
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After buying her, the salesman asked if she wanted to carry her around the store (if you have never been to American Girl, there are young girls everywhere toting around their dolls. Mia said yes and this is the moment Julie was placed in her arms. :) I love the joy on her face. </div>
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We did some posing with Julie</div>
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We had to revisit the "Girl of the Year" booth with Julie</div>
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Next, we had lunch reservations in the dining room. This is an experience itself! It is a very fancy dining room (white tablecloths and all) and there are special seats for the dolls. We chose the birthday package for Mia, so she got a little goody bag and crown and birthday t-shirt for Julie. We had a little appetizer tray and then got to pick our entrees. Mia was just in heaven.</div>
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All of a sudden she noticed one coming her way...</div>
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The perfect cake for a little girl</div>
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Mia and Julie-LOL!</div>
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Cort found this slightly odd, ha ha!</div>
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(I should add he was a great sport for putting up with all the American Girl craziness-he was a bit out of his element)</div>
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Group shot</div>
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Mia posing with her loot on Michigan Avenue</div>
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And the proof of a great outing</div>
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Thank you again Grammy for helping us make such wonderful memories. Not quite sure how to top this for Mia's 6th birthday!</div>
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Recently Mia had Spring Pictures at School. Considering Spring Pictures were in February when it was rather cold (and not very Spring-like), we recycled her Christmas dress and cardigan (her choice). Here she is...</div>
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The kids before I left. They said I looked fancy (and pale I may add!)</div>
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Pam even rolled out a red carpet we all got to walk down as we entered the house. As we were waiting for people to arrive we made Miles pose for us.</div>
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With his cool shades</div>
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The Dawalds</div>
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Pam of course had a bunch of cute decorations</div>
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Venessa arriving</div>
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Ness, Pam and Me</div>
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Kristy strutting her stuff</div>
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Marina brought<a href="http://www.mollyscupcakes.com/chicago/home.php"> Molly's Cupcakes</a>!!</div>
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The youngest gues-Leila</div>
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Kelly and Leila</div>
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Watching the show and playing Oscar bingo</div>
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(2.26.12)</div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-37712451285438784202012-03-19T18:40:00.000-05:002012-03-19T18:40:47.962-05:00Maddox's 1st BirthdayI know I've said it before, but I am so fortunate that many of my friends today are the same friends I had back when I was 12-13 years old and attending <a href="http://www.woodridge68.org/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=199">Jefferson Jr. High</a> (20+ years ago-aaaaggghhh!!!). It is so crazy that we now have children that are play and attend birthday parties together. Recently Marina's son Maddox turned 1. We headed into the city for his birthday party and I have to say, Marina outdid herself with all the cute Dr. Suess themed decorations. I really did not do the best job taking pictures that day, but I did manage to get a few.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is Cole about to dive into his cupcake</div>
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Mia enjoying hers</div>
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Erica :)</div>
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Aaron</div>
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Cole and Cort-matching with their navy blue pull-overs, ha, ha!</div>
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Mia and Mommy</div>
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Addison and Mia-the two big kindergarteners</div>
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And of course, the guest of honor-Maddox and Marina </div>
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(with a possessed looking Cort in the background)</div>
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(2.18.12)</div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793125367114246831.post-65223770144624485022012-03-18T23:11:00.000-05:002012-03-18T23:11:13.286-05:00Valentine's DayCan I just say I love Valentine's day? I don't know what it is, but in my ranking of holidays, it is follows closely behind Halloween (which follows closely behind Christmas). As I am typing this, I am beginning to think I just like holidays. :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Anyhow, there is something about the box-making, the excitement about both giving and getting valentines, and those fabulous conversation hearts that I just love. This year the kids were really into it and both thoroughly enjoyed making their Valentine boxes for school, as well as helping me make their <a href="http://graske.blogspot.com/2012/03/pinterest-inspired-crayons.html">home-made valentines</a>. I had to stop at the DMV right after school on Valentine's Day and I made sure to tell Cort not to let the kids start going through their boxes until I got home. :) </div>
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I tried to make the day fun for the kids with some heart-shaped food throughout the day and a "fancy" Valentine's dinner at our "fancy" table (aka Dining Room-and dad cooked dinner!). Since my birthday is so close to Vday, Cort and I use Valentine's Day as a day to celebrate with the kids and then we celebrate my bday and vday together another night on our own. You know the day was fun when the kids are asking when Valentine's Day is coming next. :)</div>
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Cole working on his box</div>
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Mia working on hers (excuse the pjs and crazy hair!)</div>
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Busy Bees</div>
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The homemade valentines</div>
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Heart-shaped pancake breakfast</div>
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This dance is a really big deal at her school and they put on a great event. There was food, pictures, a chance to get hair done, etc. Cort texted me mid-way through and told me how crazy packed it was. I guess there was over 500 people there-wow!</div>
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To prep for the big occasion I bought Mia a new dress (which will double for Easter) and let her get her nails done. :) I also picked up a wrist corsage (reminded me of high school, ha, ha) for her to wear. I anxiously awaited Cort and Mia's return (they went out with 2 other dads for ice cream afterwards) and they finally rolled in a bit after 9. Apparently they had a great time together and Cort showed me some videos of Mia dancing up a storm. I'm so glad they had such a good time and I am sure this will most likely be a tradition for years to come. I just can't wait until Cole is in school there and I can go to the Mother-Son dance! </div>
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Cort presenting Mia with her wrist corsage. She had no idea she was getting one and was thrilled.</div>
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Love how she is looking at her daddy here</div>
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Mia's eyes are a hazel/greenish/grayish color and it was fun to go with a dress that was a little different from what she normally wears and brought out her eyes a bit.</div>
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On a side note, can you believe this was March 16th and she is sitting outside in a sleeveless dress with no need for a little cardigan over it?? Crazy!!</div>
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She was just bursting with excitement!</div>
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I think Cole was a little bummed to be left out of the action, but I took him out for ice cream and that seemed to make it all better! :)</div>
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One more of Mia and Cole</div>
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Mia was literally getting in the car when I realized I didn't get a picture with her. I made her come back and take one with me. :) </div>
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I cannot believe that my <em>baby</em>, my <em>youngest</em>, will be turning 4 in a couple of short months. I have to say we we were unsure how Cole's transition into preschool would be, but it has been great! Cole has been loving school, doing a good job of listening and following directions, and just overall really maturing. He seems to really enjoy school (especially when he gets to go outside) and is making friends. I'm proud of how well he is doing. </div>
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Cole does not enjoy the camera nearly as much as his big sister, but he was willing to sit for me and give me a 3-minute improptu photo shoot recently. Here is our expressive little (big) guy. </div>
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No pictures mom!</div>
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Okay, but with my puppy...</div>
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And let me be silly....</div>
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That's fine with me, as long as I get the money shot! :)</div>
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This year for Christmas, Jen and I gave my mom 12 pre-planned monthly excursions for the year. Some of these are with kids and some without. :) To start off January, we ventured out to the city for a trip to the <a href="http://www.msichicago.org/?gclid=CP_kjNPQ6a4CFVQBQAodDG1XKw">Museum of Science and Industry</a>. (On a side note, we went on a free day, scored free street parking, and brought our own lunch. So we had a great day in the city for the price of gas money!)</div>
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It had been awhile since we had been there and it was awesome! There were all the old exhibits I remembered, but lots of really great new ones. We had a great time exploring and learning a little something along the way.</div>
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Had to get a picture of the kids in this one. I have a picture from my film days of Cort and I posing here.</div>
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Cole and Grammy checking out the trains (note that this is Cole's smiley face-squinty eye and all!)</div>
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Mia checking out one of the interactive displays at <a href="http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/science-storms/">Science Storms</a></div>
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Cole joining in</div>
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Noah and Mia by the "tornado"</div>
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Grammy giving some science lessons to Claire :)</div>
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They also had these neat little science kits the kids could choose from to assemble and bring home-so nice!</div>
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Mia assembling her windmill generator</div>
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Cole helping as well</div>
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My husband is pretty impressive, huh?</div>
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All the grandkids in a John Deere tire (and so typical that Cole is eating) </div>
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Grammy with her grandkids</div>
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Mia and Cole in the John Deere-I love this one</div>
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I managed to squeeze myself up there too!</div>
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It is hard to believe, but February 22nd marked the 5 year anniversary since my dad passed away unexpectedly. Time is a strange thing. Sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday. At other times though when I think of how the kids have grown (Mia was just 6 months at the time and Cole wasn't even born) I realize how long it has been.</div>
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Either way, my dad is always on my mind and in our hearts and I see his (mischievous) spirit in my children often. When the kids are giving me trouble, I often think of how my dad would delight in that, and say I deserved it for all the trouble I gave him. :) We do many things to keep his memory alive-talking about him, looking at pictures, doing the American Heart Walk in his memory, etc. But one really important thing is keeping in touch and keeping his spirit alive with those he worked with. </div>
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When my dad had patients who were children at <a href="http://www.advocatehealth.com/gsam/default.cfm?id=1">Good Sam</a>, he used to give them stuffed animals. So in his honor, right around the 5 year anniversary of his passing, we visited the hospital with lots of stuffed animals in tow. We got to visit with his old coworkers in Nuclear Medicine, (thanks for the encouragement to keep up the blog-hello friends!!) who as always welcomed us with open arms. </div>
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After my father passed away, the hospital recognized him with a beautiful bench and plaque under a tree on the campus of the hospital. We made sure to visit that area and have some time for reflection there as well. Here are some pictures from that day.</div>
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Cole waiting to have his picture taken with the animals</div>
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Group shot</div>
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Group shot with me</div>
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The wonderful plaque for "Big Jer" :)</div>
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The branches of the beautiful tree the plaque sits under</div>
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The kids gathering acorns, sticks, etc. to leave near the plaque</div>
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I have to say this has been the mildest winter I can remember in a long time and it seems like Spring is coming early as well (hopefully I am not jinxing myself). This past weekend we saw the weather was going to be great so we decided to hit up the <a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/">Morton Arboretum</a> once again. It was a beautiful blue-sky day and we found out the Laskeys were planning on going as well, so we coordinated our visits. The kids had a great time playing and the adults had a great time chatting and enjoying the fresh air. I realized after we left it was almost exactly 11 years to the day Cort and I got engaged there! We were there on March 10th and Cort proposed March 11th. :)</div>
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Cole on top of the giant acorn</div>
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Love this one of Erica, Cole and Mia</div>
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Apparently I felt the acorn was the place to take a lot of pictures :)</div>
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Our sweet ones</div>
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Miss Erica</div>
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Erica and Mia</div>
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Cole on top of the world</div>
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Our squirrel friend who visited us during lunch time. He was not afraid!</div>
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Sweet siblings</div>
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Recently Mia had a school carnival, which brought back such great memories of the Fun Fairs my family used to go to back in the day at <a href="http://www.woodridge68.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=17">Sipley School</a>. :) Mia's school carnival had a luau theme and didn't disappoint! There was face painting, games, Hawaiian dancers, sand art, etc. We went with Ian and the kids, so we divided and conquered, with me taking Mia (and Ava at times too). As a result, there is a lack of pictues of the boys-whoops! Here are some pictures from the day.</div>
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Mia wanted to get her face painted right off that bat</div>
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Ava got a butterfly painted on her face</div>
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Mia's fish</div>
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Digging into her hot dog :)</div>
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Here is picture of Cole, Mia and Ava (if you can spot them). They were totally mesmerized by the dancers</div>
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The kids had a great time with the limbo stick</div>
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Um Mia, that's not exactly how it works!</div>
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Now you got it! (Love this of the two of them!)</div>
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And who can forget the cake walk????? It took a couple of times, but the Graske family made sure we came home with a prize!</div>
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Sand art necklaces</div>
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It is so hard to believe that there are only 3 more months remaining until Mia will be a 1st grader. School has been good to Mia so far, but I shouldn't be surprised considering she has always been very interested in learning. I've seen so much growth, especially in her reading and math skills throughout the year, and she is blessed with a great kindergarten teacher. While it has been an interesting transition for mommy remembering PE days, library books, homework, scheduling play dates, etc., Mia has taken it all in stride. We got her first report card and it was a great one, which was rewarded with dinner at Chili's. :) Here's hoping for 3 more smooth months!</div>
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Here is a video of Mia reading one of her books. She is quite the bookworm and I have a feeling she may take after her mom with her love of reading. This was taken with my cellphone, so please excuse the bad quality. :)</div>
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As I mentioned <a href="http://graske.blogspot.com/2012/01/2nd-annual-valentines-day-craft-night.html">here</a>, I have a new love in my life-Pinterest! :) I do have to admit that I do more pinning than actual projects, but right around Valentine's day I came across one I knew we had to do. The project was taking old crayons and melting them down in a heart-shaped molds to create new heart-shaped crayons. I knew the kids would have a blast doing this and I had a TON of extra crayons on hand. They did end up loving it and we decided to give them to their friends at school as part of their Valentine's (more on Valentine's Day in a later post). </div>
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Step 1-Peeling the crayons (ignore the PJs, it was early!)</div>
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Step 2-Break the crayons into little pieces</div>
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Step 3-Placing various colored crayons in each little mold </div>
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Step 4-Ready for the oven (225 degrees for about 8-10 min)</div>
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Step 5-Pull out to cool and set</div>
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The finished product-pretty cool, huh?</div>
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By now most people have heard this story, but we recently started checking out a local church, <a href="http://www.wheatlandsalem.org/">Wheatland Salem Methodist Church. </a>The first time we were there, we got the kids all settled for Sunday school. In Cole's class they had him write his own name tag. Well, Cole CAN write his name. But sometimes he chooses to write all the letters, but put them out of order. Apparently sometimes he also likes to just completely leave out letters. When he combines these two, this is what you end up with:</div>
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Cole spent the whole Sunday school hour being called "Leo." Did he correct the teachers? Nope! When we picked him up, saw the nametag, and called him Cole, we all realized what happened and had a good laugh. You can be sure that nametag is going in his memory bin. :) I will say though that after Valentine's day and writing his name many, many times on Valentine's, I don't think this will happen again. :)</div>
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Last year when Mia and Noah were 4, Grammy wanted to take them to Build-A-Bear to make there own stuffed animal. I don't think I ever blogged those pictures (along with many, many others, haha!), but the kids had a great time. Mia picked the pinkest animal in there she could find, a dog she named Rainbow. Rainbow still sleeps with her each night and is one of her treasured animals. </div>
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Well, we figured that Cole and Claire were now old enough to enjoy the experience so we hit Build-A-Bear once again. Once again, it didn't disappoint! The kids were super-excited and Cole treasures his "Snowy" just like Mia treasures her "Rainbow." :) Here are some pictures from the day...</div>
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Cole right after we walked in the store. He was happy and therefore cooperative for pictures!</div>
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I love Cole's face here-he was just so thrilled!</div>
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Decisions, decisions....</div>
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His pick (please excuse the terribly overexposed picture-the lighting in that place is terrible!</div>
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Picking the sound to put in Snowy</div>
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Can you tell he's excited?</div>
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Claire picking out her sound</div>
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Claire loves the Chipmunks so she was excited to find the girl chipmunk</div>
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Cole and Claire</div>
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Picking out the hearts to go in their animals</div>
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They had the kids rub their hearts all over themselves before they went in their animals' bodies</div>
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Putting the heart in</div>
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Claire's is stuffed!</div>
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I love his reaction in the next series of pictures-he was so, so happy :)</div>
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Next they got to give them "air baths" and brush them</div>
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Last, they got to fill out the birth certificate for their animals. This is where we decided on the name "Snowy" (after going through a couple of other choices!)</div>
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Thanks Grammy!</div>
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The best Grammy ever!!!</div>
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This has been such an unusually mild winter, but I am NOT complaining! After last year's blizzard, this has been a pleasant surprise. However, the kids have been chomping at the bit all winter to go out and play in the snow as soon as they see a flurry in the air. In early January, they finally got their wish with what was our first significant snowfall. I am such a grinch when it comes to snow, but even I have to admit it is so fun to see their joy and remember what it was like as a kid when we didn't even seem to feel the cold! They sled, shoveled, and we even had a little snowball fight. Is it too early to ask when summer is coming?</div>
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So happy!!!</div>
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The kids and the sled dog (aka Cort, ha, ha!)</div>
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Loving it!</div>
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Snow angel (with legs)</div>
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Cole's cheeks were so rosy when we came inside</div>
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Over Christmas break one of the things we decided to do was take the kids to the Brookfield Zoo. Cort and I love the zoo in the winter. Why? There are less crowds, easy parking, and we get to see things we don't always get to see by visiting the indoor exhibits. Of course we hit one of our favorites-the <a href="http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Exhibit-and-Animal-Guide/Hamill-Family-Play-Zoo">Hamill Family Play Zoo</a>. If you haven't ever checked that out, you really should. It is perfect for kids and there is so much to do in just that one building. We have been there so many times and yet the kids still love it.</div>
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Here is Mia pretending to be a bird in her "nest" with her "wings" and eggs </div>
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Cole was excited to be digging through a case with turtles (fake, not real)</div>
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Cole was really into this project-making an animal frame, it was really neat to see how engaged he was</div>
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They were just getting ready to take down this giant gingerbread house-it was very impressive!<br />
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Here you can read more about it</div>
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This greenhouse is one of my favorite rooms in the play zoo. Cort and I love to sit in here and breathe the air, it is just so clean and fresh. :) The kids love to water all the plants.</div>
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The kids love to paint their faces while they are there too. Here is a picture to prove I was at the zoo that day. :)</div>
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So cute!!</div>
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The finished product-I think she was some sort of cat :)</div>
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Cole finishing up </div>
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Not quite sure what animal Cole was :)</div>
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Mia and the giant sea turtle</div>
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Love the penguins! They were really active that day.</div>
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Watching the penguins </div>
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Cole and daddy</div>
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Today was a big day for Mia-Her 100th Day of Kindergarten! After teaching for 10+ years and being on the teacher end of 100-day celebrations, it was fun to experience it through Mia's eyes. A couple weeks ago we got a note home saying that the 100th day was approaching and that Mia was to create something she could wear to school with 100 of something on it. I decided to bring Mia to Hobby Lobby and let her decide on what she wanted. She quickly decided on a pink t-shirt, but then we walked through the aisles to decide what exactly she would attach to it. She had some pretty specific ideas (wanted butterflies) and luckily found what she wanted. She ended up with a pack of foam, glittery butterfly stickers.</div>
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She was super-excited to create her shirt and even more excited to wear it. Her 100th day of school was a success, with her getting a little certificate for being able to count to 100 and write her numbers to 100. They also got to do a bunch of 100 day activities and best of all, most of her stickers stayed attached! Here are some pictures of her shirt-making and posing before school. Please excuse the terrible lighting, I was lazy and didn't feel like getting my flash. :)</div>
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Centering "100 Day" on her shirt</div>
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Counting out 100 butterflies by putting them in 10 groups of 10 (with some help from Zip)</div>
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Concentrating</div>
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Sticking all her butterflies on</div>
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So proud of her hard work</div>
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And moving to daylight....</div>
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The Back </div>
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Mia and Cole (this is is cheese face)</div>
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And one of my sweet boy who never normally likes me to take his picture, but asked me today. :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A year later we finally made that a reality. Cort and his dad were great in talking to train people, figuring out what track it needed, seeing if the transformer worked, and finally setting it up and getting it going. While the kids and I were hanging out in the family room, I heard odd sounds coming from the living room. Cort called us all over and sure enough the train was running!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It truly is something special to be able to see my children have such joy from something that used to bring my dad so much joy too. I cannot wait to set it up (or have Cort set it up I should say!) at my Mom's so all the grandkids can enjoy it whenever they're there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cole watching the train</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIY1NRXSVJhJQ-Q_0yWD7StTTuF6LZyKyvLlpls60FrP_2s7tq9jlRogOR4q8ROe94HPH5O56J_gahywrdRCWf26cPLjOdTtGxnuqngX5bYEU5X35XgrXQASnCzrdauyu4P2T0qu0U3A/s1600/DSC_0156+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIY1NRXSVJhJQ-Q_0yWD7StTTuF6LZyKyvLlpls60FrP_2s7tq9jlRogOR4q8ROe94HPH5O56J_gahywrdRCWf26cPLjOdTtGxnuqngX5bYEU5X35XgrXQASnCzrdauyu4P2T0qu0U3A/s400/DSC_0156+2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So excited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqD5KYYZU8PPR3wuNK4jIHgbEuLzHG2c_XpE32vfxYA615dHSyeWhnBmCjNDMavjkrHPR6XzWE5lVIjSMlXmQ0cvLya4YHVQW5qWs7olUH_nxBBoEZHb3qjC1IhkUi9uoTUvsrNsfyC14/s1600/DSC_0157+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqD5KYYZU8PPR3wuNK4jIHgbEuLzHG2c_XpE32vfxYA615dHSyeWhnBmCjNDMavjkrHPR6XzWE5lVIjSMlXmQ0cvLya4YHVQW5qWs7olUH_nxBBoEZHb3qjC1IhkUi9uoTUvsrNsfyC14/s400/DSC_0157+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The kids watching the train</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUx8xuTXMCzd8MNTD_fC6Rn0x3xX2us5MtCOclHgP2xBRUqMPEJhr_e-Spa7JCNWGhVwbu0wQiqZ3ijW0Tws8MCjWoSLtua1hnjBVjV15DBfbFJ6k8whjweVq4JMwj4sXTH6xZTMhaz4/s1600/DSC_0163+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUx8xuTXMCzd8MNTD_fC6Rn0x3xX2us5MtCOclHgP2xBRUqMPEJhr_e-Spa7JCNWGhVwbu0wQiqZ3ijW0Tws8MCjWoSLtua1hnjBVjV15DBfbFJ6k8whjweVq4JMwj4sXTH6xZTMhaz4/s400/DSC_0163+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The rusty old transformer-hey, it still works!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJ7vK_zFy4KNWxE6KPzVYi8mmnjZPiBhLmfz0bz-KOgc8pL3yguWRIwNQ61D44Hgyt6DiuCFEO_ubZX7fV8BiKf45Hs73aKbpTf6IT0YS3eyozOFrqoHsZ-C8TN66vAknOwhhRE6Ne98/s1600/DSC_0166+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJ7vK_zFy4KNWxE6KPzVYi8mmnjZPiBhLmfz0bz-KOgc8pL3yguWRIwNQ61D44Hgyt6DiuCFEO_ubZX7fV8BiKf45Hs73aKbpTf6IT0YS3eyozOFrqoHsZ-C8TN66vAknOwhhRE6Ne98/s400/DSC_0166+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mia working the train</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53z6LaUvgO9ytbCV22WOtZ-tyxBel1QSVHwjQRkXvqq1uCveufN3YQC-VAp3nWIGTdarrou4K6g9e-11ymX93Ej7OeYk_c3t3X5WBOmsQbFefh_QthRdePctnS6BuonuAexT83c9or8s/s1600/DSC_0167+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53z6LaUvgO9ytbCV22WOtZ-tyxBel1QSVHwjQRkXvqq1uCveufN3YQC-VAp3nWIGTdarrou4K6g9e-11ymX93Ej7OeYk_c3t3X5WBOmsQbFefh_QthRdePctnS6BuonuAexT83c9or8s/s400/DSC_0167+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The cars and barbies watching the train with the kids</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVARu6hLZtkEU7qzlN4BoZxRAKWzG3Gen-T9CejZ2inuhHrVglC2y4L5P0Mtcs5fRVHTSgJ262LK85ORSCFbwT8nx_ePN8-fv9N39nVByg_BafEUC2StBxL0L_wk0OJsVGrLMDYD7qIHM/s1600/DSC_0169+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVARu6hLZtkEU7qzlN4BoZxRAKWzG3Gen-T9CejZ2inuhHrVglC2y4L5P0Mtcs5fRVHTSgJ262LK85ORSCFbwT8nx_ePN8-fv9N39nVByg_BafEUC2StBxL0L_wk0OJsVGrLMDYD7qIHM/s400/DSC_0169+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1AiJZ2yqvmgdCip6uBqdo7YgH23FGKVD6ALvKZnXanT4TzDyPubO6zs8YBpZX5QvlF-jhcXxq1mGBkhKkSQtnpaRb1-8uOiDJUCu_kCbHOEPfRMfyt6IhIFajo1aQlaFX_F4GDiN5_w/s1600/DSC_0171+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1AiJZ2yqvmgdCip6uBqdo7YgH23FGKVD6ALvKZnXanT4TzDyPubO6zs8YBpZX5QvlF-jhcXxq1mGBkhKkSQtnpaRb1-8uOiDJUCu_kCbHOEPfRMfyt6IhIFajo1aQlaFX_F4GDiN5_w/s400/DSC_0171+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So happy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhyphenhyphengQMAuXSkZtVK63xBI9c7oQgndPJ2q1pQVVWOmScrhToSxXUA5i0AYTE-Fm4ILEC6NMnEpRfQjLb_SnKMCZDo__I0XZlqml1MqA4B-LqpPyu4BqX6Q7ZQoHDJrSh-xJ_IamyXWPXrA/s1600/DSC_0172+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhyphenhyphengQMAuXSkZtVK63xBI9c7oQgndPJ2q1pQVVWOmScrhToSxXUA5i0AYTE-Fm4ILEC6NMnEpRfQjLb_SnKMCZDo__I0XZlqml1MqA4B-LqpPyu4BqX6Q7ZQoHDJrSh-xJ_IamyXWPXrA/s400/DSC_0172+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The train-probably from about the mid-50's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoFVOXcxniwjTUV0SpUvhA3UFNybhkPIj35PisoNc8kPwcpDTVG6vRijH9bG4_ZJyI6e8uscXxN5nGZpGnP0gKiVEl1EoLz0cfW5vTfrzz-7Nbo5QV5oz_oryFZQrJoXF46ryLFeXOP0/s1600/DSC_0176+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="101" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoFVOXcxniwjTUV0SpUvhA3UFNybhkPIj35PisoNc8kPwcpDTVG6vRijH9bG4_ZJyI6e8uscXxN5nGZpGnP0gKiVEl1EoLz0cfW5vTfrzz-7Nbo5QV5oz_oryFZQrJoXF46ryLFeXOP0/s400/DSC_0176+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Becky's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12532062589961088249noreply@blogger.com0