First Day of Kindergarden

In the morning waiting for the bus.

Her first day getting off the bus....I was so excited to see her.  Almost like she had been gone for like a week! Her bus driver is Miss Lorella..and JJ LOVES her so much!  Lorella calls her, her little cutie petuttie.

Brecken really missed her all day..So while we where waiting for her he kept saying "Oh Bus!"  He was really distraught about the whole situation.

Blue eyes..she just hung out in the stroller...my sweet girl.

My friend sent this poem on JJ's first day and it really sums it up!

My sister is five

It's her first day of school.

We wait for the bus,

and everything's cool.

Then the tears!

Gushing tears!

Loud whimpering

and sobs!

Gushy things pour form the nose

(gobs and gobs)!

I did my best to calm her

and help her to stay calm.

I said, "She'll be back this afternoon!

So please stop crying Mom!"

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I really didn't think it would be that hard to put my baby on a bus to school...but then as we were waiting all of these thoughts and fears overwhelmed me!  Thoughts like what if there is a fire, natural disaster, what if some one steals her...  I have lost a sense of control..I can't be there to help her if kids are mean...What if they make fun of her...I have to put my trust in the Lord to protect her from here because I can't very well go to school with her.  (Although I did contemplate it!)

She came home from school alive..no harm done..and was even excited to go the next day!   The first few weeks were really hard though because whenever she would get home it was a crying fest until she went to bed just because she was so tired from being at school all day.

Oh and I did actually follow the bus to school..just to make sure she got off ok!  And I may have wrote in permanent marker what bus number was hers..just so she got only on that bus...ok so what I am a freak!

Aunt Jessica's House

Brecks didn't want to get his picture taken..that stinker

Who knew that cat toys are way better than kid toys?? New to me..but the kids LOVED this little tunnel!

 We all hit up the park...but it was blistering hot and so humid!  But we stuck it out for a bit and let the kiddos have some fun.

My sister had just bought her house this last year so we were so glad we were able to go see her and her fiance.  I love being able to live close enough to catch up with my family.  It's really fun watching my kids get to know my side of the family now.  ( Even though we dearly miss everyone who isn't here!!)

Chicago Children's Museum

My monkey girl!  I couldn't believe how strong she was..she climbed all the way to the top!

 Brecks is obsessed with gas..especially filling the lawn mower up with gas so this was by far his fav part!

I love this little smiley girl!  She melts my heart everyday!

We took a little visit to the Chicago Children's Museum.. It was huge it was three stories of stuff to do.  Which I kind of thought would be awesome, but I must say I like our little one better. It was really hard to keep track of kids going the opposite way!  But other than that it was super fun the kids just ran from one station to the next, they had were so over stimulated with stuff to do I don't think they were able to stay at one station to enjoy it as much as they should have.

Hotel Fun

My three...My little mommie...my little mark...and my little sweetie

 And of course you can't go to a hotel and not jump on the beds!  JJ loved it!  She was a manic it kind of scared me ( not like that's hard to do) I was worried she would teach MJ bad things!

I love when peek a boo is still fun even though the curtain is see through!  It makes it so much more fun to see their faces when they think u can't see them!

He found a portal..perfect size for his index finger!

Lincoln Park Zoo

Ok so we probably could have just done this part at home...

 My sweet girl!

 We made it for feeding time!

This was a really fun Zoo..I mean how many times can you re make a zoo?  They are animals!  But this was fun because of the chimp room and they had all the big cats in a room..It was really cool.  Plus best of all it was free, so after the kids had, had enough and started screaming I was like ok lets go, rather than when you pay a boat load and want your moneys worth..

The Navy Pier

There was so much to look at MJ didn't know what to do with himself!  And bc I am a freak show I was freaking out most of the time that someone was going to steal them so I told JJ she couldn't let go of him...and they actually got along.

 Number one on Top 10 things to do in Chicago was the Navy Pier...So we decided to do it ( I think the kids would have enjoyed staying in the Hotel in jumping on the beds.)

 I think lighthouses are so pretty..maybe bc I hardly ever see them...but I thought that this looked very serene.

 I Love Love Love when they are sweet to each other!