Spring is Here..........and Love is in the Air?

Yay!  Spring is here!  Right?  It is here, isn't it?  Technically spring began on Friday however since then the temps have been dropping here and we are supposed to even get a little snow in the wee hours of the morning.  Blah.

We have spent the weeks since my last post playing in the snow, finding indoor play places, checking a few things off our to-do list and enjoying the sunshine when it makes an appearance.  Oh....and we've been nurturing (and being entertained by) a boy in love!

So here is a brief recap of the past few weeks.

We played outside.......

 We played inside.......

 We played games of all sorts.....

 And our one 70 degree day brought us out to play, play, play.

Amongst all this fun Zach had a new adventure.  He made is first trip to the dentist and did great!  He also looked super cool in those sunglasses.

And finally as the sun has given us a hint of spring it has also given us a hint of LOVE.

 This boy loves water.....

 And this boy loves.....

This little girl!

Love is exhausting!  Zach's first crush has Rich and I chuckling daily as he professes his love for this sweet girl.  Hannah is a classmate of Zach's and according to his teacher, the feeling is mutual.  Here is a shot of her being the Queen Bee at school (each child gets to be King or Queen Bee for a week).  Zach smiles and gets all googly eyed and blushes when he speaks of this girl but apparently he feels quite confident around her.  They seem to hold hands or hug on a regular basis!  Aaaah......young LOVE.

Spring should be back later this week and me and the boys will be traveling to the southeast in a few days.  Hope to see as many of you as possible!   Until then....have you seen a cuter or funnier super hero than this one?

Snow Day!!!

We got hit with snow.   Not just a dusting or a couple of inches.  No.....we really got hit with snow.  The snow started falling late on Saturday night and didn't stop until sometime in the wee hours of the morning today.  After all was said and done I think we have roughly 20" of snow.  We have shoveled and shoveled and shoveled and thanks to the snow plows I'm sure we will shovel the end of our driveway a few more times in order to get our cars in and out.  Luckily my weekly meeting was cancelled so I was able to work from home all day.  Rich on the other hand had to make the commute to his office. 

Since I was working from home though.........I spent my "lunch" playing in the snow with two cute little boys.  Look at these snow studs!

Stay warm out there, folks!

Fast Fun in 2015

Happy New Year everyone!  Ok...so I guess I'm a little late on that greeting but everything seems to be moving so fast.  January is almost over and I haven't even posted any of our Christmas photos so this blog entry will be a little dated on some of the pictures.  We had a great Christmas with Nana and Boppa visiting and we rang in the new year with a couple of friends.  Since then Rich has been traveling for races, I've been coaching and the boys are playing playing playing.  Our nanny, Gloria, has been amazing at keeping the boys entertained during our winter workdays and our weekends have been spent coming up with fun things to do with the boys.  Below are some photos from our holiday and some recent pictures of the little dudes.  I hope you are all doing well!


We took a pre-holiday trip to the Shedd Aquarium and Zach and Gunnar loved the fish...especially the sharks.

Here is our annual picture with Santa.  Zach asked for a watch, a grabber, and a can of peas.  Ha....I'm pretty sure he is 4 going on 75.  And Zach told Santa that Gunnar would like some race cars.  Luckily both boys got just what they asked for!

And the boys were Nana's helpers while making some holiday treats.  

Ummmm....and I guess this is our holiday elf centerfold.

Here is Zach's imitation of Boppa Jim (note all the writing utensils in his pocket).

Our own little popcorn goblin.

 And our superhero

Thankfully we haven't had near as much snow this year as last but we have had enough to have some winter fun. 

Did anyone make the new year's resolution to visit Chicago in 2015???  We'd love to have you!!

Who Loves the Christmas Season?!

This boy does!!!  Is the excitement genetic or have I just trained him???