Library Firsts

Today was a little stormy and rainy, so we went to our local library for the first time. They have a Friday drop-in storytime that I've wanted to try for a while so we went to that first. Hannah did great after she warmed up a bit to the group of moms and kids, Ryan sat in the stroller happy as can be, and Josh wanted to sit with me about 2 minutes into the half hour. We hung in there for almost the whole time where they sang, read, and danced. We just had to leave with about 5 minutes to go as Joshy was unleashing "the siren."

After storytime, we went to the children's section of the library and we got Hannah's first library card and she checked out 5 books to get her started. We've already read them all numerous times, so we'll probably back for more very soon.

Our park district is connected to our library, so we walked around there to check it out too and signed up for online access to register for classes. What a productive day!

Odyssey Cruise

This past Saturday Pat and I got to go on the Odyssey dinner cruise that docks at Navy Pier for Pat's Pepperidge Farm manager and spouses outing. Jim and Mary graciously watched Hannah, Josh, and Ryan for us at our house. The evening was foggy at first so we thought we wouldn't have much of a view from the ship, but it cleared up nicely so we could see the skyline. The view from the top of the ship was soo cool. The food was delicious, so much that I couldn't even eat it all (it happens). The caramel pecan cheesecake was sooooo creamy and decadent! The cruise was 7:30pm-10:30pm, hope Pepperidge does it again!

Hilton Head

We're back from Hilton Head...we made it through and had fun. We had great weather, played at the beach, visited with family, and ate at our favorite restaurants like Wild Wing, Sea Shack, and Cheeburger Cheeburger. Had the best keylime pie with blueberry sauce-yummmm!

Ryan earned the name "Sandman" and you'll see why in one of the pics I post. He couldn't get enough of the sand! Josh started walking at the beach, and Hannah discovered the joy of being buried in the sand and building sandcastles too.


Pat and I got to go out to eat by ourselves one night to Sea Shack courtesy of mom and dad-THANK YOU! We had awesome seafood and sweet tea!

We survived the drive and we'll do it again! Until next year...