Snow Day

Channukah 2009

Mt Vesuvius

We were studying Pompeii so we made a home-made volcano- I have never done it before next time more red less soap

Favorite Baby toy

The infantino Jungle play mat holds my interest for about 5-10 min which in Nathaniel time is a looong time.

Fine Arts

It is an Illinois requirement that they have fine arts in school so the boys are taking piano and Eliana is taking ballet

Moving

After six months out of work Michael was offered a job that required moving. Thankfully the company paid. We took a couple trips to look for houses and picked out a beautiful one. With the help of my Mom we packed everything up in about a week and got ready to go. The day before the move we got a call saying the house had been sold. We went with our second choice, a house from the same landlord on the same block. I was very upset cause I was just in love with the first house and wanted to eventually buy it but... I have become settled with the house we got and am pretty happy with it. Sunday morning Mike and the movers loaded the truck while I ran errends and some ppl from the congregation helped clean up the yard and basement (the owner of the St Louis house was a freind from the congregation). We finally had loaded up around two and Michael and the boys left. I stayed to clean which would not have gotten done at all if my mother in law hadnt stuck around and helped- mostly she cleaned and I fed the baby. Around three Eliana, Nathaniel and I headed out. We made good time but got stuck on the road for a half an hour behind a horrible wreck. There was a truck and RV completely turned over, we arrived just after it happened before even the emergency vehicles arrived. Later, I made a wrong turn and went about 1/2 hour out of my way. By the time I got to the new house things should have been unloaded but... the movers never came. We had to get a hotel room and the next day we hired day labor and got moved in. Unpacking is going pretty slow with Michael putting in long days and me having a one month old but we are here in Illinois for good now (at least a year lol) we will see how we like it but we really dont want to move again

Eliana turns Three

We had tickets to the magic house and my Mother was in town so.. we ate at Bob Evan's, went to the magic house, then home for cake and presents. In spite of being in the middle of moving it seems to have gone well.

We are home

Too tired to type much-

Bug Bites

Eli woke up yesterday like this. I took her to the doctor and they said that a bug bit her on the eyelid and she has to take benydrll for a couple days. This morning she could barely open her eye. Hope the swelling goes down soon.

Six Flags

Yesterday was the day we planned on using our free tickets. When we woke up it was raining pretty hard and then the van didnt want to run. Looked like our day was ruined. We made it to Dobbs where it turned out the van only needed a $20 fix- did you know there is a part on your vehicle called the air snorkel?? Anyway an hour later we decided to chance six flags. I was scared if I didnt go now I would not get to go or have to take a newborn. It turned out to be awesome. The rain mostly cleared up so it was sprinkiling off and on but never got hotter then like 80 degrees. There were no lines for anything the kids got to stay on rides two and three times. We stayed about six 1/2 hours till the kids were done for sure then after stopping for Chinease on the way home got here tired wet and full. Pretty good family day.

June Science Center Homework

Science Center homework

Yosef is Nine!

Time goes so fast! These are some pictures we took of him on his actual birthday. We gave him some kinex leggos and an outdoor game set. We also brought some cupcakes to service so ppl could sing to him. His party wont be till June 7th, we've invited some boys to sleep in a tent in the backyard- should be fun.

Scout Crossover

Yosef is now a Weblo and Zach is a Bear.

The Joys of Having a Backyard

Just some random pictures taken in the backyard.

First Haircut

Not too dramatic but arent the bangs cute!~

Feller Cake Bake

These are the cakes Micheal made with the boys for the boy scout Feller Cake Bake. Zach won most colorful for the waterfall. Both boys got decent bids out of the auction and most importantly everyone had fun. This was our first time as last year it fell right on with Passover. We definetly learned for next year plan ahead!

Field Trips

Last Tuesday was our regular science center day but there were several school field trips there which always makes it rougher. The class this month was on plants so we should be planting a garden late this week to go with that. The boys did lego mindstorms and had lots of fun. Friday we went to the Zoo as a family. Apparently Earth Day meant every school withing 100 miles was going to the zoo that day. It took us almost an hour to park, but we persevered and everyone had fun. Then we went to Turtle Playground- an excellent picture opportunity but I was so worn out we didnt stay long. On Sunday, while I had to work :( the rest of the family went with boy scouts to the Daniel Boone House. I havent ever been there and I dont have any pictures but I hear it was lots of fun.