Didier Farms

Maddie, Claire and I had so much fun at Didier Farms! Claire and Maddie got to ride the ponies 3 times and did so by themselves on the 2nd go round! They fed the goats, went on a bunch of rides, saw the royal white tigers, went on a hayride, and enjoyed watching the pigs! It was an action packed morning!

Allie's favorite thing to do

Lucky me! Claire is on my lap while I tape this, so it's cute to hear her commentary!

Purdue vs. Illinois

We had so much fun going to Purdue and rooting for our teams! Purdue played Illinois and they beat the Illini, like usual. We had a great day and got to see so many people! We even got to see cousin Kayla's decked out dorm room (but sadly didn't get a photo). It was in the 60's and sunny and the kids loved running all around. It was Claire's special day since Pamma watched Allie all day.

Happy Birthday GG!

You are truly an inspiration for our family! We are so lucky to have you in our lives!

Claire and her accent!

I don't know where she picked this up, but she says some words with a crazy accent! "Outside" and "On" are the most obvious!

Totally adorable trio!

This is what Claire likes to call "two babies!"

Lincoln Park Zoo

The weather this week has been perfect, so we decided to squeeze in a trip to the zoo! Claire LOVED seeing the animals. She couldn't get enough of the monkeys and kept asking to see more animals. When I asked her what her favorite part of the day was, she told me that it was seeing the giraffe. Allie couldn't have been better!

Not a great shot, but had to include it because it was her favorite!

Looking for sea lions in her zebra shirt. She wore it for the animals :).

Our tradition is to take this shot upon entering the zoo!

Claire with the crazy polar bear. He is studied because he has had the same routine for years! He pushs off against the wall, swims to the window and repeats! It makes it really easy to get a shot of him!

Dane's Birthday celebration

We had a good Mexican dinner in downtown PR. Claire couldn't help herself when they brought out ice cream for Dane, she freaked out! After, we had DQ cake at our house, so plenty of ice cream to go around!
Papo with the young ones! Only one left under one!



Ice cream freak out! Claire wants at it! Matt said that she was shaking!

Birthday kisses!

Here she comes!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY DANE!!

We love our Daney soo much! He is so happy, sweet and fun! We can't believe that you are the big ONE today!

Here he is exactly one year ago! So cute!

Fall fests!

We went to the Arlington Heights fest last Saturday, and to the Park Ridge fest on Sunday!