Happy Thanksgiving!!

This year was a rather small and quiet Thanksgiving. Why? you ask. My sister Vanessa was not able to come out from Maryland. She had to unfortunately work on Friday. We all missed her very much, but are happy that she will be here next weekend!!

Besides that, dinner, as usual, was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!

And any time we spend as a family is wonderful!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Brookfield Zoo

Today, the girls and I went to Brookfield Zoo. It had probably been over 20 years since I had been there, and of course, the first time for the girls. It is a spacious and very friendly place. And as they said to me in the car on the way home,

"Mama, we had great fun today!"

All The Kids

Last weekend, we went over to the Scott's for dinner. Lindsay made a delicious lasagna, served with salad and bread, and finished off with a yummy chocolate dessert. The girls had such a great time playing with their godsister, Caroline, Clayton, and Austin. I loved seeing them all together. I can just imagine us in 10 years, when they are teenagers!!!! WOW!!

Happy Halloween!

The girls had a great time trick-or-treating today. They were accompanied by their Papa, Mama, Nona, Nono, Grandpa, Grandma, Tia Adri, and Samuel. Little do they know, that their dental hygienist mom is going to throw out most of their candy. As I tell them, "candy puts bugs on your teeth" Oh well, they will thank me later when they are cavity-free.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Halloween Fun

This week has been full of Halloween fun for the girls. They had a halloween party at their dance class, and also in preschool. We went to a traditional Chicago parking lot pumpkin patch to "pick" our pumpkins. We then carved them. And of course we will go trick-or-treating on Sunday. But until then, here are some of the pictures from this week. Just in case, you can't figure it out, they are Care Bears. Eva is Love-a-lot bear and Sofia is Good Luck bear.

Bears Tailgating

For the last two Bears home games, we tailgated before we went to the game. It was our first time. For the Seattle Seahawks game we went with my mom and dad, Bobby and Christina, and the girls. For the Washington Redskins game, we went with Vanessa and Alfredo ("the enemy" as Rick called him because he is a Redskins fan) We had such a great time at both games, despite the fact that the Bears lost both games. Oh well, Go Bears!!

Preschool!!!

This entry is out of order, but I realized that I never put pictures up

of the girls' first day of school. It has now been two and a half months, and I still find it hard to believe that my babies are going to school.