Saturday, February 4, 2012

Father Daughter Dance

Last night the girls attended their first Father Daughter Dance. They had been counting down the days until their night out with their Dad.  They have been practing their dance moves for the past couple of weeks. They were so excited to get all dressed up. We did manicures and pedicures and they had me blow dry their hair for the big night. They couldn't wait to show Rich their dresses.  When they saw him dressed up they both told him he was going to be the "handsomest" Dad at the dance! They had so much fun and were worn out by the time they came home. Rich told me they (the girls) danced to every song.  They danced with all of the "big girls" from school. There was a DJ who would get them all together and show them how to do a certain dance. Kit was first in line for every dance!! Rich said she listened to everything he said and then would immitate all of his moves. He said she didn't want to stop.  Lucy was fighting a bad cold and ear infection and wasn't quite herself. Rich said she was a good sport and danced most of the night but was ready to come home. Kit on the other hand told him she didn't want to leave and could dance all night! Yikes - I'm afraid she might be the life of the party and the last one to leave everytime! Wonder who she gets that from?  They both saved a few dances for their Dad and told me they had the best night ever! 



Practicing their moves!






With their favorite date!





One silly picture before they leave!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Gateway To The West

Whenever we drive to St. Louis from Chicago as we get close to the Mississippi in the near distance we see one of our favorite sites - The Gateway Arch. Once I see The Arch I know we are almost" home". The girls love when we spot it and they laugh with excitement.  Everytime we drive by they ask when we are actually going to go into The Arch. Well our last trip home over Christmas we took the girls to the Arch for what proved to be a fun experience.  They couldn't believe how big it was when you were actually standing beneath it. They both loved the elevator ride up and once at the top they couldn't believe what they could see!  I think we looked out every window.  When they spotted Busch Stadium they were so excited as they know how much their Dad Loves The Cardinals!  We happened to go on a very windy day and you could actually feel the sway of the Arch while in it! A bit scary but fun none the less!





Waiting to ride the tram!

Finally at the top!






Loving the view from the top!



Spotting Busch Satdium!
Like all tourists we had to get our
picture at the top!

Friday, January 13, 2012

What a difference a day makes!

We have had a very uneventful fall and winter as far as weather goes! The past two weeks have been unseasonably warm. On Wednesday the temperature reached 50 degrees which is unheard of in Chicago in mid January.  I told the girls I had a surprise for them when school got out. I packed up a little bag and off we went to our favorite destination - The Beach!! Lucy and Kit were so excited. We dropped our bag and beach towel and got right to work on one of  the things we love the most - that is collecting sea glass.  Lucy could search for hours on end for sea glass. She gets so excited when she spots that sparkle of green or white or her favorite - orange somewhere in the sand!!  I'm told that there is much more sea glass to be found in the fall and winter than in the summer. It is true!! We found more in one visit then I think we found all Summer. Not only that but we ran into one of the girls favorite friends from school on the beach and she helped up with our quest! 

                               Wednesday, January 11, 2012



We're back!
We can't believe we are here!



And we're off!









Collecting our finds


A little cold - we might need our mittens























Nothing better than finding our friend!


























Buddies!




As we walk up the hill I tell the girls
this might be our last time at the beach for awhile!



twenty-four hours later......

January 12, 2012




Our old friend Winter is back for a visit!!!!