Greetings from Home

Bubbie and Zadie have been on vacation for almost 2 weeks now. I didn't know there were blog update requirements, but I was told last night that I haven't been doing my duty. I hope this makes up for it ;)

Sunday Night

Even before Danny's back surgery, it was really unheard of for me to be away on a Sunday aside from being at Sunday School for a couple of hours. Today, I had a bridal shower and a Sunday school meeting and was gone for a whopping six - yes, six - hours! I had one of my students from last year come and help for a couple of those hours in case Leo tried his table climbing routine and Danny couldn't get him down. Other than that, Danny held down the fort and noone got into too much trouble (so they say...). We had an impromptu dinner with Becca, Gary and "the boys" and then we had some old fashioned Weinberger fun. Bubbles (leo says it SO cute!) and flips - what else do you need?

Time sure does fly...

The other night, it dawned on me that I have been blogging for over two years now. It feels just like yesterday that I sent all my friends and family that first email announcing the blog. First it was simply "weloveamelia.blogspot.com" and then a few months later, we added Leo both to the blog and to the address (we dont want any hurt feelings, of course!). I have tried to give a good sense of what our days are like, focusing on what an amazing gift it is to be able to spend my life with these two kids. They make me laugh and they make me scream, but I have noticed that the pictures of us laughing are much more enjoyable. There have been many a night where I have stayed up way past my bedtime, when I was already overly exhausted, just so I could post a picture or two. Just like writing in a journal before bed, it is a way for me to make tangible the wonderful experiences we have - and to sometimes help me remember how cute my kids are when they have me showed me otherwise over the course of the evening. I don't know how long blogger.com will be around, but just as with their scrapbooks, I plan to be keeping track of the memories for my two beauties as long as they continue making them.

August 2005



August 2006



August 2007

Doing what we do best

Over the last few weeks, we have had so many visitors to our house telling us about their ventures downtown...Millennium Park, the "bean", etc. It's been wonderful to hear about, but I was getting a little tired about being the last person in Chicago to visit Millenium Park! Since school starts next week and we had nothing to do this week, I decided to take the kids downtown on the train. $3/parking and $8.60/roundtrip on the Metra and that was the whole shabang. We took an 8:05am train, walked from Union Station to Millennium Park (did I mention it was 90F today?), got our feet a little wet in the splash park, saw a concert at 10:00am, ate our PB sandwiches across from the bean, got VERY wet in the splash park, changed into our new clothes, walked 6 or so blocks to Spertus Museum to see my old friends, picked up two gifts at the beautiful Barriff Shop at Spertus, walked to Buckingham fountain and then walked back to Union Station, with a stop to a not so friendly McDonalads for some ice cold ice cream. The train ride home was loud - for everyone else, that is - but we did manage to make it back in three (very tired and sweaty) pieces.

Better Watch Out, Kohl Childrens Museum!

Today we went to the Morton Arboretum, something that Tante looked into and planned many weeks ago. The ride there was ok and, once we got there, the adventures were endless. They have a huge Childrens Garden filled with water, climbing, exploring and much more. It was very busy and very hot, but it was such a huge success that I walked out with a membership. I know Danny will love running around with the kids and I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the gardens for myself. By the next time, I know Leo is going to have even more fun and be able to do even more things on his own. I am not quite sure how I am going to manage both kids by myself, but that has never stopped me before.