Wow! Time to catch up!

Wow, that was a long break in blogs. Well, lets see, the weekend in Chicago was perfect. We had a great time laughing and catching up and seeing all the sights. The odd thing is I wasnt even that tired after it was all over with, which is a huge suprise. We did a lot of things for the birthday girl, but I must say the highlight of our trip was lunch at Dicks Last Resort! That place is a riot---rude waiters and all. We laughed so hard our cheeks hurt.

We worked a shift, which inlcuded overtime, at the Hersheys chocolate store on Michigan Ave. We got paid in chocolate, so not a bad gig. Sandy was serenaded with an operatic birthday song from the Hershey Baker, which was lovely. We shopped at Filene's Basement (which oddly enough, we took an elevator UP to?). The other highlight of the weekend was dinner at Carmines. Fantastic Italian food. It was a nice dinner out with the girls and we enjoyed our time there.

Now we just got home from Iowa for the weekend to celebrate Sandys's 50th birthday---it was a surprise bash and was very nice. The ever famous "Angel and Devil" showed up to do their skit, which was hilarious! I had never seen this before, so it was a thrill for me to finally get to witness this! Very funny and great actresses!

Then to Davenport to help with my good buddies daughters high school graduation party. It was great spending time with her and helping prepare for the festivities. Hard to believe our little Maddie Beth is all grown up and heading away to college. It was a great party, with wonderful food and lots of guests. Kathy always has known how to throw a bash and this was no exception. I only wish I could have stayed longer, but back to STL we went.
The pool opened this weekend, so we had to get home so we could enjoy soaking up some sun and letting the kids splash off some energy.

Today was my first "official" day home with both kids.....oh boy....its gonna be a long summer. I was on the phone all morning trying to line up activities for them to keep the occupied and to keep them from asking me every 15 minutes "Can we go to the pool today?" Augh!!! Enough already. We already have a swim play date set for Thursday....the first of many Im sure.

Well, not much else to report that is exciting. Oh, Charlie boy just ran in the house to let me know he just peed outside, behind the tree, "like Evan does." Our neighbor boy does this when he needs to, so Charlie has decided its time he give it a try. I wasnt sure whether to yell at him or praise him? Hmmmm, yup, not sure? Ideas anyone?

Better get the kids in the bath so we can start winding down. We have extended their evening schedules by 1 hour for the summer. Lets hope this isnt a dumb choice later in the summer.
Over and out for now.
Shark