Winter Wonderfest At Navy Pier

Today the girls were a hit at Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier. Not a single person that walked by didn't smile when they saw these two. They absolutely LOVED looking at all the trees and seemed to think they could rearrange all the ornaments. We were going to ride the train, but I would have had to get the girls wristbands that allow you access to each ride and/or activity. Being that the train and a bounce house were all they could do I chose to opt out of the rides and just let them walk/crawl/roam around the place. That is after I went to the head of Winter Wonderfest asking why they don't have discounted wristbands for children under 2, and that might be somehting they want to consider for next year as it is a total rip off to charge the same for every person regardless of age when toddlers can't partake in everything. His reply was that it was financially beneficial to have people buy a wristband rather than tickets for each indiviual ride. My reply was no s#@t!  You have people paying for a whole wristband when the child can only use 3 things here. I digress.

We even saw Santa and got a picture with both girls! Granted I had to have Magda on my lap to prevent her from having a Santa Meltdown, but we got our picture!!! Clara had no prblem with Santa and was much more interested in Mrs. Clause then Santa.

Merry Christmas from the Webers, Nolans, and Jen!

THANKS FOR THE DRESSES BECKY!!

Santa's message to the girls!


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Magda's Birthday Collage

Clara's Birthday Collage

Clara's Birthday

Today was Clara's first birthday. To celebrate we went back to the Chicago Children's Museum since they loved it so much the first time around. The water tables are still their favorite by far...hint hint to any of Santa's helpers. The girls spent most of the time in the treehouse which is geared towards ages 1-5. Another room that seemed to be a bigger hit then last time was a garden room with giant flowers and bumblebees. The girls even made a friend while playing in the "pond." Clara loved inspecting the giant flowers and Magda was drawn to the fake rain they had. It was bascally silver tinsil that had a fan behind it blowing down from the ceiling.



Santa's Little Dancing Helpers!!!

Clara and Magda- Material Girls (our first music video)

Playing in the last bit of leaves left before the first snowfall. For Chicago, that could be any day now. 

Magda and Clara - Dem Bones

The girls seem to be IN LOVE with this song! It is called "Dem Bones" and is basically a skeleton on a plain white background dancing. This is their reaction anytime it comes on...

   Sporting their new winter outerwear!

Morton Arboretum

We are still outside an taking advantage of Chicago's unseasonably warm weather. Our plan was to get to the Arboretum when all the colorful leaves were still ON the trees, but the sleet/rain/high winds we had a week ago took that all away. It was still a very fun place for the girls. They loved crawling and walking up and down a huge hill. I'm not really sure if we were even allowed to go off the path, but no one said to get off. We may have to come here when it snows!! They have a pathway of ALL conifer trees which would make some some cute pics of the girls in the snow.

Brookfield Zoo

Since the weather in Chicago decided to take a U-Turn back to summer weather we took advantage of more outdoor fieldtrips! Today we went to Brookfield Zoo, and this is the first time we opted to not go to Lincoln Park Zoo. Brookfield definitely has a MUCH better ape house. However, strollers are not allowed inside. So, I had to carry the girls most of the way through it. I hope they don't plan on being held a lot tomorrow, my arm muscles are going to be out of service. The polar bears were by far the best part. The girls got very up close and personal with a very friendly bear.

      Playing Outside while we still can!!!!

Up close with both the girls!

HALLOWEEN!!!!!

HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Well the costumes came out very well, and the girls pulled off two of the cutest bumblebees I have ever seen. They competed in a costume contest at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago. They didn't scream or cry at all! Clara clapped on stage and Magda walked all over the place. Neither were scared of the crowd or the noise. They were very cooperative after standing in line for a half hour before the competition even started. Unfortunately, we did not win the contest. We lost to a Chucky....that's right, that creepy doll. Someone dressed their child up in overalls, red hair, and freckles and called in a costume. It honstely looked more like Raggedy Ann. It was a good day all in all. Next year we are bringing the competition, and props seem to give you an edge as well.



Didier Farm

DIDIER FARM

Today was our last fall fall outing...tear. We decided to go to Didier Farm and go on a hayride, but of course these girls couldn't pass by the PUMPKINS!!! They absolutely love crawling around in them. Magda even gave a hug to a few of them and even tried to pick them up...obviously she was not successful. As for Clara, she loved the hayride. There were scarecrows along the ride and she waved at every single one!

Even on the windiest, yuckiest days the girls are still all smiles!!! 

Chicago was supposed to have one of the worst storms in 70 years, and other then it being windy (barely more then normal) this storm must have been invisible or took a turn in a different direction.

Painting Pumpkins!

Our pumpkins are painted!

The girls painted the smaller pumpkins all by themselves. I just put on some green paint and they couldn't wait to get their hands into it! After a few minutes they were more excited to squish in their hands then continue with the pumpkin painting. After their small pumpkins were finished we mad handprints for spider legs on the larger pumpkins. After they dried I added a little color, webs, and their names. 

Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm!!!!

We took a trip to Barrington to visit Goebberts. Yet again we probably could have spent all day long playing in the pumpkins! The girls actually picked out their own pumpkins! I took out 5 pumpkins that were all roughly the same size and shape and let them go to them. The first one they went to was their pumpkin...might not be what they would have actually "chosen"...but they're infants, so this seemed like the best pumpkin picking alternative. 

Some Halloween Fun!!