Thursday, December 16, 2010

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!!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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.