Apri & May Miscellaneous

April 1:  Doc McStuffins

 

April 1:  My BIG boy... loves his bottles!

 

April 1:  When Dad was a gone we had a special night in... bagel pizzas, fruit & yogurt parfaits, and Mary Poppins

 April 6:  Movin' & Groovin'

April 11:  I went with a group of girlfriends to hear Shauna Niequiest speak.  Her talk "More Love, Less Hustle" was absolutely great.  I loved hearing her speak (she is a Chicago land native but speaks all over the contry!).  I have also enjoyed two of her books--"Cold Tangerines" and "Bread & Wine".

That is Shauna--5th from the left

 April 21:  Brother  Love

 

May 1:  We went to Lincoln Park Zoo on a field trip with Ms. Pearl's.  Our church helped chaperone the trip.  It was chilly and a bit rainy, but that didn't stop us from having fun.  Most memorable part of the trip... our bus broke and we were stuck for almost 2 hours while we waited for someone to come fix it!!

 

May 4:  Sadie had a super fun shopping spree to Claire's.  She had two gift cards from her birthday to start earring collection. 

 

May 8:  A little dirt never hurt anyone...

 

May 10:  We did a Saturday morning family bike ride.  We rode about 7.5 miles to a local park and back.

 

May 10:  "Kickin' It for Cure It"  Our small group attended a western-themed benefit to support a local charity, The Cure It Foundation, that supports pediatric cancer research.  One mom in our group works for the foundation (her daughter had a blood disorder called ITP) and another mom in our group organized the benefit (along with three other cancer moms). 

Nichole's daughter Aubrey recently finished her 2 year treatment plan for leukemia.  I met Nichole in our MOPS group and her family joined our small group about a year ago.

 May 12:  Sleeping Sisters

 

May 12:  I helped the kids plan a special birthday celebration to honor Ms. Sarah.  We made cupcakes and took her out to Chuck E Cheese.

 

May 15:  A group of my girlfriends were lucky enough to have the opportunity to see Jen Hatmaker speak.  She was even more fabulous in person!  Hilarious, inspiring, and beautiful... 

We were lucky enough to happen to sit 2 rows behind where she was seated pre-speaking.  My friend Danielle yelled up to ask her if we could get a pic right before the event started... she graciously agreed!

 May 16:  Grocery Shopping

 

May 20:  Date Night--Marc was honored at YMCA dinner.

 

May 123:  Sadie's Classroom

 

May 30:  We hosted a baby "sprinkle" for a family in our small group that was pregnant with twins.  It was so much fun!!  We ate lots of yummy food & cupcakes, played a fun "mad libs" game to write their birth story, and the guys had a race to see who could assemble a pack & play, swaddle a baby, sing a lullaby, and lay the baby down.  Josh (the dad-to-be) won!  Jen & Josh chose not to find out the gender of the babies.  They have 4 girls (17-15-10-2) and ended up having TWIN BOYS!  We are so excited that they are a part of our group.