Give me a G!

We have tried many activities with Gretchen in hopes of finding some kind of sport that she enjoys doing.  I was never much of a team sport kind of kid preferring to ride my bike, roller skate or swim.  Gretchen picked cheer leading so she could be with her best friend (who does not go to her school).  I was never a cheer leader so I don't quite get it but it seems to be VERY popular in suburbia.  I don't remember it being like this growing up in the city but perhaps I never noticed.  Anyway, she seems to like it.  They practiced three times a week until school started and have had their first game.  It is a huge commitment of time and effort so I hope she likes it.  If not, there is always archery.....

First Day of School

The boys are still in Early Childhood so preschoolers again.  Gretchen is a big 2nd grader....

An End to A Summer

This summer has been crazy!  We didn't do any birthday parties but yet we seemed to be busy a lot!  A family of five makes it difficult to do anything on the cheap so we have several passes this year that we did our best to maximize:  Six Flags (of course), Brookfield Zoo, MSI and Field Museum.  So, almost every weekend, we went to one of those places!  We also went to Six Flags St Louis and camping.  One of our last (or second to last) outings before school started was our annual Cubs game with the kids.  They are getting better and better at tolerating the whole weird atmosphere (sitting in the nosebleed section) and at honing in on their taste for junk food.  Gretchen has a list of food she "needed" to eat at the park which included:  hot dog, ice cream, cotton candy and peanuts.  The boys were not as bad but they did enjoy quite a bit of cotton candy!  We have one more day off before school start so we may have one more outing left in us though I am not sure I will survive it!

Enough Said