Well, let’s see if I can tell you about the last few days without repeating anything.
Last week, on Monday (March 16), the three older kids and I went on a field trip to Eli’s Cheesecake Factory. It was so extremely yummy. The two little ones had been dropped off down at Grandma Wall’s house for the week while she was on her Spring Break. James had not wanted to go at first, but once we were there and they had some little samples out that didn’t have milk in them, he was a happy boy. We all enjoyed sampling the different cakes. Out of the three little bite sized samples that I tried, I liked the Irish Mint the best. It was yummy. It’s a special one they have around St Patrick’s day. We got to watch them decorating the cakes and they decorated one to our specifications and at the end of our tour, we were asked a question that related to the history of the factory that our tour guide had told us about at the beginning. The kid who answered it correctly got the cheesecake that we had decorated. It was cool. Anyway, we all got a whole slice of cheesecake at the end. I picked chocolate peanut butter. James took an Oreo slice and put it into a container to bring home for Jeremy. The lady found out that he was allergic to milk, so she got him an oatmeal cookie and a glass of soy milk to make up for no cheesecake. All three kids (as well as myself) enjoyed this field trip immensely.
On St Patrick’s Day, I took the three older kids into Chicago and we walked up Michigan Avenue and went to the Lego store because they love that place. Guess what? They were giving a little kit away to all kids between 6 and 12 yrs. It made a leprechaun. The guy giving them away helped Amie and James put theirs together. I bought a small bucket of legos. It was one where you can pick the pieces you want in it and I got a bunch of pieces that we didn’t already have. We also went to the Sanrio store where the girls each bought some Hello Kitty stuff. Around lunchtime, we headed down towards Google and got a tour. It is a neat place! After that, we walked down to Millennium Park and sat under the trees and people watched for about half an hour before heading back to the train and coming home.
Last weekend, we had company. Jason, Jeremy’s brother, came up on Thursday and his parents came up on Friday with Noelle and AnnaBeth. On Saturday, after eating waffles, we headed over to IKEA. Mom Wall LOVED the place! She is hoping to come back again with her boss (who is a wonderful friend of both of us) and go shopping for her classroom. She and Dad had to leave on Saturday after a rest. Jason stayed until Monday. On Monday, he went into Chicago with Jeremy and got a tour of Google and then enjoyed walking around downtown.
Yesterday, while chatting with a friend on IM… my computer started shutting down one thing after another. I tried rebooting and got “No Operating System Found”. WHAT? I had Jeremy take a look and he said the hard drive was dead. NOOOOOOO!!! At first, we didn’t think we had the money to get a new one, but after a night’s sleep and some rational thinking, we talked about maybe looking for one. Jeremy took Noelle out for a date this morning and came home with an Asus Eee for me! I think it’s the smallest one, but that’s ok with me as I use my laptop mostly for internet. Now I’m going to make a little satchel to carry it with me. I like it. I’m still getting used to the little keyboard, but it’s not too hard for my little hands.
Anyway, there you go. Another catch up post… I feel like I’m always doing these long posts, but we’ve been so very busy. I’m sure you all understand.
Oooo, one more thing… we are going up to Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells next month. The kids are excited!