Ryan & Tarek - Engagement Party

We had two fun celebrations this weekend for Ryan and Tarek:  a Saturday evening dinner/pre-birthday party at Pequod's pizza in Lincoln Park and a Sunday luncheon at Union League Chicago.   It was fun to have everyone in town to celebrate their upcoming wedding!

Saturday:

Sunday:

Random Things to Remember

A few random photos that I don't want to forget to post:

Brookdale Open House:

Food!   William has become quite the self-sufficient cook.   He asked permission one day to use the oven to make crescent rolls for a snack.  All I did was put them in/take them out.   When I returned I found 1 of the 8 left.  I guess "snack" = 7 crescent rolls!   We've also been getting Green Chef meal kits which the guys have been cooking together 3 times/week.   William's knife skills are greatly improving.

Our waiter thought we had two kids at our table one evening, and William didn't let that second lemonade go to waste!

Pictures his teacher posts on Class DoJo.

 Clever drawing.....glitter weakness is a real thing!

Spring Break

During William's Spring Break, he mostly had a staycation.    And by staycation, I mean, he hung around the house and played video games.  The first weekend he had a half day STEM Camp organized by the Cub Scouts.   And then the real fun was the last weekend when his cousin Jake came from Indianapolis to visit!  Now he could play video games WITH someone!   

 They also went to one of the trampoline places for an afternoon.  But the big event (you know, because I organized it!) was a visit to Medieval Times.  My expectations of the food and entertainment were appropriate low.   I was fairly impressed with the quality and variety of food - none of us left hungry - and the entertainment was a little silly but perfectly suited for the two 4th grade boys in attendance!   All-in-all a family fun outing!   And it was fun to have Jake with us for the weekend.  The boys had a lot of catching up to do since Thanksgiving!  And so much laughing!  (I'll leave out the part of the night where I left my purse at our table and had to drive 45 minutes back to the castle and 45 minutes back home between 10 and 11:30 at night.)

I let him get out the door with his crown on.   If only we were going someplace besides home afterward, I would have reminded him he was still wearing his "nametag" outside of the building.