Annie's friends

Annie was invited to her classmate Nina's birthday celebration. Nina could only pick 5 friends and Annie was one of the friends. We went to see Hansel and Gretel then to Lou Malnatis for pizza dinner. Mia came too. It was fun to hang out downtown with school friends!



Annie also started her Ballet Recital class today. We took her friend Daniela with us today. It was fun!



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Halloween 2013

Despite the rainy drizzle, the kiddos had a fun Halloween. We had a big parade at school then Halloween parties in the classroom. Later at home we went trick or treating for the last half hour if it - it only drizzled. The girls had a blast. Mia was Wonder woman and Annie was Dorothy.

















Mommy and Miss Cahill went as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.




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Soccer stars

Great soccer season for Mia! Lots of goals scored and lots of fun with her friends!! See ya next Spring!








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Ballet recital

Annie's tap and ballet recital

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Soccer Star & piano

Mia scored two more goals last Saturday - Annie and I missed the game as it was the same time as Annie's ballet class. Only two more weeks of soccer left! She has been doing great passing to her teammates and playing good defense!

Mia is doing great playing piano still. Her pieces are getting harder so it's taking her a little longer to learn them, but she is still doing super great and playing beautifully. It will be just about one year that she has been playing - I can't believe how fast that year fly - and how much she has learned!

bedtime chatter

mom: Annie, do you want to go to Neve's Halloween party?
Annie: shakes head yes
mom: do you want to bring sissy, you can bring a sibling?
Annie: no
mom: why not
Annie: because she's too old
mom: why is she too old?
Annie: because she already knows how to read

Annie mentions a girl in her class, Nina.
Mom: Do you like playing with Nina?
Annie: nooooo
Mom: why?
Annie: because she is a monster

Annie's first field trip...

And her first school bus ride. The weather was chilly and a light rain (sorta looked like snow) but we had lots of fun. I took the day off to be a chaperon so it was fun to wear my mommy hat for the day. We went to Goebbert's farm in Barrington which was a great farm. We took a hay ride, saw a movie about the farm hosted by Farmer Bob, went through a corn maze and went to a great petting zoo with Capybaras, kangaroos, water buffalos, baby bengal tigers, zebras (Annie's favorite), giraffees, Kokaburras, and more. The kiddos took home an ear of Indian corn, a gourd and a small pumpkin.


One of Annie's friend, Owen, was with us for the day. He is the brother of one of my student's and Annie likes playing with him and he likes playing with Annie. She liked the bus ride and both kiddos fell asleep on the way back to school.






We got back to school early so we signed Mia out early and headed home to have a nice afternoon. It was a fun day!
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