For Lana’s 7th birthday, she wanted to visit the American Girl Store. So, over Labor Day weekend, we went to visit Grandpa and Gram in Schaumburg. We got in around 9 on Friday night and the kids played will all of the fun toys that Grandpa and Gram have until very late! The next day, we all took a train ride into the Windy City. Then, we got to ride in a “taxi car”, as Jonah likes to call it! The American Girl Store lived up to the girls’ expectations. With their money that had been saved from birthdays and allowance, Lana bought a new doll, which she named Dakota, and Jada bought an outfit and glasses for her dolls. Gram also bought them each and outfit for their dolls and got the dolls’ hair fixed. Josefina REALLY needed a new do! On Sunday, we did a little shopping and went to the park…it was a perfect day! We headed home on Monday and stopped by to see Jennifer & Patrick’s new baby, Derek. All of the kids were begging to hold him (he’s only 8 days old) and didn’t want to give him up when their turn was over!
Levi & Jonah started school at St. John’s Lutheran Preschool today. They were very excited to get into the van and go! We hung up backpacks and went to Jonah’s room first. He gave me a kiss and was on his way. Then it was Levi’s turn. He was more timid when it was time for me to go. After I signed him in, I realized that I hadn’t signed Jonah in and had to go back to his room. When I got there, he was standing alone looking at the firetruck that someone else was playing with…when he saw me, he said he wanted to go home and got very clingy. Finally, the teacher took him and redirected him to the toys. After school, they both said that they had a good time, and Levi had a good note home. He did admit that he cried because he missed me 