Too Tired...

So much to blog about...so little energy.

Now that my class is done, I will have time for a big blog. But for right now, I'm exhausted and going to bed. Yes, at 8:00. How old am I getting?? Oh, but it might be a few day, my computer (of which is less than a year old) has to go in for service. It keeps shutting down and freezing up...frustrating!!!

Percy Jackson Craze at the Bolles'

O.M.G. My daughter is C.R.A.Z.Y. for Percy Jackson!!! She has just finished up the fifth and final book in the series and holy kamolies it is like the end of the world for her!! She is doing all she can to extend the life of these books, which I find completely adorable. She is now sitting with her foot propped up, looking at her newest book, the Percy Jackson Ultimate Guide. It talks about each character, what their purpose in the story is, and details about their families. I feel like a part of these books, and I've never even read them.

I am beyond thrilled that she has found the wonderful love of diving into a book and getting lost! And she is so very excited about them, that she feels it is her God-given duty to share it all with the rest of us! Way to go Andie - keep on readin'!

Spring Break

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I just love this time of year! The Robin's are out, the Tigers are on, and things are just starting to come back to life.

We just returned from a short family vacation to Chicago. The kids had never been there, and while Chicago doesn't boast any palm trees, it was something that they have been wanting to do. Oh wait, the palm tree addiction is mine, not theirs! That's right :o)

So we took the train from Holland (a first for them), visited an array of attractions Chicago has to offer:

Shedd Aquarium (first for them)
Field Museum (first for them)
Planetarium (first for them - see my theme developing here?)
Museum of Science & Industry (another first)
Sears Tower Deck (you guessed it)

I'm struggling a bit with moving my pictures around - so they're at the top only. I wanted to get a little more creative and place them accordingly, but when I upload them, it's all just a bunch of codes and not actual pictures. For this non-techy girl, I just decided to leave them where they are!

So the first two pictures are at the top of the Sears Tower. If you haven't been there in a while, they have a spot that is a window that you stand on and you can see all the way to the ground. F.R.E.A.K.Y.!! But if you go all the way to the top, you just HAVE to stand there and look down! Unless you're Mike Bolles, but we won't go there. Just kidding! He did it too! But holy cow is it weird!

We also did a little bit of walking on Michigan Ave., ate at a few yummy places and delved into the hustle and bustle of the city. We ended up coming home a day early...and for a few reasons.

One being that we were just citied out...three days is plenty! Another is that we wanted to enjoy more than one day of the weekend at home, and the last (and therefore the largest...) is that Miss Andie hurt her foot at school almost two weeks ago.

She managed to hobble around the city by holding onto my arm and limping, but not without painfully doing so. So I had been keeping an eye on it the last week and a half, but it just wasn't getting better, so I decided to take her in for an x-ray. Sure enough. Her foot is broken! My poor girl!!

She definitely takes the award for Tough Girl, and I definitely take the award for Bad Mom. I feel absolutely horrible that she went as long as she did with it broke.

So there she sits in the recliner with her foot propped up with a cast on it. Well, just a temporary cast right now. I have to take her to her Dr. on Monday for a hard cast. All I can say is I'm sorry Andie! Mom loves you!