the cousin ballet

 Eli & Schaeffer Jo putting on a tres' chic ballet

Eli in his tutu

We had the great fun of having Eli & Jane off and on for a few days while Sara and Scott were out of the country--and got into all kinds of shenanigans, like ballet!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Schaeffer worked so hard to handwrite her name on each valentine

One for each classmate, schoolteacher and BSF teacher

Valentine's Day party

Can you guess which heart craft belongs to Schaeffer Jo? 

Happy Birthday, Sara (Iron Chef Style!)

Griffin prepping food for 'battle'

The women's team with the birthday girl

The men's team 'plating' their food

The men's plate

The girl's soup

All the yummie eats

The birthday girl

Griffin and I were able to celebrate his sister's birthday with an Iron Chef-style battle at the Chopping Block in Lincoln Park in Chicago. It was great fun, and great eating. 

Happy birthday, Sara!

Sledding at school

Schaeffer, Cody & Paige

Schaeffer flying on her saucer

SJ conning her classmates into giving her a 'ride' back into school

Wednesdays during the winter months at Christ Lutheran are student favorites because the sledding hill is open. Schaeffer loved hitting the sledding hill with her friends and playing in the snow with her friends. 

Schaeffer, the snow bunny!

 Schaeffer coming down the bunny hill

  SJ learning to turn and stop

on the magic carpet