What a combination!
Kris and Tom celebrated their 40th anniversary this summer, and to commemerate the occasion we spent this past weekend in the City with the two of them and Pat, Deanna and Connor. We headed in Saturday morning (that's right, we planned this weekend in conjunction with the Air & Water show, as we realized just last week...but quite honestly we weren't inconvenienced with traffic or much else as a result) and checked into the hotel, had some breakfast and then met up with Pat, D & Connor and headed to the zoo. We checked out a lot of animals, who were out despite the heat, and then later that evening went out for some great pizza & drinks. The next day we all had breakfast together and then went to the White Sox game (yes, a bunch of Cubs fans took in a Sox game because they are Gma Kris' favorite team). We had really good seats and had some yummy ballpark snacks & drinks and even got to see some home runs!
Griffin LOVED the entire weekend...since he's into trucks he really enjoyed seeing some big ones, and a lot of them up close, on the packed City streets. He couldn't stop pointing at everything...he took in all of the animals...and he was SO good at the baseball game. He fell asleep on me for a bit of the game (after the sun was off of our seats and it cooled off a bit) and I think he was pretty amazingly well-behaved for a 16-month old without good naps in the heat. We are very, very lucky. :)
THEN, after the tiring, hot weekend...and the drive home after the game...Ben decided to finish the dining room by renting a nail gun and nailing in the quarter-round. Then somehow, and I'm still not exactly sure, the rest of the evening progressed a little something like this: "look how AWESOME the dining room floors look! I can't WAIT to finish the living room this week! You know, babe, these baskets that hold Griff's toys are going to definitely scratch these new floors... You know, we really don't need an office... Man, this office furniture is BIG. [Tom]: You know, Ben, that was my stuff that I got for free a long time ago... [Ben] It's so BIG...I don't know that we'll be able to get it to the basement. Where's my drill? Let's take it apart [insert a lot of drilling, unscrewing, hammering, and driving wood apart with a wedge, some cursing]... [Julia] Don't we have a sledgehammer? [the furniture is taken to the yard]... This is FUN! This really sounds like gunfire! It's after 10pm, I think our neighbors may call the cops. Quick, let's get these pieces in the garage and close the doors!!! Now, just how many garbage stickers do we need for this stuff?!?!"
And tonight after some more organizing, voila! Griff has a playroom. Curtains, some artwork, and a bulletin board will complete the space soon...but it looks so nice, and though we may be down an office, we gained a ton of great play space for G-man. It was a great decision. A lot of great decisions are made by exhausted family members after a very tiring (but fun) weekend. :)
We had an awesome time with Tom, Kris and the Murphys over the weekend and Griff wants to give Connor a quick shout-out for being SO good with him, for sharing, and for being someone he loves to look up to. And thanks, also, especially to Tom for hanging so late last night and helping us destroy a lot of stuff to create something great.
I took some pictures over the weekend, and have posted a few here...but once I get some more pics from Kris I'll post those, too.
Hanging out on the corner with Grandpa taking it all in
LOOK!
His first couple of cab rides!
Showing Daddy the LIONS...I'd say those were his favorites.
Daddy's inappropriateness.
Heat + too much to see = necessary napping.
Being silly with Connor
Cute pic of the two (I think Griff is howling)
Checking out the mascots at the game
The destruction begins...
We all took turns...even me!!!
I think if all activities involved sledgehammers, life would be way more fun! :)
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