well, like i said on my last post it has been busy here; as i imagine it has been at others homes. but some of the busyness has been the making of memories as a family when the boys and i made lemonade out of lemons when our Thanksgiving plans fell through.
first you need to know that i was on the verge of despair when i called and found out that we were kinda dis-invited to my sisters. actually it had been months since i had mentioned going down to fort wayne for thanksgiving and so when i finally called kimmy to check on the plan i found out that her family was going to be up here with my brother -in-laws family!!! i wisely didn't take it personally since i know the challenge of making everyone happy at the holidays...
despite my show of maturity i was a little concerned that jon and sam might not see the change of plans the same way and i hated the prospect of disappointing them. so i went to my fall back plan...whenever i want to do something special...we go to a hotel. but a hotel alone seemed not quit right. so remembering sammy's little voice recently saying to me "can we ride on a train again sometime" i decided to take the boys to chicago for the day and go to Shedd Aquarium. it was a great time that included 2 train rides in and out of chicago, sharks, whales and dolphins and lots of other water thingies.
the only problem is that i don't think aquariums and hotel swimming pools are a very good combination. the boys kept thinking there was going to be a shark swimming out of the pool filter holes and they just couldn't stay in the water. dump, dump...dump, dump...dada, dada, dada, dada, dada dum!
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