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  • Water park fun

    Water park fun

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    Chip and Kim belong to the YMCA in Plainfield. Inside the YMCA there is a great water park which is the perfect place to have some family fun time. The water and air temperature is warm enough for even me. It has a range of water slides and sprayers along with my favorite — the…

  • Power of mad

    Power of mad

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    To be able to go down the large slides all kids had to pass a swimming test. The swimming test included jumping in at one end and swimming the whole length of an Olympic size pool. Monti at first did not want to do the test but she watched Gwendolyn go up and down the…

  • Party crafts

    Party crafts

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    Lesa would never have a party for young kids without including sometype of craft. Each of the kids beaded a necklace and then theydecorated a jewelry box to take their necklace home in. The boys,Lucas and Brecken, were especially patient and thoughtful when puttingtogether their beaded creation.

  • cousins and presents

    cousins and presents

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    A bird’s eye view of the kids before they opened their presents.

  • Christmas Eve

    Christmas Eve

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    Joe is doing his best to tease the kids. We all went to Chip and Kim’s house for a Christmas Eve party. 

  • Twins

    Twins

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    Gwendolyn decided to wear Monti’s dress which happened to match Dahlia’s. Dahlia was thrilled that Gwendolyn would want to match her. Gwendolyn did her best to brainwash the girls into being Chicago Sox fans. It looks like she may have swayed Dahlia.

  • at American Girl

    at American Girl

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    Each girl received a gift certificate to get one outfit for their American Girl doll. There are probably well over 300 outfits available there so the decision took some time. They came home with a riding outfit, a beach outfit, and a ballet ensemble.

  • Passed out

    Passed out

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    A snow storm was predicted to roll through on Tuesday so we moved up our plans to head downtown Chicago to do some Christmas shopping at Water Tower Place. We left after dinner and all 3 girls were dead asleep within 10 minutes of leaving the house. It was good because we stayed out till…

  • at the Nutcracker ballet

    at the Nutcracker ballet

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    Once inside the theater we could relax and enjoy the show. Ten minutes into the ballet Dahlia leaned over and whispered to me “Mom why aren’t they singing?” I must agree with Dahlia ballet seems to be lacking a certain something when it comes to telling a story.

  • Capes made by grandma

    Capes made by grandma

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    Each of the girls received a black cape to wear to the ballet inChicago. Each cape had it’s own unique colored lining. The problem wasthat the temperature in Chicago was -3 before you considered the wind.We were all so chilled to the bone it was just simply hard to move.Long capes are a little more…