Chicago Bears vs. Houston Texans

One of my dreams has finally come true! Anyone who knows me well, has no doubt what a huge Chicago Bears fan I am. On a whim, I bid on tickets to the Bears-Texans game in Houston. I actually won! John and I got a sitter for the kids for four days and we hit the road! We drove during the day and stayed in hotels at night. The experience was amazing, the game on the other hand...well, they lost the game and their playoff chances. But the players-Brian Urlacher, Devin Hester, Lance Briggs...so yummy! Next season, Soldier Field is calling my name! By the way, yes that is a look of thrill and excitement on John's face to be there with me :)

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning the kids woke us up at 4 am and then I proceeded to tell them "yeah right" and to get their cute little butts back into bed. Once 8 am rolled around we got up and opened our stockings and Nolan found a little treat along with a note from Santa. He has been a bit of a turd this year and we kept warning him he was going to get snowman poop if he didn't shape up... Now before you tell me how mean I am, he also got a stocking full of surprises. This was just a bit of a wake up call, suprisingly he has been nicer since. After the stockings, my charming husband made us breakfast and we all ate together in the living room floor. After that, the wrapping paper went flying!

Polar Express

It's been awhile since i've posted, so I'm going to play catch up and let everyone know what we've been up to the last couple of months... The Saturday after Thanksgiving, John and I took the kids to the North Pole on The Polar Express! In Connersville, Indiana they have this awesome historic train that takes kids to the "North Pole" to recreate the movie "The Polar Express". We took our golden tickets and boarded the train in our pajamas as the conductor yelled "all aboard". As we sat down, the sound of Christmas carols poured into the train cars enveloping us into the Christmas spirit. Hot cocoa and cookies were passed out to the children and their parents...yum. Once we reached the North Pole we all got to sing to get Santa to come out of his home. Santa boarded the train and sat with each and every child to find out what they wanted for Christmas and gave them a bell...just like the movie. This is the coolest thing ever to do for your kids at Christmas time. Tickets go on sale in May and are sold out before summer

ends so act quickly!