A Little Bug and Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

What a weekend!

Friday night I fell asleep Skyping to Megan and Luke around ten to 7. I was up by 10 and not a happy camper. I got sick three times in all three rooms throughout the night. I had a fever and wasn't up to snuff.

Yesterday, I moped around and fell asleep on Daddy after lunch around 2. Grandma and Grandpa asked if they could come see me, and my mom said yes. So, they came down and ended up going to church with Mommy while Daddy stayed back with me as I slept.




I was up by the time they returned, and felt much better (and cooler). I gave Grandma her Valentine's Day present and played with my Duplos with Grandma.

Today, Mommy made me some vegan allergy-free chocolate chip cookies. Daddy and I think they are tasty!

Max, Grandma and Grandpa, and Earmuffs

I didn't go outside today. I'm happy as a clam inside the warm apartment. But, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us today! Here I am wearing Grandma's earmuffs. :)

Max and I had fun today!

Technology Brings Us So Much Closer

Today I talked to Uncle Paul in Indianapolis on the laptop via Skype. This evening I was able to talk to Luke and Megan the same way. How exciting! It turned into all three of us showing our toys, etc. I loved seeing their faces and their toys!

Super Bowl Weekend

We had fun building a tent again yesterday! We like putting the GloDoodle underneath and turning all the lights out. We also brought the light toy from the Coca Cola Museum that Uncle Mikey brought me back from Atlanta with us in the tent. That was neat to see the lights swirl under the sheet!





Here's a fun one of my mommy and me. Sometimes we just like to be goofy and take fun pics! We have fun, what can we say? Thanking God for all of our blessings.

Snow Day 2/Cold Day

Today Lewis was closed for a second day in a row because of the FREEZING temps! Most of Chicagoland again was shut down. Roads were tough to drive on and frankly, who would want to go out in that weather unless you really had to.

So...we stayed inside again today. We read my books, made a few puzzles, ate a mango, watched a cooking show on Food Network, watched Buddy's (Cake Boss') cooking show on TLC, and just chilled. Tonight Mom made a vegan cookie recipe that turned into a cake recipe that sort of was a "flop". She didn't have the evaporated cane sugar, so she used the agave syrup...but it was too liquidy to make cookies out of. She turned it into a cake.

Here I am with a piece of mango peel on my head. I figured it was close to the Mr. Potato Head glasses I always try to stick on my head, so why not give it a shot!

SnOMG...Blizzard 2011

Woohoo!!! What a fabulous 24 hours it has been here in the Chicago Suburbs. While Luke and Megan are home from school because of 2 inches of ICE (that Luke was going to go skate on outside this afternoon) in Indianapolis, we got hit with the storm of the century last night here in Chicagoland. AKA a huge blizzard.



The last blizzard we had here in Chicagoland was back in 1999. My mommy was a senior in high school. It hit the first 3 days of January. Mommy, Uncle Mikey, Grandma, Grandma Ba, and Grandpa Ba had taken the annual ride to Valparaiso for the New Years Holiday weekend with the family. The storm was suppose to be so bad that they had to leave early in order to get home before the snow hit. It was a big one. My Grandpa was working long hours for the city, so Mommy and Uncle Mikey had to shovel all of Grandpa's side jobs for him. Lots to keep up with. Mommy remembers that storm fondly...for it was the last time she saw her Grandpa before he went to heaven. That Saturday after all of the storm had past, she walked to mass in the morning. After mass, she walked to Grandma Ba's to shovel for them and spend the day with her grandparents. Grandma Ba said the snow could wait, and that Mommy should just stay inside with them. What a small blessing that was. Mommy just sat and watched the snow fall with her grandparents all day. She left late in the afternoon to walk back home and fondly remembers the last hug and kiss with her Grandpa as he smiled at her as he closed the door behind her, sending her on her way back home. Days later, he passed away of a sudden heart attack. Rest in peace, Grandpa Ba. Someday I'll see you in heaven.



THIS blizzard was full of much higher winds that what Mommy remembered last time! You couldn't even walk outside! The snow was making this white wall that we could hardly see our neighbors across the way! The snow fell for 24 hour straight but the wind was really killer. It was whipping against the windows all of last night. This afternoon the winds finally died down and we were able to go outside and use my new SLED from Uncle Mikey and Tonya. Lots of the college kids were helping each other pull out of their parking spots. They were shoveling the snow into anything they could find..recycling baskets, garbage cans, etc. Some of them were sledding down the bigger hills around campus, but I stuck to the small one right outside our building. I am not a fan of the cold snow on my skin. I was bundled from head to toe and stayed in the sled (except for when I fell out once on a sharp turn...thanks Mommy!)





This one will go down in history~FUN!