Month: June 2010

Week 1

Monday – Maeve and I took the el train and a bus to the Field Museum on a rainy day in Chicago. We spent our time there with Sarah, Olivia and Tessa!

Tuesday – Another rainy day took us to the Y, bowling (which Maeve loved!) and the Laura Doherty concert at the Old Town School of folk music. We have listened to “the concert CD” in the car nonstop since!

Wednesday – We spent the morning at the Green City market and had a picnic lunch with Georgia and Evan at the Lincoln Park Zoo. We saw animals, got ice cream and enjoyed the sunshine. Then, we went to the park with Avery for another fun playdate!

Thursday – Maeve and I spent the morning at the Dempster Aquatic Center, our favorite pool in Skokie, and then had lunch with Megan and Lucy in Lincoln Square.

Friday – We went downtown to visit Mommy’s old office and have lunch with Daddy on Chris and my 5th wedding anniversary. We went to visit Daddy’s office, and then went over to Will’s house for a playdate during a storm that took out our power! Will is a friend from Black Bear.

Saturday – The Altman family took the el downtown to Millennium Park to play in the fountains and have a picnic while listening to the Midwest Young Artists perform in the Pritzker Pavilion. A perfect Chicago day.

Sunday – We took Daddy to lunch at Rockwell’s for Father’s Day.

Week 2

Monday – Maeve and I went to the library this morning and then went to Oak Park for lunch with Sarah and the girls on Tessa’s 1st birthday!

Tuesday – We had a fun playdate with Sisi at the Nature Museum this morning. Sisi is a friend from Black Bear and Little Gym.

Wednesday – Today Altman Summer Camp took a roadtrip to Rockford for a playdate with my college friends’ kids Sierra, Felicity and Ryan at the Children’s Museum. The kids enjoyed many different exhibits and the outdoor playscape once the rain stopped.

Thursday – We did an art project at home – a fun T-Shirt to color on that my friend Tammy sent – and then went to Maeve’s dentist appointment. She got a great report and was very brave during the cleaning!

Friday – Today held another fun playdate with Evan at Centennial Pool and then lunch and a visit to his new home.

Saturday – The Altman Family headed up north to Charlevoix, MI to embark on our two-week boat journey with Nanna and Grandad!

Sunday – Our family celebrated Aunt Cinda and Uncle Bill with a surprise party today on their 40th wedding anniversary.

I love my dad and my baby girl’s daddy! Maeve and I are so lucky to have them.

After a busy, fun weekend of World Cup and birthday parties and a Justin Roberts’ concert, Altman summer camp began on Monday. I have created index cards for all the possible things we can do in and around Chicago, and laminated our schedule. Maeve really got into her visual schedule this year at school and I thought having one for summer would help us plan and do lots of fun things! I intend to post a diary of sorts each week to catalog what we do around town.

We got to see Maeve’s teachers to say goodbye today…and Maeve got to play with a few of her school friends in a bouncy house!

One of the moms put together a book for Ms. Bailey and we were able to purchase a copy. Maeve loves the pictures of her first school friends – it’s her first yearbook!

We also had our last day of Little Gym class today and I realized that it is the last time mommy will be invited into class. Maeve is such a big girl now that she will be going to classes by herself, not the parent/tot classes I have enjoyed the past three years.