Month: August 2010

Well, Fall is on our minds now. Not only did the weather cool off (from 90 to 80, but still…), but we got Maeve’s schedule completely lined up for her Fall semester of school and classes. We also managed to have a bunch of fun this week too!

Monday – Sign up for art class and preschool at the Y, lunch with mommy’s friend

Tuesday – Storytime and ice cream at Brown Cow with Olivia

Wednesday – Green City Market, Lincoln Park Zoo, Centennial Pool and dinner at Evan’s

Thursday – beach and picnic with Katie, Megan and Lucy

Friday – bowling and lunch with Gwen

Saturday – birthday party for Gaby and Ben, including rides on the el and the bus

Sunday – HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NANNA!!! We had a wonderful outing to Lincoln Park this morning for the WTTW Fun & Run. They had many characters from our favorite PBS shows, including Cookie Monster, Elmo, Duck and Dog from Word World, Clifford, Arthur and, of course, Curious George! Maeve wanted to wait in the lines for the inflatable slides more than for the characters, and she had even more fun after we ran into our friends, the Steeves family!

Last week’s Altman Summer Camp rundown:

Monday – Breakfast with our cousins wrapping up a great visit with Kaitlyn, then Aunt Katie came with us to the Art Institute and the Whealan pool

Tuesday – Bowling and lunch playdate at our house with Evan

Wednesday – Aunt Katie joined us for the Chicago Botanic Garden to visit the trains and then the Centennial Pool with Georgia and Evan

Thursday – At the Y to play and meet Maeve’s new preschool teacher (more on this exciting development below!)

Friday – We went to the library to beat the heat

This weekend we laid low, but enjoyed the gorgeous sunshine in our yard and a family outing to the pool in Wilmette. Tomorrow we sign up for art class at Horner Park and then head over to the Irving Park YMCA to sign Maeve up for preschool there. Last week we met the teacher and saw the room – we loved both and it looks like the perfect fit! I’m excited that we now know she’ll be in school M/W/F mornings. We think her schedule is complete with soccer and art so we are going to wait on Spanish til at least the winter to make sure she settles into her new school and routine.

So I think it’s technically Week 4 of summer camp in Chicago, but with all our to-ing and fro-ing I’ve lost track. All I know is that it’s somehow already August and we have to make some preschool decisions next week and solidify Maeve’s fall schedule! We have signed up for Lil Kickers, a soccer class, with Maeve’s friend Avery from Black Bear, but the rest is currently a mystery. We intend to do preschool part-time, another art class with Ms. Cheryl, and spanish at Language Stars as well!

Here’s a recap of this past week:

Monday – Whealan Aquatic Center with Mommy

Tuesday – Bowling and playdate at Evan’s

Wednesday – Wonderworks with Olivia and Lily (Brookfield Zoo was rained out), YMCA

Thursday – Playgroup reunion with Charlie, J.T. and Reilly in Arlington Heights

Friday – Centennial Pool with Evan, park playdate with Avery

Saturday – Lily’s birthday party at River Park

Our cousin Kaitlyn is here for a visit this weekend, so we will have a fun cousins’ BBQ this afternoon with Lucy!

We spent last week in Detroit welcoming the newest member of our family, Nathan! Daddy had to work quite a bit because it was the last week of the month, but we got to visit with the new parents and our little nephew as well.

Maeve spent most of her time with Nanna and Grandad, who helped us out so much! She enjoyed another trip to Greenfield Village, where they rode the steam engine train, the Model T Fords and the carousel. Maeve got to go mini golfing with her grandparents as well, and then on a boat ride to lunch and a bike ride around Wyandotte for ice cream another day! My mom and I were able to take her to a local pool, but mostly she loved playing with Duffy and Ophelia. There is a really cute video in the MobileMe Gallery of Maeve “reading” her new princess book to Ophelia!

We returned in time to stop by our block party so Maeve could go in the bouncy house and we’ve been enjoying this perfect summer weather at the local farmer’s market and pools. The Whealan pool we found today as we kicked off Altman Summer Camp this week is a perfect blend of zero depth entry, fun slides and spray toys, and the ability for Maeve to swim around with her life jacket on! We are hoping for trips to Brookfield Zoo and playdates with friends in the suburbs this week too… This weekend we are looking forward to some quality time to BBQ with our cousins!