March of Dimes

Past Sunday, my Mom and Mina joined us in the walk for babies or better known as March of Dimes. The event was sponsored by Nicor and few other businesses. We walked for more than 6 miles that took us over two hours, but I hardly broke a sweat. Matthew walked the whole time and I told him how proud I was that he could finish the walk by himself. I could tell that he enjoyed walking with Mina and my Mom. I suppose walking with a few hundred people, helped him stay focus. Nathan walked part of the way, but he mostly sat with Maya on the strollers we brought with us.
Maya was able to eat while we walked, but didn't take a nap until we got to our car. We finished the event with eating hot dogs, getting baloon sword and jumping in a dragon! Overall, it was a fun activity and I sure was happy this year it didn't rain.

1st Half of March

So far, the first half of this month has been very busy for us. Linnet is working 20+ hours per week, and with the weather getting warmer, kids want to go out more often. They of course need an adult supervision!
Matthew had a Dady day at his pre-school, where I saw his developments. I got a tour first from his teacher and then from Matthew. He showed me almost everything in his classroom, and ate my two donuts. We also took a picture with his teacher. Maya began to crawl backwards, and is getting better at keeping her balance and does not fall forward, when tries to crawl. Thy boys have so much fun playing with her and making her laugh.
We also visited the Brookfield zoo, I think this was Maya's second visit. I think Nathan enjoyed the visit more than anyone else. He gave up his sandwich to Matthew, so he can play a bit more. All of them loved to visit with the animals. Bahareh was kind enough to go with us, and gave me a hand holding Maya and running after Nathan when he chased the geese. We were all tired after we got back, and kids fell asleep in the car. I'm sure the second half of the month will be more fun, specially we have the NouRooz to be prepared for.

February Snapshot

A lot happened in the month of February. We had a surprise visit from my aunt Jhaleh and cousin Arsalan from the land down under. We had a weekend together that sure was fun for us, and hopefully they enjoyed it too. We visited the Navy Pier and the Sears tower ( I still like to call it Sears! ), and my first time visiting Skydeck Ledge. We visited the CC's pizza, and Matthew enjoyed few games at their arcade. We also visited downtown Downers Grove and the ice sculpture festival, as well as watching the Avatar in 3D. I thought it was way over rated!
Nathan and Matthew received their treadmill and amazingly still excersice on it. Maya won every one's heart by her big smiles, and her favorite new game was to get piggy back rides from her brothers.

December, already gone!

Even with this month almost gone, there are a lot of updates I can still mention; besides our painful trips to doctors and feeling sorry for kids in pain.
Matthew had his sing along at the Preschool and told everyone about the Baha`i faith. He made me so proud, after giving a little presentation about how the holidays are for him. He was unprepared, yet stayed focus on the subject.

We started Maya on solid food and she had half a banana for the first time, last evening. Nathan had his first snow sliding and we all had fun with the gingerbread house. Kids enjoyed the candies more than anything else and the 20 minutes of this project's short life, we laughed all the way!
Nathan, more than everyone else enjoyed putting the candies on the house. I think his formula was "one on the house, two in my mouth!"
We also enjoyed visits from our families during this month, and great cookies our families, friends and neighbours provided for us. Now I can start my new year's resolution, one week earlier!

November Summarized

Most of these pictures were taken in November at my Mom and Dad's birthday party. We bought a chocolate cake from Portillo's and everyone enjoyed it. It was lucky that Mina was present, as she's rarely seen these days (busy with school.) Bahareh had a very nice candle that looked like a cake top. Looks totally awesome in picture!
Pictures of my Mom and Dad with the kids were taken today at our place.