The Store

Master of the photobomb

So we visited the American Girl store in Chicago, the place was huge!  Mom scheduled a hair appointment... for the doll (there was a 45 minute wait).  Then the shopping began for Madison and her doll -- matching dresses, which I hear is a common part of the American Girl "experience".  Next up was the fancy lunch at the restaurant in the store (Mom made reservations ahead of time of course) -- the place was filled to the max, we even got a free tea cup!  Madison loved it there, definitely her favorite part of the trip.

Blackhawks store

 

Before...

after...

Patrick Kane -- one of the 4 Blackhawks Dylan knows by name/number.

Dylan's favorite part of the trip.  While he is 100% Red Wings, it doesn't stop D from collecting jerseys (he now has Red Wings, Flyers, Sabres and Blackhawks).  The Chicago jersey ranks high though, he managed to find one for Crawford, who happens to play Dylan's favorite position -- goalie. 

Chicago trip

We spent a few days in Chicago over the Spring break.  Were able to see quite a bit -- museums, aquarium, zoo, American Girl store, Blackhawks store -- have lots of pictures as well.  Will try to post more from the trip within the next week.

Pentathlon

     

 

 

 

 

Madison competed in the Math Pentathlon and took home a bronze medal.  She had been practicing after class and played against us just about every day during the week leading up to the tournament.  Madison's hard work paid off, she was very proud of her medal -- of course we were too!



Wings game 2

Dylan and I went to another game a couple weeks back -- Wings/Wild.  Unfortunately the Wings couldn't pull it off, they lost in overtime -- good scoring game though, Nyquist netted two, which made the little guy happy.  We had a great time, and to top it off,  Dylan made it on the scoreboard twice!