See the upcoming forecast for this week.....just mid-November, not even really true winter yet......YIKES!!!!
http://weather.aol.com/forecast/todays/us/il/plainfield/id/60544;jsessionid=D08DF707C881289F82AECCEA30114963
I told Robert his company should have included a clothing allowance the 1st year with all the new winter-wear we are having to buy to be prepared...and stay WARM!!
I just made this slideshow for my friends here of our 4 daughters and thought I'd share with everyone! They are all so cute together and have so much fun together...Peyton, Kendall, Chloe and Macy - 4 Peas in a Pod!
Okay, so I'm a bit behind....2, of the 3, sets of grandparents came to visit in Sept. Sept. 19th Robert's parents came in for a car show and visit, even driving the 3 hours from MI in Rick's Duce '32 Ford!.....
Then, 2 days after Pam and Rick left, my dad and Marla flew in from CA for my birthday weekend. We were super busy and did lots of fun stuff, including a trip downtown. There we walked around Navy Pier, took an architectural boat tour of Chicago, followed by speed boat ride out in Lake Michigan! Peyton took Grandma & Granddaddy into the American Girl store for a tour!, we people watched as we rode a city bus and walked all over, ate some GREAT Mexican food at a hip corner restaurant to celebrate my birthday (complete with Margaritas, of course!), - we must have walked about 6 miles that day! It was wonderful adn we were all pooped. My dad and Marla babysat for us one night so Robert and I could have a real date - they had a great time....
About 2 weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch with our preschool friends (8 kids total). We pet and fed goats, donkeys, saw baby pigs nursing on Mama Pig, held baby chicks, went through a corn maze for kids (3 times!), went for a 'hay ride', slid down a TALL slide, and picked a pumpkin - followed by lunch with everyone. The four girls are Macy, Peyton, Chloe and Kendall - Peyton's best friends here. They all go to her school and live in our neighborhood! 
My friend Jamie (Kendall's mom) lived in Charlotte for 7 years, so we compare everything here to Charlotte, of course. This pumpkin patch was NO Hunter Farms, for all you Charlotteans (sp??). The hay ride was through a small corn field in between 2 neighborhoods and lasted maybe 7 minutes! The animals were everywhere, so as soon as you sanitized your hands, the kids were off to another animal getting licked - do you know how much sanitizing gel we went through that day and antibacterial wipes??!! We did have fun though; it just made us realize, yet again, how very much we miss Charlotte!
