Valentine's Day Special Delivery!

Will and Peyton reunited....finally! February 14th we picked up a pretty special 'package' at the airport - the Steffen family! Will, Nic, Scott and Alex came all the way from warm Charlotte to visit us (in February???) here in Chicago! Peyton hadn't seen them since we moved Feb. 2008; I wasn't sure how Will and Peyton would respond to one another...but they picked up beautifully!

They arrived Sat. about lunch time and flew out Tues. about 4pm - we were busy, busy, busy all weekend. The time went by so quickly, as usual when special friends/family visit, that we (Nic and I) didn't get all our talking in...can you believe it? After they left I thought of things to tell her, show her...both of us thought 'why didn't just us girls go out for a cocktail or ice cream?'.

We tried some great new restaurants (some thanks to Diners, Drive-In's and Dives on The Food Network), visited Legoland Discovery Center, went downtown (braving the cold) to the Children's Museum, showed the family where Peyton takes ballet during her class, and played LOTS and LOTS! Will and Peyton played so well together and picked right back up where they left off, minus some of the tiffs they had!

Taking them back to the airport on Tues. was really hard, especially not knowing when we'll see them again. Not sure who was crying more, me or Peyton (I think it was me; she was really sad though). She talked about Will non-stop for days...thankfully we had the distraction of hopping our own airplane a few days later to visit Grandma and Granddaddy in CA...stay tuned for that next post soon! Thanks again to Will, Nic, Scot and Alex for coming to visit; we had a great time and miss you like crazy!

Princess for a Day!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Peyton was invited to a Princess party by her good friend Kendall, at My Party Palace. What a fun, girly place it was! Pink and purple everywhere with lots of girly touches, even a chair shaped like a shoe! Peyton was in Girly Heaven! First the girls (6 total) picked out a Princess costume to wear, then got their makeup done and nails painted, followed by having their hair done! After modeling the 1st dress in full attire, Peyton and some of the other girls decided it was time to change to another costume. All 6 girls were in a 'fashion show', complete with tidbits about each girl (name, age, favorite color, favorite food, etc.). They danced to Disney Princess and Hannah Montana music and had a tea party, complete with tea (pink lemonade) and crumpets (birthday cake) in their own ceramic tea pot and cup & saucer. All the girls (and Moms!) had a great time...Peyton is already planning her "6 year old birthday" for My Party Palace, as she has plans for her 5 year old birthday at the beach (FL) with Popi and Grammie! Too funny the way she thinks and reasons....for which I'm grateful in this situation! Enjoy the Princess slideshow (if you put mouse over picture, it will show caption)-

Stay tuned for more updates...."Reunited and It Feels So Good" (Will and Peyton together again!) and "We escaped...for a little bit anyway" to California to see Grandma, Granddaddy, cousins, and WARMER WEATHER!!!!