Declan and the dolphins

I love the way he says "whoa" when the dolphins swim by!

Dec goes to Chicago!

This past week we went up to Chicago with BC (he had training for work) for a couple of days. The first day we were there Dec and I made the 1.9 mile walk to the Shedd Aquarium. It was a little chilly and he looked miserable, but we made it! Once we got inside and he was out of his stroller he had the best time:) He loved putting his hands on the glass to get a better look at the fish. He didn't like the dark shark tank to well, but had so much fun at the dolphin tank. The beluga whales were so awesome. Dec even took home his own beluga:) We spent about 3 hours there and could easily go back again. It didn't take him long to fall asleep on the way back, good thing he had beluga to keep him warm! That night we went to Rain Forrest Cafe for dinner. Declan loved the waterfalls and jungle animals. The aquarium next to our table was cool too. But the balloon animal dog was by far the coolest:)

The second day we went down to Navy Pier (Dec slept through it) and to the Magnificent Mile. We even visited the Lego store:)

We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back in December!

One more...

This is what happens when you tell Declan he can have one more...

(I wish BC would have told me my butt looked big in these jeans before we left!)

Boo's 2nd Trick or Treat

Last night was Dec's second Halloween! We went down to Lockerbie Square to go trick or treating (after we had some Bazbeaux's pizza of course). Declan was a train conductor and he wore his hat all night long, dad found him an Elmo bucket, which he didn't let go of!! He seemed to enjoy picking his own candy and putting it in his bucket, but next year we're going to have to have a talk about which candy he should choose...he kept grabbing Almond Joy bars...yuck!

BC even got his "Halloween Beer" again:)

Dec-o-lantern:)

Thursday night we carved up our pumpkin...Declan helped me design his face and then helped dad take out the guts and cut out the pieces! He liked to look into the pumpkin and put the lid back on, but he loved it when we lit the candle inside! Of course he wanted to blow it out! And after we left it lit on our front porch we went inside to watch The Great Pumpkin:)

Declan picks a pumpkin!

This past Sunday we took Declan to pick out his pumpkin! He had a lot of fun touching all of the pumpkins, trying to pick them up and smelling the flowers:) We came home with an awesome pumpkin!

Friday Night Lights

Friday night we all stopped by Pita Pit (it was my birthday dinner and it was so good) before heading to Roncalli High School to watch some football! No, Declan is not a future Rebel, we had been wanting to go to a game and Bishop Chatard and Cathedral both had away games. It was Roncalli's homecoming so there were lots of people, fireworks and a ton of helium balloons that kept getting let go, Declan loved it! It was quite cold and a little drizzly, but he braved it all the way til the 4th quarter:) Here's a few pics from our night...

at Pita Pit with dad

such a good view!

watching the fireworks

enjoying the game with mama:)

Go Rebels!