It has been an eventful week...here is my recap....
Monday: the kids & I were all ready to go to the waterpark when my phone rang. It was a principal at Lincoln Elementary wanting me to come in to interview for a job at her school. As she told me about the job, I knew that it wasn't something that I was interested in. I decided to go to the interview anyway to meet her & I figured that if I was offered the job, I'd decline, but offer to sub for her as needed. I went to the interview that afternoon & found out that there were 2 job openings & as we talked I realized that there was a job there that I wanted. The principal told me she'd call me Tuesday or Wednesday & let me know what her decision was.
Tuesday: the kids & I met my cousins Brooke & Ty at the waterpark for part of the day & had a great time (this would be our last trip of the season). Later that evening, I got a call from the principal at Lincoln & she offered me a job. I accepted!! It will be a special education associate in a first grade classroom for 4 hours a day. I was delighted...4 hours means that I can still volunteer at the kid's school & be active there. The principal told me that I HAVE to spend as much time as I need on the first day of school dropping Allie at Kindergarten...she said that Kindergarten only happens once & I need to be there, not at my new job. I think that this will be a good fit!!
Wednesday: Scott actually took some vacation time & we headed into Chicago for a few days. We stayed downtown & were able to walk everywhere. We wandered past Grant Park & Millennium Park when we got there & stopped by Giordanio's for some Chicago style pizza for dinner. As we were walking back to our hotel, we got caught in a rainstorm & were soaked to the skin.
Thursday: we got up early & walked to Shedd Aquarium, Soldier Field, Lake Michigan & Buckingham Fountain. We grabbed a Chicago style hot dog off of a street vendor for lunch at Soldier Field (Jake was in heaven). We briefly stopped by the hotel to rest & then started out again, this time heading to the Sears Tower. We had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe & grabbed a cab back to the hotel for some swimming before bed.
Friday: once again we were up early for some swimming before we went on our way. This time it was off to Navy Pier. We rode the giant Ferris wheel, took a boat ride on Lake Michigan, went through the Amazing Chicago maze & had lunch at Bubba Gump's. We hit the road for home by the middle of the afternoon.
Saturday: we were back on the road, this time heading to Des Moines for my cousin Tim's wedding. We had a nice time seeing tons of family & celebrating Tim & Jess' big day. The kids also enjoyed dancing & swimming at the hotel.
Sunday: we got up early to swim & then we were off to Adventureland with Kim & Michael. We spent several hours there riding any ride we could. Allie is my little daredevil & will try anything once!! Jake, not so much. We hopped back in the car for home by early evening. Once we got home, we unloaded the car & did some things around here. It began to storm & we got some heavy rain. Scott went down to check our sump pump to find that it was ready to overflow...there was SO much water flowing in that it couldn't keep up...long story short, we got water in our basement. We called some friends (thanks Patrick & Dan) to help us get our stuff out to the garage & spent the entire evening moving Rubbermaid containers, furniture & other things to higher ground. Scott spent a ton of time in the basement running the Rug Doctor trying to get the water out of the carpet. This time we were fortunate, the water was mostly in the storage areas...there was just a small amount in our living space. Needless to say, we are making a call tomorrow to find out what we can do to stop this from happening again.
This week brings Jake starting 2nd grade, Allie starting Kindergarten & me starting a new job on Wednesday. Michael & Kim are visiting this weekend. I will be spending some quality time in the garage sorting through Rubbermaid containers & deciding what needs to be kept, thrown, sold or taken to Good Will. A plumber will also be coming to look at our sump pump...
The pics below are from our Chicago trip. I'll post pics from the wedding & Adventureland in the next couple of days, along with 1st day of school updates.
Allie & Jake outside of Shedd Aquarium.
The kids eating ice cream while watching Buckingham Fountain.
The kids on the boat ride on Lake Michigan
The dolphin show we watched.
The kids in the pool area of our hotel.
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