we are family

Last Friday the boys and I packed up the van and drove to Chicago to spend the day (and night) with Dan and Sara and Gabe and Caleb.
Now I always say this, but we really need to do this more often.
They're only 2 hours away and even though I wish we all lived even closer, it's really
not that bad.
Henry and Gabe are just the best of friends. They basically go off on their own and play. I wondered when that magical age of playing together and independently of us grown-ups would come, and I think it has. Four-ish must be that magical age. They played perfectly together. They even had a sleepover on a big cozy bed of blankets on Gabe's floor. And they even slept...
until 4:45 am.
But they slept.
They also played Wii,
made crafts out of pipe cleaners, paper doilies, pom poms, ribbons and glue,
played outside in the snow,
battled with their light-sabers,
chased the kitties,
and ate lots of yummy food (thank you Dan and Sara!).
I also ate lots of yummy food, including a gigantic bbq turkey leg and homestyle macaroni-and-cheese on Friday night and my first ever stuffed grape leaves and falafel for lunch on Saturday.












Thank you Dan and Sara for your hospitality. We had so much fun! Let's do it again soon and much more often.