Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm & Petting Zoo

Yesterday we headed over to our annual trip to Gobbert's in Hoffman Estates. It seems like every year the place gets more and more crowded. This year you could barely move! we met up with our friends and their kids as well as Matt's family. We didn't get too many photos since Alana was non stop motion as usual. She and Alexander both wore their Halloween costumes. Alana is a fairy and Alexander is a dalmation this year.

Running through the hay maze

Help! Get us out of jail!

U of I Homecoming

We took the kids down to U of I for their homecoming on Saturday. It only took us 2 1/2 hours to get there, so we were able to come back the same night. We had lots of fun showing Alana and Alexander all of the sites, where we used to live, etc. The campus looked beautiful. They built so many amenities including the nicest workout facilities we had ever seen----why didn't they do that when we were there??? Anyway, it was a great time, and we plan to come back every year from now on.

At the quad

The union bookstore had the best library. I would love to have a room like that when we get a house. It was so cozy and wonderful, with old world funiture, a beautiful oriental rug, and a fire going with classical music playing in the background. The kids really loved playing there while we browsed through the books.

In front of the quad and the union

With Jessica, Matt's college friend who we saw for about 5 minutes. She also drove down from Chicago for homecoming.

The kids had a great time and were zonked.

The Field Museum, Stalking the Wild, Elusive Aury

On Saturday we went to the Field Museum. We wanted to show the kids the dinosaur exhibit, but I think they had the most fun in the childrens exhibit downstairs. They especially loved the section with the instruments from around the world, as you can see!

Sitting on the pirate's lap

Now that Alexander is more mobile, he is having a lot of fun with the cats

Poor Aury is such a good sport. I had to take Alexander away promptly after this shot or Aury was going to be really bald.

Watching Elmo

Just a shot of Alana in her cute ski vest. Her hair is already getting darker since the weather has changed. I call it her fall look!