The Family Sanchez

Charlotte Checkers!

2012-02-19T20:26:00.001-05:00

Well we finally got a chance to see the Hurricanes Farm team! It was
awesome to see Sutter and Staal on the ice - the little brothers - on
the littlle brother team! Great game, though it was a hash in the L
column. Still a lot of fun for the kiddos and their parents.

wildlife! (and a 14 hour old horse!)

2012-02-19T14:05:00.001-05:00

I'm not sure what sort of bird of prey this is, but it was in the tree
in our neighbor's yard, looking for lunch at the horse farm. Bunny --
come out come out wherever you are, birdy's hungry!

Speaking of the horse farm ... here's a bunch of pictures of the same
foal - can you get over the size of this guy? Holy canoli! He was
born - last night -- at 11:00. 14 hours old. And I complain about
Evelyn being 11'4" and 23 inches long when she was born! WOWZA!

the angry bird

2012-02-19T10:20:00.002-05:00

can you stand how cute Clark Kent is in this picture?

pretty macro tree, kids at park, Dru being silly, Valentines Day, "harvard"

2012-02-18T20:16:00.001-05:00

pretty macro tree, it just looked really pretty to me. The blue was
stunning. what a lovely day - in the 50s in Chicago in February.
Doesn't get much better -- so we brought the kids to a couple of
parks, Dru being silly while we were waiting in the car, Valentines
Day, "harvard - oh how I love babygirl in this sweatshirt!

shadowy fun

2012-02-16T10:51:00.001-05:00

I'm pretty sure Ernie was sticking out his tongue. I was making a
big, goofy kissy-face. Evelyn just wanted to get back to whatever she
was doing. :) @ the Naperville Children's Museum

SuperBowl XLVI randoms

2012-02-10T08:53:00.001-05:00

Our neighbor and her new baby, chix wings tips -- being turned into
stock, random cooking night, ev and a truck, chix wings (om nom yys),
Ev and the tower, The juxtaposition of the boys and swords and castle,
Ev being Ev, Tim's OMG it's SO GOOD bread, Kids at the table, Dee and
Tim Mwah.

<3

2012-02-03T09:11:00.001-05:00

funny face (pizza face!)

2012-01-31T23:35:00.001-05:00

I just love this girl and her funny faces!

the solar plexus.

2012-01-30T17:46:00.001-05:00

I was just contemplating its importance. And its vulnerability.

the babies!!

2012-01-30T09:32:00.000-05:00

the babies are here, the babies are here!! :)

The blahs of winter

2012-01-27T08:02:00.001-05:00

Are here. Fortunately I have 3 lovely children to help me never actually be bored. This weekend should be fun. Dinner with friends - Asian-themed - we'll bring the shrimp in the form of grilled shrimp with zippy sauce and nimchow - one family till do chicken sate, and another family will bring asian inspired vegees. The kids all get along famously, except Evelyn, she's just littler than all the others. I can relate. I was always the odd kid out, nuisance to the older kids, always getting in to everybody else's stuff. Hopefully that will be a fleeting thing and she'll be adaptable soon and less wont to make messes at her friends' homes. And, hopefully, she won't do what she did last weekend, and scream for an hour (during Ernie's party - she was just awful, presumably because it wasn't all.about.her) Anyway -- I was in the mood to send myself an email, read: blog.

Now go away blahs! Shoo!

Proud mama moment

2012-01-25T12:18:00.001-05:00

for all the parents - grandparents - and friends with children people
who "like" this page. I wanted to share a story from a friend who
just dropped off my 5 yo. They were eating lunch, sandwiches together
with some crudites. My 5 year old son said to my friend, "what is the
white stuff" (on the plate)? It was Ranch Dip. What a proud Mom
moment. The second proud moment happened at the end of lunch, when my
son said, "can I have more veggies, please?" He.is.YYS (really- he
was the one who said it!)

He is sitting on the steps, waiting for his bus, eating broccoli and
carrots! :) Love that kid!

for my shoez friends, a little shoegasm

2012-01-25T09:24:00.001-05:00

SERIOUSLY???   Where did you get those shoes?

duck, duck, GOOSE!

2012-01-23T09:51:00.001-05:00

better in a cornfield than on my sidewalk! I loved this vista --
foggy, misty, snowy, warmish, and all the feathered friends were
hanging out.

the stink face doesn't do his joy justice!

2012-01-23T09:47:00.001-05:00

Let's go pats!

ok, everyone, on your computing devices!

2012-01-23T09:45:00.001-05:00

Ernie, Avery, Addison, Dee, and Dee's friend Missy were all on
computing devices at the same time last night. It was hilarious.

Organized chaos ... Happy birthday baby

2012-01-21T18:06:00.001-05:00

duck duck goose ... simon says, pin the tail on the donkey,
birdhouses, the name game ... all the goodies were out in force!
Thank GOD that's over! Happy birthday big guy!

this pretty much sums it up!

2012-01-18T16:01:00.001-05:00

snow!

2012-01-13T12:30:00.001-05:00

Ernie was so happy to get to use a shovel and evelyn was so happy to play in it!

first snow of the season, 2012!

2012-01-12T19:05:00.001-05:00

It only took an hour to shovel - much less time than it took Gene to
get to work! (2.5 hours!). Ev and Ernie romped for a while in it, got
cold and wanted in. Dru was ambitious but his desire to make some
money shoveling was quickly extinuished by his cold red cheeks. It's
all good. And I got the garbage out to boot! Those marks in the
driveway? Me trying to get BACK into my garage parked correctly (I
often park badly, because I can, after dropping Dru off at school!)

"my weddin' dress"

2012-01-12T18:58:00.001-05:00

She iinsists this will be her wedding dress. And loves to wear it.
Unfortunately, though it says it's a 4t there's no way Mme Queen Potty
Pants will be sporting this for very long. It's just too small. But
adorable nonetheless, and it matches her "slippery shoes" to boot! I
also have a vid of her walking down the stairs in her heals. Hilarious
stuff.

God sent us a gift today! A beautiful day and a gorgeous sunset!

2012-01-06T18:56:00.001-05:00

3 45+ degree days in a row in Chicago ... in January. W00t!

New Year's Eve, Eve at the Hoffners

2012-01-01T16:54:00.001-05:00

Some scallops, some dancing, some wrestling, some poker. It's all
good. Happy new year!

Christmas 2011

2011-12-26T14:31:00.001-05:00

Since Mme Queen Potty Pants was thankful, each day in November, for a
"crown and a dress" she got -- a CROWN AND A DRESS from Santa!
Ernie is adorable on his new bike, and Dru LOVES his new bike!
they'll spend lots of time on those in the spring and summer!

Happy Christmas 2011!

2011-12-22T12:37:00.001-05:00

May your home be filled with laughter, your bellies full of delicious
food, your children's voices filled with Joy. Safe travels.