wherever he may roam

My son wandering the streets of Christmas. Like I said before, it was a magical night.

'tis the season

Jonah kicked off the holiday season with a trip to see Santa in Glen Ellyn and Auntie Nat. Jonah met Auntie Nat's niece Olivia for the first time. They chilled and watched Buddy the Elf and played with a kick ass monster truck. 
Daddy and Jonah take a break to enjoy a hot dog with mustard...mommy hates mustard. i sat off in the sidelines checking out the latest winter fashions.
Jonah rocked out in Glen Ellyn for the Xmas tree lighting.
and picked a fire truck over Santa Claus...
and loved checking out all the windows; he got to run around in the streets since all the roads were blocked off. Freedom!!! We had a magical evening...I felt like we were in some norman rockwell painting...'tis the season.

just like his mommy

It typically takes me about at hour to leave any sort of party or event. On Thanksgiving night, Jonah started to follow his mom's tradition. (I think it's a Bjorklund trait too!) He was just having too much fun to consider leaving. He didn't get to bed until after 10:30...that had nothing to do with the fact that mommy got lost on the way home. twice. Like I said, too much fun!

Thankful!

for the best babysitter in all the land!
for the best cousins ever...
and dinosaurs too.
for family dinners and hangin out with emmi and super g-ma
and BFF Anthony who just celebrated his third birthday.
more family dinners..please note the orange pop...mmmmm
that Uncle Brian could come to town this turkey day.
for cookies people manage to sneak to him...(Mia and Jonah enjoyed the most delicious almond cookies at Chin's a couple weeks ago. Jonah also adores cookies from the Jewels, Central Continental Bakery and homemade too!)
and for field trips with mom and dad. here's the children's reading area at Owl Lumber Yard.

one more thing...we're very thankful Jonah's girlfriend Lila and his Uncle Erich and Auntie Jess are coming to Chicago for the holidays!

This kid must be Italian!

Mostaccioli monster.
@ John's Pizzeria on Bleeker in NYC...quite arguably, the greatest pizza we ever had. It was so good Jonah passed out at the table when he was all done.

Happy Birthday Mia Rita!

Mia's second bday Halloween party. Some featured guests included Mia Rita the witch, Allyson the Cat, Justin as Buzz Lightyear, Sienna the Pirate Princess and Dominic as Michael Jackson.
Jonah and Cousin Allyson Lu hang out at Mia Rita's crib.

Grammy's latest creation--a Spongebob cake..delicious. jonah was scraping and licking the plate when he was all done!

Trick or Treat

We got quite a loot! Jonah was a real trooper and even walked up to a couple houses. He tried to sneak into the houses too so that didn't work out too well.

Rock stars Emmi and Kieran play with Bamm-Bamm Jonah before trick or treating begins.

After over an hour of Trick or Treating in Emmi's 'hood we enjoyed some Marie's pizza...a new Halloween tradition!