The blog may be behind, but the blog will go on!! In the back of my mind, I always knew (totally joking of course) it would take a pandemic to keep me from the blog and, well here we are! Here are some highlights from the twins' past winter (coming to you in the middle of the summer!).
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| As soon as Thanksgiving ended, the Christmas season began...with our annual trip to the tree lot! |
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| It didn't take long to find the right one... |
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| ...and it was quickly decorated and became a fixture in our household! |
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| The Christmas season always kicks off with Papa's birthday (Dec. 1)...and what a perfect gift an advent wine calendar makes! |
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| This year, we trekked down to the Lincoln Park Zoo in the city... |
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| ...to see the spectacular Zoo Lights display! |
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| No, this isn't Clare & Luke climbing in the trees, just a group of monkeys outfitted with lights |
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| This (lights changing to holiday music) was so cool! |
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| Here's to hoping Santa's good to us this year! |
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| Speaking of Santa, and the Mrs., no holiday season would be complete without paying them a visit (this year, Santa was wearing Crocs!) |
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| We'd like to think we started a tradition...the twins hosted a fun Holiday Party with some neighborhood friends |
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| Everyone had a fun, goofy time!! |
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| To celebrate Christmas, we 'flew' the coop and headed down to Florida |
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| This poor boy was so sick on our trip down... |
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| ...but that didn't dash his spirit on Christmas morning! |
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| Good things come in BIG packages!! |
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| Christmas '19 family photo...oh Papa, that shirt! |
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| Christmas morning with the cousins...nice pose, Luke! |
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| Grandma Steffie and Grandpa Dan and four happy/spoiled grandchildren on Christmas Day!! |
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| The trip to Florida included a lot of fun with cousins... |
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| ...and the karaoke was EPIC!! |
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| Before heading back north, we made a short trip over to Daytona Beach |
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| Coming from a cold winter in Illinois, it was nice to enjoy lunch outside...especially when it comes with cool frisbees! |
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| Who's ready to hit the beach?!? |
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| Wow, the ocean goes on forever! |
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| Our two beach 'babies' sure have grown up a lot... |
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| ...since their first trip to Daytona Beach! |
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| Before heading back to the airport, we made an important trip to spend a few moments visiting the twin's great grandparents |
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| Sadly, when we returned home from Florida, we headed to Eureka to say goodbye to another great grandparent, Great Grandma Knapp...she lived a wonderful life of 93 years (here was our last time together back in November '19) |
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| Losing family always means bringing family together and this time was no exception. Everyone enjoyed Grandma's trademark peppermint ice cream in her honor. |
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| Clare found a nice lap to sit on...Great Auntie Barb! |
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| A great looking group of 2nd cousins |
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| Lucky for the twins, cousin Keira was visiting central IL from Germany, so these 1st cousins had time to 'catch up'... |
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| ...which sure made Grandma and Grandpa Knapp happy |
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| The rest of winter was filled with fun activities, like seeing another play... |
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| ...and collecting more autographs |
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| These happy theater buddies! |
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| Living so close to the arena, we had to catch a couple of basketball games |
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| We saw both a men's and women's game... |
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| ...and the Wildcats won both!! |
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| Go 'Cats!! |
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| In late winter we took a one-night family vacation downtown. Coming from Evanston, it takes a bus ride... |
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| ...and L train ride, |
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| but it was worth it for the hotel pool and city views!! |
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| Back home there were snow angels on the ground, |
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| snow angels in the air, |
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| and another fun winter in the books! |
