January
Sofia started gymnastics and loved it!
We went for Winter walks and Ethan showed Ethan how much fun it is to jump in puddles!
We went to a model railroad show
February
We signed Ethan up for swim lessons to get him over his fear of water
We made Valentine's crafts, it was Sofia's first ever craft
We celebrated Valentine's Day
We went to Wild Fest and Ethan got to ride Bubba again
March
We went to Kline Creek Farm to see the newly born lambs
We went to the park for the first time of the year
We put in an offer on a new home for our family and it was accepted but we would have to wait more than 90 days to move in
We went bowling with family
We decorated Easter eggs and had an egg hunt for Ethan and Sofia
We celebrated Easter
We became and Aunt and Uncle for the 5th time
April
We celebrated opening day for the Chicago Cubs and had no idea what a historic season it would be!
We went on a lot of walks and park trips while our house was being shown to potential buyers.
We stocked a local pond with fish
We made our first trip of the year to the Zoo
We received and accepted and offer on our house. The countdown was on and the packing began
This guy really started to take to swimming and moved up to the next level
Ethan went to a how to be a firefighter class and loved every second of it
May
We celebrated Ethan's 4th birthday
I had a wonderful Mother's Day
We visited the Morton Arboretum's new frog exhibit
Packing continued
We celebrated Memorial Day
We closed on our new family home
June
A day after closing, work began on our new house
A week later we said good-bye to our first home
We began our new commute to daycare which is just a short walk or bike ride and it was amazing
The unpacking and decorating began and we returned all our boxes in 2 weeks time back to the movers
We celebrated Michael on Father's Day
We soaked up the sun in our new backyard, a new thing for our family after townhouse life
Two of my favorite pictures of Ethan and Sofia that I took all year
July
We celebrated the 4th of July with fireworks, fun and family
We took on a landscaping project to re-do most of the landscaping in our front yard
The kids fell in love with our sprinkler system
We continued working on lots of house projects
We discovered a new to us waterpark 5 minutes from our house and the kids wanted to go every day
August
Sofia went to her first movie, Finding Dory
We made several trips to the Zoo
Day out with Thomas
We soaked up every bit of Summer we could
We did a lot of house projects this month
September
Michael and I spent Labor Day weekend in Lake Geneva for a weekend away
Sofia became pacifier free and got to choose a toy for turning it in!
Sofia got her first haircut
My little boy had his first day of school at Pre-K
We celebrated a big milestone in Michael's business
We went to the fire and police stations open house
You guessed it, more house projects!
We hosted our first party at our new house, pierogi fest!
We celebrated Michael's 34th birthday with a day at the Zoo
We had family pictures taken
October
We celebrated our little girl's 2nd birthday with a panda-riffic party!
We decorated our new house for Halloween outside!
We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch, Goebberts
We played in a lot of leaves
I celebrated the start of my 34th year with my favorite people and a visit to the Zoo for Boo at the Zoo
I got to be a room mom for the first time for Ethan's Halloween party at school
We had an amazing Halloween with our little superheroes
We were deep in Cubs stress from the World Series
November
They did it, the Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years!
We continued to have a beautiful Fall and enjoyed the weather for as long as possible
We saw the Trolls movie and the kids became obsessed
Ethan had a fun Thanksgiving party at school
We hosted our first Thanksgiving at our new house
We began decorating for Christmas
We started all of our fun holiday activities, our first stop, the Chicago Botanic Garden
December
We had our first snow
We made crafts, baked cookies
We saw Santa
Ethan had his first Christmas program at school
Michael and I went on a Christmas date in the city and to see Jerry Seinfeld
We had wonderful celebrations with our families and we hosted Christmas Eve for the first time at our new house
Santa came
We've had a wonderful Christmas break with the kiddos doing so many fun things, going to the movies, ice skating, bowling, going to build-a-bear.
We even had a 50 degree day where we got to go outside and go for a walk and jump in puddles
What an amazing year! We made so many amazing memories and we are so blessed. We are in such a great season of life that I always want to remember these moments. I can't wait to see what 2017 has in store for the Dworianyn family!
