yeah, my kid swims in sunglasses

"is that your sister?"

me: "isn't it funny that so many people think i'm your sister instead of your mom?"

beck: "ha! yeah."

me: "do you think i look too young to be a momma?"

beck: "ummmmmmm. kind of. "

me: "really?"

beck: "yeah. you're short. you're a short mom."

8/25/11

hanging outdoors,  new green kicks,  sugar,  UNCLE FUN,  street art,  photos,  giggling and a new park.

photo by beck

hair cut update

megan and mallory are the two lovely ladies that normally do our hair. mallory is here in chicago and megan in indiana. we love them both. a new little shop opened on the corner near our place (floyd's) and hair cuts are 1/2 price for their grand opening. yesterday i just wanted to get the hair out of beck's eyes so we stopped in to get a quick cut. beck's cut turned out to be cute, but not exactly what he wanted. oh, well.  next cut we will get what we want.  the sad thing is my little dude left with a sliced ear. he was already super freaked because she used an electric razor on him. then she sliced his little ear and he jumped so high in his seat. :(  poor dude. after his cut beck had to wait while i got a bang trim. while he was waiting, the lady at the front desk gave him markers and told him he could draw on the wall. beck drew this super awesome blue robot. i should've taken a picture. i think he left pumped because of that. oh, mallory and megan. we miss you!!!

what beck was going for

what beck got

poor ear

we hung out at the park and had a picnic after the haircut. beck met this blonde, bossy girl in pig tails.  beck's face lit up when she wanted to play. he totally let her boss him around with a big smile on his face the entire time. she kept calling him "ben" and he didn't even care to correct her. i told that blonde his name is "beck," but she said "ben is close enough." oh snap!  :)  beck kept running back to me to giggle and tell me about this girl. below are a few photos i snapped of super pumped beck. 

the o.p. hair cut

the BIEBER cut is out and the OWEN PALLETT cut is in. honestly, there isn't a huge difference. ssshhh! we won't tell beck that. :)  tomorrow beck is getting the O. P. hair cut. can't wait to see my handsome little man's new look! photos to come. 

8/21/11

i heart run-on sentences.

mimi & pawpaw come to chicago

mimi and pawpaw came to visit us this weekend! we were pumped! mimi comes to visit us quite a bit, but pawpaw has only once or twice. the first day we took pawpaw to WRIGLEYVILLE DOGS so he could get a chicago dog. then we stopped by FRITZ PASTRY to show him where i work. we spent the rest of our day thirfting, relaxing at home, dinner at UNCOMMON GROUND, went out for icecream, listened to pawpaw explain to beck what a banana split is and obsess over it, and had a PERFECT STRANGERS mini marathon. we ended our day by visiting with aunt bethy in peru via skype. we miss her a ton.  

we spent the early part of this morning hanging out on our back deck, drinking coffee, eating pastries and spying on and laughing at our drunk neighbors. we then headed over to MILLENIUM PARK, caught a little of the air and water show and ate mexican food until our bellies felt like they were going to burst. we were definitely sad to see them go. 

pawpaw made a bet with beck that he couldn't guess which sculpture was pawpaw's favorite. beck won. 

below are a few other photos from our weekend.

sweet shorts!

water cup

street art 

photo by beck

disguise

"so the neighbors don't recognize me and their dogs won't try to bite me."

momma's favorite freckles

visit with grandpa beers

beck and i haven't been to elkhart, indiana since last fall when my grandma passed away. we decided to make a special trip to visit my grandpa . it warmed my heart to see my grandpa, but at the same time it was really hard to be in that house. it felt sad and extremely empty. i'm thankful for the time spent with my grandpa beers. it was definitely worth the trip.

i love this mailbox. it's the same box that was on the house when my dad lived there as a kid. 

on our way to dinner we stopped at a recycling center that caught my eye. i was super pumped about it!

as you can see, beck wasn't as pumped about hanging in the filth as i was. 

fake smile

he was over it

after dinner we went to visit my grandma.

then we hung out at my grandpa's house for awhile. he gave us a ton of my grandma's art and craft supplies.  he also gave me a few more of her things. below are my favorites. 

grandma, you are dearly missed.

<3