Matt's New Blog

Check out Matt's new Blog!

http://matt-getting-real.blogspot.com/

Sharks, Nemo and More Fish

We took the girls to the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday. We had a great time. Kailtyn enjoyed playing with the interactive games and finding out more about the fish. Michaela really enjoyed the turtles.

At the Wild Reef exhibit we saw the sharks. We also saw the highlight of the day, NEMO! which the girls really enjoyed. It ended up being really nice outside to get some pictures of Chicago with the girls. We drove home and spent the afternoon watching "Finding Nemo."

Da Gangsta Girl!

The girls were playing dress up and Michaela wanted a bandana on. Then Matt taught her some some gangsta moves. I had to post it. She's pretty funny looking!

MVP 4 Pujols

So he didn't make it the playoffs. So his team didn't even finish 2nd in their division, they finished 11 1/2 games out of 1st. But without Pujols it would have been 15 games and counting.

The funny thing about this years MVP is that Pujols had the same numbers he's add for 8 full seasons as a pro. He's a machine, every year, year after year his numbers are the same, 30+ homeruns, .350+ batting average, 100+ RBI. He's the most feared hitter in the NL. He was walked 104 times this year.

This should be Pujols' 3rd MVP, Ryan Howard won it in 2006 when Pujols out hit him by a .100 in batting average but Howard hit a lot of homeruns that year and writers think that counts for something. The Cards won the World Series that year and this year Howard made a move to win the MVP again but instead got his first World Series ring with Philly.

Congrats to Pujols. The writers finally got it right this year. Next year they will award to someone else, but Pujols will still have the same numbers and continue to be the best hitter in the NL.

Trick or Treat

This year we had a great fall and Halloween!

It started off with the girls having fun visiting the apple orchard with Grandma Kathy. They went to Royal Oaks and picked their own apples this year. They really enjoyed it and eating apples for weeks after it.

A couple weeks later the girls went to a pumpkin patch with Grandpa Steve and Grandma Sharon where we rode on a hay ride to pick out our own pumpkins. The girls enjoyed picking out their own pumpkin.

And of course it was finished with a great Halloween. It was a beautiful 70 degrees for the girls to walk around and get tons of candy (which dad has eaten a lot of). We decided this year to go to Grandpa Dan's and Grandma Kathy's neighborhood to be able to walk on sidewalks. The girls had a great time. They of course were princesses, what else would you expect?

Katilyn had a Halloween party had her pre-school this year. She was able to go and be dressed up all day. Michaela ended up being dressed up most of the day as well. They really enjoyed this year's Halloween!