A Few Days Home

After the six week marathon was over we had a chance to come back to Chicago for a few days of family time. We got to play in the snow, put up a "Christmas tree" and even take a train ride down town to visit the Christkindlmarkt.

We also learned that using leftover Halloween candy isn't the best way to decorate a snowman.

Between Halloween & Therese B-day

The first week of November our children's daycare informed us that Therese was still not adapting. They said she was sad/crying most of the day, she has not been back to daycare since. This did however cause quite a challenge for our family as Jackie was just starting a new rotation, Mark had a busy year to finish up and our "family support" lives about 300 miles away. After many long discussions and no good solutions, we decided to take the kids to Michigan to live between Mark's and Jackie's parents for six weeks. Mark's sister Amy and cousin Shelia agreed to help watching John and Therese during the day while Mark worked most of the rest of the year from Michigan. Jackie stayed in Chicago and finished her rotation but spent the weekends driving back and forth to make sure the family was together.

Thanks to everyone who help those long six weeks. Here are a few pictures that we took during those six weeks.