"Ama coming on the Airplane!"

We were lucky enough to have Lois come stay with us for the first week of March during her mid-winter break. Madeline was talking about "Ama coming on the airplane" for weeks before she actually came. Although the weather was still pretty cold while Lois was here, we still had a great week. Ama was brave and watched the girls all week long while James and I worked, which certainly takes a lot of energy and requires some real vim and vigar to keep Madeline in line! But Lois did such a great job caring for them, and Madeline had so much fund with her Ama. We went for a few snow walks, had ice cream at the college cafe, Ama and Madeline baked muffins and Shamrock cookies, went to Ash Wednesday service and small group, and after the kids went to bed we had a lot of cozy nights watching movies with popcorn. On her last night here, we got a babysitter and had a lovely dinner out at A Toda Madre - it was delicious! Never mind the fact that I ate the fish head, including the eyeball, and had to spit it back out. That was classy. But this is probably our favorite restaurant in the Western suburbs.

Thanks so much, Lois, for coming out to spend time with us and take care of our girls. We love you and miss you!

Prepping for our Snow Walk - making the best of a LONG winter!

Who says you can't enjoy ice cream in below-freezing temps?

What a beautiful Ama, inside and out! The girls are so blessed to have such special people in their lives.