tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62384777008756147192024-02-07T18:13:37.913-06:00Legendary TwinsRaising twins is not Easy, Hard or even Heroic... it's Legendary. This is the blog of raising the Cermak Legendary Twins: Gavin "GT" Thomas and Evelyn "Evie" Rose.Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1093125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-71079137046706083232017-08-22T18:00:00.000-05:002017-08-22T18:00:25.848-05:00Car Show<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Friday night we went to the Classic Car show in Downers Grove. The night's theme was Emergency Vehicles. Gavin got to sit in a police car and a police motorcycle.</div>
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There were tractors there as well...</div>
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Grandpa Cermak, Clare, Fran, and Maverick met us at the train station.</div>
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A VIPER!!!! Gavin was SO excited!</div>
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And a cool motorcycle.</div>
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Gavin and I spent a day last week trying to fit in a bunch of activities before he goes back to school on 8/24.</div>
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We started out at Cosley Zoo in the morning:</div>
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This Norwegian Fjord Horse is always hanging out by the fence, waiting for kids to pet him:</div>
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Later we went to Morton Arboretum. Gavin climbed on everything and waded in the tadpoles pond and the secret stream that's farther back in the Adventure Woods. </div>
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This summer, Brookfield Zoo has an exhibit called Dinos and Dragons. Gavin and I went there today and it was very cool! (And he wasn't scared like he was in 2009 when they had a dinosaur exhibit. Can't blame him - those figures are very realistic!)</div>
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This knight was all Legos:</div>
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We were both fascinated with the mirage table. Look at each container. It look like there is an object on each - but there's really nothing on top of them. It's all a trick with mirrors!<br />
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There really is no frog on this bowl. Honest. Crazy, right?!</div>
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Thanks to the volunteers who helped make this night so much fun!!</div>
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Every winter, around the Christmas and New Year break, we try to get together with our Wisconsin extended family. Sometimes we are sick, sometimes some cousins are out of town, but as many as possible meet up at a restaurant in Kenosha, which is a good halfway point for all of us.</div>
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The restaurant has one of those "claw" machines - Gavin and Erin tried to get toys but were not successful. (I think those things work about 1% of the time.)</div>
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It was a fun afternoon!</div>
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This New Year's Eve, I took Gavin to the Bubble Bash at <a href="https://dupagechildrens.org/" target="_blank">DuPage Children's Museum</a>. We've never attended this event before because it costs twice as much as regular admission. BUT we haven't gone in 12 months, since they had a frozen pipe and resulting flood that kept them closed for the majority of 2015. We wanted to see the new renovations and see which of our favorite things were still there.<br />
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This, below, is part of the electricity center. Gavin calls it "The Control Panel" and it is his favorite thing in the entire museum. He will spend 30 minutes up there, working all the levers and controls and pretending he is piloting a spaceship on an intergalactic mission (or something). We were delighted that it survived the flood!<br />
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Former Mayor Pradel and current Mayor Chirico were there. Mayor Pradel did the countdown to noon, then bubbles and inflatable balls were dropped. It was crowded but a lot of fun!<br />
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Remember Shadow from the <a href="http://www.legendarytwins.blogspot.com/2015/11/danada-fall-festival.html" target="_blank">Danada Fall Festival</a>? And after we went there, Gavin did a school project about Shadow? Well, I sent a photo of it to his owner, Larissa, and she said it made her day, and if we wanted to schedule a lesson with Shadow over winter break, we could. So we did!</div>
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Shadow is boarded up in Woodstock, so it was a long drive and clearly a one time experience. Jenny, the barn manager there (Silver Spurs Equestrian Center) was fantastic and explained everything to Gavin in detail, about grooming and riding.</div>
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Shadow gives lessons to children while Larissa is away at school, so he is very gentle and patient. Gavin was rather quiet at first, but he listened to everything Jenny told him and he had a great time successfully riding Shadow:</div>
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Listening to instructions from Jenny about how to stop, start, and steer:<br />
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Feeding time after the lesson. Shadow was trying to investigate Francis's coat pockets for treats. He didn't have any, and all I had was cough drops, but Jenny said Shadow actually likes cough drops so I gave him one!<br />
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Shadow looks a little shaggy because his winter coat is grown in. I have never been up close to horse with its winter coat!</div>
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<br />Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-70899881740053111472016-01-12T05:30:00.000-06:002016-01-12T05:30:02.329-06:00Brookfield ZooWe love Brookfield Zoo, all year round. The day after Christmas was drizzly but we went anyway and had a great time!<br />
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(This picture is from a few days before that - I'm including it here because it was the best one from that day. I also have a video which is too big to email. I'll try to post that later.) We had a close-up encounter with Mr. Lion:<br />
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And they had a cat to pet!! Gavin wishes more than anything that he wasn't allergic to them. I let him pet this cat (named Domino) as long as he didn't touch his face and washed hands immediately after:<br />
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We spent a long time by the poison dart frogs. Gavin wanted to study them. They are very tiny and active! If you look closely you can see a green one on the branch:</div>
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<br />Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-6605919296749009072016-01-07T05:30:00.000-06:002016-01-07T05:30:03.881-06:00Our hotel "Stay-cation"In December, we had plans to go to a hotel in Schaumburg for the weekend before Christmas. Despite losing Nana the week before, we still went, because she would have wanted Gavin to be able to go.<br />
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Gavin LOVES to stay in a hotel, because he loves the pool and loves to sleep in bed with me. And Auntie Clare travels so much that she was able to redeem hotel points and get us a beautiful room at Embassy Suites.<br />
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In the pool with Auntie Clare Friday night:</div>
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Gavin beat both me and Francis soundly at Battleship:</div>
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On Saturday, the Florys came over to hang out with us. We swam in the pool - here are Gavin and Annie:</div>
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And Mark and Tim:</div>
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We opened Christmas presents with them:</div>
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And went to <a href="https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/chicago/" target="_blank">Legoland Discovery Center</a>:</div>
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<br />Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-91346104607296889812016-01-04T05:30:00.000-06:002016-01-04T05:30:15.053-06:00Lego Train showI am a few weeks behind on this blog. I will get things posted, but they will be late!<br />
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We attended the Lego Train Show at <a href="http://www.cantigny.org/" target="_blank">Cantigny</a> in December - we go every year. The amount of Legos involved in staggering, and the scenes the builders create are amazingly detailed.<br />
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This year for some reason, the show was the most crowded that we have ever seen it. It was hard to move around. So I didn't get the best pictures, but Gavin had fun!<br />
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Gavin was super excited to get out his Christmas train set. He's old enough to help put in new batteries using a power screwdriver, too!</div>
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<br />Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-22084948546948815552015-12-28T14:11:00.000-06:002015-12-28T14:11:54.263-06:00Ball Factory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gavin was invited to a birthday party at the Ball Factory. We hadn't been there ever, so he was excited to go.</div>
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I had heard from other moms that this place is not set up to easily watch multiple kids, and they are absolutely correct. It's hard to see where anyone is. Luckily, Gavin is old enough and sure footed enough in the climbing structures that I don't worry about him getting stuck. :) He ran around with his friends and had a great time.</div>
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He loved the room where you shoot nerf balls across the room, and he loved the cars and tractors you can ride on (it's been quite a while since he was able to do this)!</div>
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Ball Factory put wrist bands on Gavin and me, but no one checked us when we left. So security left a lot to be desired. My opinion - it's a fun place if you are watching one child OR several older ones (elementary school age). But if you are herding toddlers who need a lot of help climbing or need more supervision, maybe pick a different place to lower your stress. :)<br />
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Last Wednesday we woke up to an unexpected snow. Unexpected, but not unappreciated! Gavin and I got some great pictures on the walk to school:</div>
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Gavin helped Francis and Grandpa Cermak pull nails out of some old wooden beams. He was very careful!</div>
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In October we went to the Fall Festival at <a href="http://www.dupageforest.com/Education/Education_Centers/Danada_Equestrian_Center.aspx" target="_blank">Danada</a>. Gavin went with his heart set on one goal: seeing Shadow.</div>
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Shadow is a guest at the Fall Festival. He and his rider are part of the drill team called<a href="http://www.midwestrenegades.com/~midwes89/" target="_blank"> Midwest Renegades.</a> They do amazing tricks and Shadow is as gentle as a kitten. Gavin met him two years ago when he petted and brushed him for an hour, and we've come back every year since.</div>
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Shadow is 17 years old and used to be a jousting horse at <a href="http://medievaltimes.com/" target="_blank">Medieval Times</a>. It seems he was happy to ditch the armor and let his new owner hang off him by one foot, or ride standing up - they are fun to watch!</div>
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Shadow's owner, Larissa, is super sweet and let us hang out with her horse for an hour (at least). She and some other riders painted pumpkins - I thought she was going to let Shadow nibble on it, but she gave it to Gavin instead.</div>
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Gavin loves this huge slide. We each went down it with him, then he went by himself:<br />
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Gavin and his friend, Claire:</div>
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This year we decided to try trick-or-treating at Safety Town. It's very cute inside, and we weren't sure what the weather on Halloween would be like.</div>
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We waited for an hour to get in, but it was a nice day and we saw some great costumes!</div>
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One of the streets inside:</div>
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Gavin and a couple of the characters:</div>
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Under the covered bridge (just like Naperville's real bridges):</div>
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Last Saturday, Downtown Downers Grove had its annual Halloween window painting. The rain didn't deter us! There were a lot of kids there, armed with brushes, paint, and creativity.</div>
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We chose a window under a large awning, just to be safe, but while we were there, the rain slowed down. (It POURED right after we left though!)</div>
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Gavin wanted to paint several things: a pumpkin, a bat, a ghost, a cat...then we just started adding things like a moon, a mouse, cornstalks, another ghost, etc. He was excited to paint, but still very careful with his brush (and he didn't get any paint on his clothes).</div>
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Gavin was really excited to set up Halloween decorations this year! He planned out where things should go in the graveyard and helped hang up lights! (He says he wants to help hang Christmas lights, too!)</div>
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He thinks that our yard is the spookiest one on our street. :) </div>
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<br />Sharon and Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292982089066874341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238477700875614719.post-34238449573176407342015-10-23T05:00:00.000-05:002015-10-23T05:00:04.902-05:00Birthday Party<div>
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This year, Gavin wanted his birthday party at Pump It Up in Lisle. It's a bouncy place, but this one is different in that we were only with our own little group the whole time. There were no other birthday parties on the jumpies with us, nor any other kids who were playing for the day. I have a lot of pictures - but since the kids were in constant motion, many of them are a bit blurry. But they all had a great time, so I can't complain!<br />
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Gavin loves the Shedd Aquarium, and when we went in August, the dolphin show got cancelled after just 5 minutes. The staff never said why, they just said something about keeping their animals safe. </div>
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So this time, we were delighted to get to sit through a whole show! (I know, the dolphin show at Brookfield Zoo is considered "better" by many, but Gavin loves this one, too.)</div>
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The shark exhibit is always a favorite:</div>
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This is Gavin in the background going down the "ice" slide in the penguin play area. He could play here for an hour, too:</div>
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We saw some neat low clouds on our trip home!</div>
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Yesterday was the last day of summer break, and we went to Cosley Zoo in the morning with Claire, Ethan, and Adam! We hadn't been there in years and the kids had a great time.</div>
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This one was Gavin's favorite:</div>
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In the afternoon, just Gavin and I went to Philip's Park Zoo in Aurora. Also one we hadn't been to in years. The cougars and wolves were pretty sleepy, but we spent a lot of time watching the alligators and birds!</div>
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The blue macaw is behind Gavin:</div>
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This Burmese python was HUGE.</div>
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It was really neat getting so close to the gators, and being able to see them from all sides. He thought they looked cute...I thought they looked hungry!</div>
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