The Misadventures of a Reluctant Mommy: Well... Here we are...

Well, we are all moved in. My sister and my niece Jordan came up to help me unpack and get all settled and it was much appreciated. Jordan is literally a Marine Corp Sgt. disguised as a fun loving teenager. Gretchen and I eavesdropped on her helping Cooper organize his room and as she went through his stuffed animals, she kept saying "no Cooper you don't need that" and Cooper would say, "but Jojo, I love it." This went back and forth for a while until she finally decided that all of the stuffed animals would just have to go on his bed. It is after a nice contrast to the Spiderman pictures lining his walls...
On Saturday, we braved the 10 degree temperatures and took the train to Downtown Chicago to check out Michigan Avenue. It was so cold it made you catch your breath and we decided that walking ten blocks with a five year old sounded like a good idea, HA! WE were freezing and exhausted and annoyed and HUNGRY, so we ate at the first restaurant we could find... Friday's. Yes, we took a train 40 miles and walked 10 blocks passing an adorable Italian Restaurant to eat at TJI Friday's. At least the fried green beans were delicious...
Gretchen and Jordan left us on Sunday. Cooper and I got up and went on to church at Harvest Bible Chapel. It was a lovely church, but it was a satellite location so you actually watched the sermon on a big screen being telecast from another town about 10 miles down the road. It.was.weird... Great sermon, friendly people, but weird. To top it off, I cried for the first 20 minutes feeling sorry for myself that I could not see my Connect Group girls or sit next to my friend Lynn during service. I was so humbled when I realized that I was not there to visit with my friends and I got down to the business of worshipping. Let me mention here that the class for Cooper's age talked about Jesus fasting for 40 days in the wilderness and they did not eat snack to see what fasting was like. No goldfish= 40 days of fasting for a five year old. Not sure if it is the place for Cooper and I, but it may be, we'll see.

Sgt. Jordan playing in the snow, note that she is ALONE, we were too cold!