The Goodman Times

Tracksuit Shabbos

Posted on March 29, 2014 by jgoodman

Our babies are growing up!

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Joey had a “Special Friends Day” at school today. I had totally forgotten about the event and was only reminded at Drop Off. Aunt Lori and Bubbie to the rescue! They made picture frames, kiddush cups and had plenty of snacks!

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Making the best of this cold weather…

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jgoodman

This has been one long winter. Fortunately, the boys each have a constant playmate!

Carwash!

Early morning Sesame Street

Sensory play

Happy hour!

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Imagination

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jgoodman

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?

Posted on March 7, 2014 by jgoodman

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Holding Down the Fort

Posted on March 7, 2014 by jgoodman

I was in Salt Lake City for business this week, visiting programs and schools. Greg did a great job holding down the fort (with the help of Nanny/Poppy, Aunt Michy and Breanna).

Carpool!

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss

Posted on March 3, 2014 by jgoodman

The boys had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday today! They made an awesome Dr. Seuss hat and read a ton of Seuss books!

Benji joined in too!

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West Loop Play Date

Posted on March 2, 2014 by jgoodman

The Burnett’s had us over for dinner last week. Noah’s playroom is near complete so we had to check out his new digs!

Aunt Michy was excited to teach Joey to decorate a cake. She didn’t realize leaving him alone with it for just a moment was a mistake…

Paying close attention

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Visiting Aunt Cari

Posted on March 1, 2014 by jgoodman

The kids had the best time visiting Aunt Cari at the office a few weeks back. Bubbie, Breanna, and Aunt Lori took the kids for lunch at Portillo’s before walking into the loop for a visit.

Joey came home that day, asking if he could go to work with Daddy from now on. He also learned a few legal terms, “objection your honor” and “guilty as charged”. He’s still walking around saying them even now!

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Sushi Night!

Posted on February 27, 2014 by jgoodman

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Exploring the Shedd with Nanny

Posted on February 27, 2014 by jgoodman

Joey has been asking to go to the “museum with the submarine” since Bubbie and Zeyde took him to the Children’s Museum a few weeks back. Nanny braved the cold and off the the Shedd they went!

They had a blast!

Time to eat!

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Birthday Celebrations!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by jgoodman

We had a great weekend celebrating Noah’s 1st birthday! The festivities kicked off with a Shabbat birthday celebration.

Joey had fun “napping” with Zeyde

The kids got way too must frosting on them so they ended up in the tub…

and they weren’t thrilled about it.

On Sunday, we had Brody’s 1st birthday in the morning. Joey had a reunion with Sam, who he hadn’t seen in months!

The kids had a great time singing and dancing!

Joey’s now old enough to know that after “Happy Birthday” comes dessert. He kept letting me know when he thought it was time to sing and was the first person to grab a cookie!

After a quick nap, we headed to Noah’s party.

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Benji’s 1st Haircut

Posted on February 23, 2014 by jgoodman

We took Benji for his first haircut last week. Kidsnips was running behind so the kids were able to watch a few others kids get ~~tortured~~ haircuts before it was their turn.

Joey was GREAT! He found a Thomas movie he’d never seen before and didn’t even realize what was going on.

Benji was good for the first few minutes and then got restless. He was happy to pose for his photo, though!

Very proud of himself!

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Museum with Bubbie & Zeyde

Posted on February 17, 2014 by jgoodman

Bubbie and Zeyde took the kids to check out the museum at Navy Pier. They said Benji was pretty much in awe of everything and spent a lot of time observing. Joey, on the other hand, had remembered where everything was from his previous visit (months ago) and had a blast!

Such a big boy!

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Snowed In!

Posted on February 16, 2014 by jgoodman

We’ve had lots of days trapped in the house lately because of the cold. Fortunately, the kids are great at entertaining one another!

“Posing” for a photo!

Joey is finally getting over his “don’t take a picture of me” phase

Discussing cars

It’s a good thing he’s so tough!

I made rainbow rice one night after the kids went to bed…It’s been a hit (although I continuously find colored rice all over my kitchen and living room)