3 posts tagged “jeremiah”
Today, Jeremiah graduated from kindergarten. Hallelujah!
We celebrated by going to a traditional English Tea at The Drake Hotel. I thought they might not enjoy it but even though it is a formal tea service, it wasn't stuffy at all. Live harp music plays while high tea is served with finger sandwiches, scones, and French pastries. Champagne, mimosas and bellini's are also available (and yummy) and they served peanut butter & jelly sandwiches to the boys.
The Harpist and Super Personable Maitre D' both came over to our table to talk with the boys and the boys were on their very best, most polite behavior; asking each other if they cared for more sugar or sandwiches, using their napkins and softly applauding after each harpist selection. It was a wonderful experience for all of us.
If you are in or plan to visit Chicago, Tea Time at the Drake should definitely be on your itinerary.
The Drake's Traditional English Tea Service is available daily from 1:00pm - 5:00pm and costs $29.00 for adults and $15.00 for children.
For more information go to visit http://www.thedrakehotel.com/
Here are a few pics from mere moments ago...
Today, I joined my youngest, Jeremiah, along with his kindergarten class on a field trip to the UniverSoul Circus. The UniverSoul Circus is African American Owned and Operated and so if you don't live in an area with a large African American population (ie Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago) you may have never even heard of it.
UniverSoul takes up a huge corner of Washington Park on Chicago's South Side even though it is just a single ring circus and it's not As expensive as the Barnum & Bailey Circus (which comes into town the 1st week of November) so more minority families are able to attend. There are also street vendors Outside the circus tent selling all the toys you can get on the Inside but at Low Low Prices!!! (How Does the Bootleg Man Do It?!?!)
Inside the tent it's more like a Hip Hop Party and definitely not your traditional Circus. There's a DJ Booth Bumping the sounds of SoldierBoyz, TPain, and Kem while chisled bronze brothas and sistaz gyrate and grind their hips seductively, a bicycle acrobat team of girls from China and a contortinist from Columbia are sprinkled in the mix. It's full of audience participation and is a Great time for the family. If you're in Chicago, you should try to catch it. More information about the UniverSoul Circus can be found at: www.universoulcircus.com
I was Very Proud of Jeremiah for being able to participate and getting such high marks on his progress report. For those of you who have followed my journey with Jeremiah, you can imagine how big of a deal it is for him! And Me too!
Here are pics from mere minutes ago..
I'm the mom of two extremely Boyish Boys. I mean BOYISH!! They bring home tadpoles and other creepy crawlies in their pockets, collect rocks, play in the mudd, do cartwheels, wrestle in the basement like it is the main stage of the WWF, and...they smell each other's Butts. What is That about? Then one will yell out "Your Butt Stinks" and the other says "Stop Smelling my Butt" and then I say "Look, If you smell someone's Butt.." and they Both chime in "It Will Stink!" and fall into fits of hysterical laughter, while I roll them into the tub with a clothespin on my nose.
I've said that so often, it's become one of my Mommy-isms that I'm sure they will both recite (and tell their kids) when they're all grown up. Of course it means more than just don't smell someone's butt...it really means, well, what else do you expect? A floral bouquet?? So, I even say it even when they're not smelling each other's butts..in lieu of saying "what else did you expect to happen?"
It's funny to be a Mom...saying weird things to make very real points...that kids Never forget.
