ZooLights!

Chicago has lots of fun family activities, and we got to enjoy a few of them this past weekend! One of the fun activities we did was visit the Lincoln Park Zoo for it's famous ZooLights, which are presented by ComEd and Charter One! It was a very nice December evening in the city and we all thought the lights were very pretty.

Although it can not be seen clearly in this photo, William has a BIG smile of JOY!




One of William's favorite Christmas characters (beside SANTA) is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! He kind of has a like/dislike thing for The Abominable Snow Monster of the North (a.k.a. Bumble).



Santa!



He wanted to ride the carousel again, this time Daddy went with him. Note how he is riding the same animal as last time, he is so particular.



They had an amazing and very entertaining musical light show display that we all truly enjoyed!



In hopes we would see the newest little Girl Gorilla, we visited the ape house. However, the babe must have been sleeping like the rest of them. William still had a lot of fun!





Lots of Light Fun!

Jumba is Back!

Jumba is back! He is Williams Elf on The Shelf!

Our sweet little boy.



Yay Jumba!



William found him hanging out with Medium Bashful the first morning.





The Christmas countdown has official begun in this Newton household.

Oh how sweet it is to be William!




Jumba on the shelf.



William looking for Jumba.



Jumba even went to Pammas house one day last week and also went to Grandpas condo in Chicago this past weekend. William thinks it's cool that Jumba "flies" everywhere he goes.

Suessical!

Blackhawks

A few days after Thanksgiving, Daddy and William went to see a Blackhawks game. Lucky William has gotten to see two of his favorite Chicago sports teams within a month! Daddy has also been enjoying all the sporting events in the last few weeks. They both love being back in Chicago!





Unfortunately, the Blackhawks did not play their best that evening, and only scored one goal, which Daddy and William missed because it was at the end. When he came home he was disappointed and told me what had happened, and I said, "welcome to the world of sports!"

Thanksgiving Festivities

This year has been amazing, and we had a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. We feel extraordinarily blessed to have spent the Thanksgiving holiday with all the family. GGs Harold and Laverne came up from St. Louis, and Kayla spent a few days with us on her Thanksgiving break from college. The weekend before Thanksgiving, we got to see uncles Rick an Chris, and Robin! Seeing everyone sure got us exited to spend Christmas in St. Louis.

On Wednesday the 23rd of November, we celebrated Thanksgiving and Allie's First Birthday in Long Grove.

GG Ords with the Newton Brothers.



William brought his waffle pie over for Thanksgiving Dessert!



William with his GGs on the first day they arrived from St. Louis.



On Thanksgiving Day, we celebrated over at Matt and Laura's house in Park Ridge. Gramps, Grammy, Lyssie, Cooper, and Cayle flew in from CO to celebrate Allie's special day and Thanksgiving. It was so great to spend time with our CO relatives. It was the first time we'd seen them since the move and it was great to hang out. We are looking forward to seeing them on our Colorado visit at the end of this month.



William with his favorite cousins, Claire and Allie!

Sweet Allie!

Allie turned 1 over Thanksgiving weekend! Happy Birthday, sweet Allie!

Pie Party!

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, William had some special guests visit! His GG-Laverne and GG-Harold, Kayla, and Pamma all came over to check out the progress at the Vernon Hills house. William hosted an impromptu Pie Party. He made "waffle pie" using ingredients from his kitchen set. There was plenty for everyone!



William's smile says it all, he is so full of JOY!