Meg's shoe was eaten by an escalator

Meg almost had her foot ripped in half when she was wearing Crocs on an escalator this weekend. She was tapping her feet on the side of the escalator and the Croc gots caught between the wall and the stair. It chewed up the shoe and and ripped it down the middle. Meg was screaming bloody murder when Elizabeth swooped her up and took her down the stairs. I yanked the shoe out of the escalator and after seeing the shoe thought that her foot was ripped in half. We got lucky. She walked away with a little bruise but from what the security guard said a lot of kids have had their ankles broken.

All this reminds me of a scene from Mallrats with this line from Broedy,
"Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

Parents teach you kids respect for the escalator!

Meg's First day at School

Meg had her first day at kindergarten today at St. Cletus. Her friends Ryan and Kyle joined her from Little People's so she wont be to lonely.

Zach Reflecting

We went to the Niki in the Garden exhibit at the Garfield Park Conservatory with some family visiting from way out of town. Both Meg and Zach had a great time running around and climbing on all the sculptures. This was the perfect art exhibit for Zach because it was art he could touch, climb and in many cases jump off.

The only trauma came when he slipped in the mud next to a lion sculpture. He didn't like that and let us all know. Click the picture below for a slideshow.

Meg's Shark

We did some water color painting this weekend. Meg is so careful when she paints with water colors. This is a strong contrast to her favorite artist and style, Jackson Polack and splatter paint.

Face painting

At Summerpalooza they had a very impressive face painter named "Sparkles". She gave Meg easily the coolest face painting she has ever had. Meg reward sparkles with a huge smile.