Great Weekend=Cubs Lose, Wolverines Win (barely), and City Wins.

Oh, where do you start with such an awesome weekend?

Well, JJ and Scott got to town late Friday morning.  And pretty much as soon as they arrived, we took off for Wrigley.  Nico was at school, so he didnt come with us to the game (A fact that he reminded me of later when he was looking at pictures on my phone.  He said, "Oh, I don't think I remember that day at the Cubs game..."  Yeah, because we didn't take him!! Yikes!  How is it that he is four and is already mastering the guilt trip??)

When the game was almost over, Dave split to go get Nico from school and get our pizza and I was in charge of navigating us back to the house.  In doing so, I accidentally navigated us onto the purple line train to Linden.  It was express, so we had to ride all the way out to Howard before we could get off.  Yikes!!  

Friday night, we hung out at the house, which was fun.  Nico and I showed JJ our new game called Two Square (hint: its just like four square).  JJ played lots of games with Nico and is generally well-liked by Le Beast.  So much so that when he came down stairs on Friday morning, Nico took a flying leap off the 4th step at JJ (who caught him).  No big deal.  

Saturday morning, Dave and Nico headed to swimming lessons at the YMCA and Uncle Scott, JJ, and I hung out at the house watching football and soccer.  I made us some delicious burgers for lunch and when Nico and Dave got back, I put Nico down for a nap.  After, JJ and Dave headed to a birthday party at an indoor waterpark/splash place.  While there, Dave networked with grownups and may have even got a lead on a adjuncting job at NEIU, which, coincidentally enough, is one of TWO universities in our back yard.  Not like, Gary, IN is in Chicago's back yard.  But like in the Albany Park/North Park/Peterson Park neighborhood of Chicago.  Isn't that sweet?

When they got back from the party, Nico helped me make some egg fondue.  

Normally, this is a Christmas only kind of dish, but thought it would be great to have for breakfast on Sunday, since it didnt require anyone standing over a stove on Sunday morning.  This was really important for me because of the Manchester Derby.  A day when the two teams in Manchester play each other.  It was made even better this year, because it's early in the season and they were tied for 5th place.  A win for either team would help that team immensely in the standings.  

My team (Manchester City) is sometimes sketchy in the back.  I love them, but seriously, they lost to Cardiff a couple of weeks ago.  Losing to Cardiff is like Wakulla losing to Godby (no offense).  But seriously, they have one-two strong players... there is no reason Wakulla should lose such a game.  United (JJ's team), on the other hand, is usually so class.  So imagine my surprise when this happened:

Yeah, it was pretty awesome. That said, there is still plenty of time in the season for City to screw this up.  :)