Sharing some fun for the holidays

So, we have discovered over the past year that we are pretty bad bloggers. We have posted what, only about 4 posts in a year? Well, I guess it can be a new year's resolution to post more regularly.

Anyway, we wanted to share this with all of you. As you know, we don't have any kids (yet), but are still the proud owners of two lovely cats with some wacky personalities. Batman (who is a female) is the skittish, shy one who still finds a way to come out and say hello. On her adventurous days she plays fetch, only with bottle caps, which is more of a trick than our other cat, Don Quixote will ever be able to do.

However, Don Quixote is probably the most social cat I have ever encountered. He is such a nice cat, and really active. We still can't understand how he can weigh so much (he weighs 18 lbs, which is as much as our 1-year old neice Adelaide!) and still be so active. We really don't feed him that much (even less than the recommended by our vet), but he still seems to look the same. Still, he seems pretty healthy, and brings joy to our lives.

One of my favorite students (Molly) gave me this ceramic bird-whistle for the holidays at school today. I took it home and filled it with water-it really sounds like a bird!!! We are not sure here if Don Quixote is trying to make-out with the bird or kill the bird! Either way, check out this hilarious video of Don Quixote with the bird-whistle!!!


PS- Mr. and Mrs. Schroer as well as our cats Don Quixote and Batman say....
"Thank you Molly, for the wonderful gift!!!!"

-Noah Schroer

Election Night...History in the making

When I was in fourth grade, my teacher asked us to interview our parents about historical events that our parents remembered vividly. Events that burned into their memory, where they were and what they were doing at those points in time. Both could recall where they were when JFK was killed. I remember saying, "I can't image what events would happen that would be so significant in my lifetime". Discussing this tonight, Noah and I recalled where each of us were on 9/11. Now, we have a positive historic event to tell our future nieces, nephews and kids about. It is so exciting to see another political page turned in our history. We can say that we watched the votes roll in, while enjoying a bottle of wine, celebrating an African American as our 44th President!!! How exciting to be from the city where the rally for Obama is happening!

Rockin' With the Ridgeland Ramblers

Last night Noah's band the Ridgeland Ramblers had another gig at the Onion Pub and Grill in Lake Barrington. My parents came and brought my neighbors Dean and Debbie. We were all able to eat dinner together before the show and it was fun to have people to hang out with. Theresa and her husband also came with a group, and we were later joined by Noah's biggest fans...mom and dad!

For those of you who have yet to hear them perform, here is a little background.
Steve plays lead guitar and sings, Mark plays pedal steel guitar, Mike plays drums and Noah plays the bass.

Noah was the last one to join the group and found them through an ad on Craigslist. They have a blast playing together and sound great!

The bar they played at last night also loves them and at the end of the evening they were asked to play the first Saturday of every month. Yay for consistant gigs!

Happy New Year!

Last night we rang in the New Year with Jonah and Sarah at our apartment. We drank wine, ate great food and played Life, Scrabble and Spongebob Ants in the Pants!

Just before we served our steak dinner we took our guests over to see a pretty spectacular sight. Someone built a snowman around the post on the 10th hole of Peter Jans golf course.

While walking home we saw another snowman and decided to honor the end of the Bear's Football season with a tribute to Brian Urlacher:

Dinner was fabulous and then we went outside to bang pots and pans at midnight. It was a wonderful evening and we hope you enjoy the pictures and video as much as we enjoyed making them!