Back to campus

Andy, L and I headed to Champaign this morning to take the kids some of things they wanted that didn't fit when we moved them down last month. We told them to pack light, but didn't expect B to leave his jacket at home. Guess he was hoping summer would last forever. We also took B the rest of his video gaming systems, a bunch of Clif Bars, some cookies I baked and I snuck in a few root beers. We brought E a pillow, sleeping bag for a sorority outing, a frying pan, corn tortillas (they haven't been able to find the "good" ones there), sauce pot and a camera.

Here are all my kids together again as we headed out to find lunch.

We ended up at Guido's for burgers and club sandwiches.

Then we did a little shopping. L couldn't resist trying on this cat head costume in Target ...

or this unicorn one. After hitting the mall to find E some dress shirts and running into one of B's new friends (what are the odds of that?), we dropped the kids off.

Andy had to stop for gas before we got back on the highway and, how lucky are we that the gas station had a Dairy Queen ... and they were already serving his favorite - a pumpkin blizzard. He was a happy guy.