Author: Mike

Oh dear – it seems we don’t have very many pictures for this week. I’ll chock it up to the cold weather, although next week and the week after are supposed to be even colder! We did have some fun this weekend – Eleanor and Dad had some fun time out in the snow making…

After a week of getting back into our regular routines, we had a fun weekend with an especially packed Saturday. We had soccer and basketball games in the morning, and then we had Henry’s birthday party for his school friends. We had it at laser tag like last year, and everyone seemed to have a…

Eleanor and Henry had a great relaxing week at home enjoying their last bit of winter vacation before school starts again. We went to the Bulls game – the kids first – and stayed all the way till the end, even thought they were both getting tired and were ready for bed. The most exciting…

Eleanor and Henry had a fabulous final week of 2018 visiting with our family in Florida. It was great to get some warm weather and hit the beach and the pool. There was lots of pool time, playing games with our cousins and of course some Mexican Train with Great Grandma. This year I finally…

Merry Christmas! Henry and Eleanor had a great weekend prior to Christmas with our friends Stacey, Ben, Anna and Jackie. We went to a new museum that was a combo art and science focus. It won’t be replacing any of our favorites, but was fun for a change. Then we headed down to Navy Pier…

Eleanor and Henry had a week packed full of activities – culminating in Henry’s Birthday! We started off the week with a birthday celebration for Henry at school, and then on Thursday we went to the mall for a visit with Santa. We went with our friends Lincoln and Mason, and afterwards had dinner out…

Eleanor and Henry had a busy weekend including our first hosted sleepover! Eleanor’s friend Lincoln stayed over and they had a great time – although Eleanor didn’t get to sleep until past 11! That actually isn’t too surprising, as the first time Eleanor had a sleepover at Lincoln’s house she was also up late into…

Eleanor and Henry welcomed in December getting back into the school routine after a fun Thanksgiving break. Henry’s bottom tooth came out, bringing his total to 6. We also got our school pictures in this week, and both Henry and Eleanor had very nice portraits. On Friday, we gathered a group of school friends and…