Author: Mike

It has been a busy two weeks since school started, and both Eleanor and Henry have settled into school nicely. Both have had two more soccer games – Henry is really getting a handle for the game and likes to play defense. He has learned to stay a bit out of the pack, and stop…

Summer vacation finally came to an end for Eleanor and Henry, and it was off to the first day of school. Both kids were a bit nervous about it, but they ended up doing great and were both excited to go back for day number two. There are lots of new things for both kiddos…

Eleanor and Henry enjoyed the last week of summer vacation with some big activities and lots of downtime at home. We took a quick day trip up to Lake Geneva to visit some friends and had a great day out on the lake. Eleanor really enjoyed tubing and swimming, Henry didn’t want to tube, but…

Eleanor and Henry had Kids Science Lab camp this week, and had some fun projects like making paint, chalk, play dough, and finally an artist kit. They were both really excited to use their paints and artist kit, and made some fun pictures. Over the weekend, we found some time to practice our bike riding…

After some fun sleepovers with Mimi, Papa, Lala and Saul, we headed out to Latourell Falls for a fun day hike. The kids were a bit hesitant at first, but they really enjoyed it. It was a perfect length, and the falls were amazing. The next day it was off to the OMSI, the Oregon…

We started out the week with a birthday celebration for Eleanor. We did a string trail in the morning, followed by a session at the paint your own potter store. Finally, Lala, Uncle B, Aunt Breanne, and the triples all came over for some cupcakes and festivities. Later in the week, we all went down…

Eleanor and Henry each had camp this week – Eleanor at Adventure Camp and Henry at Lakeshore Athletic camp. Eleanor did great at camp, showing improvement in all areas from last year’s camp, and exceeded all our expectations. Henry enjoyed his camp as well, although a few days he mentioned that he would rather just…

This week Eleanor and Henry headed out for a camping adventure. We visited Turkey Run State Park in Indiana, where we did some canoeing and camping. The kids enjoyed the canoeing for a while, but got a little restless at the end. Good thing we didn’t do the 6 mile adventure! After setting up camp,…