Author: Mike

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Monkey’s birthday this weekend with a string trail. Everyone wrapped up a gift for Monkey, and Eleanor made two cards, and then She and Henry set up a string trail for Monkey to follow and find all her gifts. It was great fun, and Eleanor especially was very excited about it.…

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Earth Day with a busy schedule, including two birthday parties, and starting with a beach cleanup service project. While not initially thrilled with the idea, Eleanor and Henry warmed to the task and helped to clean up a lot of trash – although we had to ask them to stop picking…

Henry and Eleanor celebrated Easter this weekend with a visit to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We had beautiful weather on Saturday so there was lots of scootering in the driveway, plus dying Easter Eggs and making a bunny cake – and we also celebrated Grandma’s birthday. On Sunday, the kiddos woke up early and were…

Well, judging from the pictures, all we did this week was eat cake pops :) It might finally be time to move to a monthly post instead of a weekly one. Anywho, we had a relaxing week at home, and on the weekend Henry had a birthday party to attend (for another Henry – hence…

Eleanor and Henry had spring break this week, and we used the days off to head out to Aspen for some skiing fun! The first day on the slopes took a little getting used to – Henry’s first run down was firmly gripping the instructor the entire time. But, after a day on the bunny…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun week playing in all the unexpected snow – only our second big snowstorm of the season. Unfortunately, it all melted before the weekend, so we didn’t get to make a big snowman. Eleanor had a field trip this week to the aquarium – her class is doing a unit…

This weekend cousin Jack and Grandma and Grandpa came into town for a visit. Uncle B and Aunt Breanne did some fantastic planning, and we ended up with a fun filled weekend. Saturday started with the annual river dieing. It was pretty cold this year, but thankfully the sun was out and shining. A quick…

Dad was out of town, so Mom and Lala were in charge this weekend, and Eleanor and Henry had a good mix of relaxing at home and birthday parties to attend. Eleanor finally got to visit the Junior American Ninja Warriors gym, but she said that is was only OK, and wasn’t quite what she…