Author: Mike

This week Mom and Dad swapped places from last week and Mom was on duty. Unfortunately for Eleanor, that meant another week of attending Henry’s practices and games – but they did get another week of fun dinners out! We rediscovered a favorite taco shop – and the kids rediscovered the yummy chocolate tacos they…

Well, this week we learned that Dad needs to take more pictures! With Mom up visiting our cousins to help them move, we have very few pictures to share, except the ones that Mom took on her trip. Anyhow, she had a fun time getting to be just Aunt with her niece and nephew without…

Eleanor and Henry had an adventure with our sprinkler system this week. We needed to figure out how to water a particular tree, so we broke out the walkie talkies and turned it into a treasure hunt. While Dad cycled through all of the different sprinkler settings (12?!) the kids reported back on the walkie…

Well, we didn’t take too many pictures this week, but I think the highlight was that we finally got around to removing the large furniture piece in Henry’s secret closet, and we moved all of the Legos into the shelves. Henry has named it the “Lego Lab” and I think he is finally excited about…

Henry and Eleanor were thrilled to have Lala in town again for a visit. Lala got to do a school pickup, experience Pizza Wednesday, see Henry’s soccer and football games, catch a few sunsets, and generally hang out. Henry had a particularly exciting soccer game – while he was playing goalie the other team got…

This week we hit Petco Park to root on the Cubbies against the local Padres. Herny and Eleanor were both pretty excited for the game, plus it was a night game on a school night! What a treat. We had lots of snacks, but had to leave pretty early as it was getting late. Unfortunately,…

Eleanor and Henry had a good week settling in to our school routine. All the excitement came during the weekend, and mostly on Saturday. Eleanor met a friend at the beach and her friend brought an extra boogie board for Eleanor to use. It was her first time trying one, and she had a blast!…

Eleanor and Henry started school this week, and it went pretty well. They started with three half days before finishing off the week with regular full days. They were both a combination of nervous and excited on the first day, and both had smiles when we picked them up. Eleanor had a particularly good week…