Category: Eleanor

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…

It has been a busy two weeks for Eleanor and Henry. We had a dentist appointment, Zoo Lights, the Tree Lighting Parade – including dinner at Benihana, and finally Thanksgiving. The kids favorite part of Zoo Lights was definitely the cookie decorating, where Henry liberally applied the iceing to the entire cookie. We were also…

Eleanor and Henry went to the Bears Lions game this week – Eleanor went last year but this was Henry’s first time at Soldier Field. It was a bit chilly so we had to bundle up in our ski clothes, but both kids were troopers and had a good time. Mom and Eleanor watched the…