Category: Eleanor

This week Eleanor and Henry had a visit from Grandma and Mackenzie! Both kids were super excited about the visit, and enjoyed lots of together time with Grandma and Mackenzie. On Saturday, we had lots of playtime at home capped off by a yummy dinner at Via Carducci. Then on Sunday, Grandma, Eleanor, Mackenzie and…

The cold arrived in full force this week, so Eleanor and Henry had lots of indoor time, and lots of chances to wear some fun sweaters. One afternoon, Eleanor and Henry were playing downstairs while Mom was upstairs – and suddenly things got a little too quiet. Mom came down to discover that the kids…

Eleanor and Henry rang in the new year with a getaway vacation to warm Puerto Rico. Both kids were excellent travelers in both directions, kept entertained by a barrage of Doc McStuffins videos, iPad games and Dora videos. We had a great time visiting with Grandma and Grandpa, Great Grandma, and the many aunts, uncles…

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Christmas this week! Both kids had the week off from school, and they took advantage with lots of fun trips with Mom. Friends Stacey, Ben, Anna and Jackie were in town and went along for trips to the Museum of Science and Industry and the Brookfield Zoo. Then, next thing we…

This week’s photos start with a bunch from the Winter Wonderfest visit from last week – but our week started with Henry’s third birthday. Since it fell on a school day, we decided to do our string trail of presents in the afternoon instead of in the morning. Poor Henry started the week sick, and…

Henry and Eleanor celebrated our first Christmas of the year this week with Grandma and Grandpa. They were both super excited for everyone to arrive, and at 6:30 in the morning Eleanor came in to Mom and Dad’s room and asked if she could go downstairs to watch for everyone in the window :) She…