Category: Eleanor

Eleanor and Henry headed over to Florida to celebrate the new year with the family. We had a blast reconnecting with our Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandparents plus Great Grandma! It was pretty relaxing for Mom and Dad as well, as the kiddos don’t need us in the pool with them anymore – they just…

This week Eleanor and Henry celebrated their first Christmas in San Diego. Henry kept commenting on how it didn’t feel like Christmas because it wasn’t snowing (he was unconvinced by us telling him that it wasn’t snowing in Chicago either), but it was different being able to do some fun warm weather activities on our…

Henry celebrated his birthday this week with a string trail and sushi dinner. The string trail required more string than ever before, as Henry requested an “advanced trail”. He solved it easily, which was good because then we had to head off to school. Dinner was fun, they brought Henry a desert with a small…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun visit this weekend from Grandma and Grandpa, in to celebrate an early Christmas and early Henry Birthday. We had a fun visit, including a trip to the Zoo, which we hadn’t been to in quite a while. Henry also had his first basketball practice, which will be a weekly…

This week Eleanor and Henry made their annual gingerbread houses. We tried a new type of house this year, with interlocking pieces, and boy does that help the roof stay on! Brilliant. We also went to Coronado to view the annual boat parade – this year’s theme was Comic Con, and we saw all sorts…

Eleanor and Henry were super excited to spend Thanksgiving with Mimi and Papa and our cousins! We started off the week with a trip up to Legoland – wahoo! Eleanor really liked the roller coaster and Henry was a fan of the go karts. Then, it was back home for some turkey cooking. After a…