Category: Eleanor

With just a few short weeks till school starts, we decided to take a quick drive up to explore Disneyland. The kids were pretty excited about it, and we spent some time picking out the rides and characters that we were most excited about. On the way up, we had lunch in San Clemente, and…

This week we celebrated Eleanor’s Birthday! We were super lucky to have Lala with us for the celebration to make it extra special. Eleanor got to choose all the activities for her big day, and she started by planning out places to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. We were able to convince her to swap…

Eleanor and Henry had a fantastic trip up the coast to visit our CA cousins in the Bay Area. They explored Berkeley a bit, the Oakland Zoo, the local pool, and In and Out burger (their first!) and of course Pier 39 and the sea lions. Plus lots of cousin bonding time at home. I…

We had a bit of a down week in the midst of a busy summer, so we decided to get the kiddos into surf camp! I think Mom and Dad may have been a bit more excited about the whole thing that the kiddos were, but they were sports about it and ended up having…

Eleanor and Henry had a blast celebrating the 4th of July in our new home town. We attended the local parade, had a fun afternoon and then enjoyed three different fireworks shows. The most impressive was the downtown show which featured four different barges shooting off identical synchronized shows. The day before, the kids decided…

Well, it was a sprint to the finish and a trip filled with lots of bumps, but we made it out to San Diego in one piece – two tired parents, two extra tired kiddos, and one thoroughly displeased cat. Our first sign of trouble was when the moving company called two days before our…

Hard to believe, but it is our last week in Chicago and we are hitting up all the final items on our bucket list. We did Buckingham fountain, the Art Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art with our friends from school Lindsay and Julia and Lyla. Aunt Karen was also in town this week…

Henry and Eleanor finished up the school year and were excited to start summer vacation. We had a chance to go into Eleanor’s classroom and see her final project about the Chicago skyline. She researched several of her favorite buildings and then created clay models of them. Eleanor also had a sleepover with her friend…

It is hard to believe, but summer is almost here! The kids have one week of school left and the it is summer vacation time! This weekend we had our end of school picnic, and Eleanor and Henry both had fun playing with their friends at the park and eating some pizza and ice cream.…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun memorial day weekend with a trip to a Chicago Fire soccer game and a cookout in our back yard. Earlier in the week, Henry’s class had a field trip to the Nature Museum, followed by a picnic lunch at the zoo. Parents were invited to join lunch, and then…