Category: Henry

Continuing our July of travel, Eleanor and Henry visited Dallas this week to see Granny and our aunts, uncles and cousins. It was hott with two t’s, so we spent lots of time playing in the backyard pool and trampoline cooled with the sprinkler. We also had an early birthday celebration for Granny, with a…

Eleanor and Henry had a whirlwind of a travel week this week. We finished our our trip to Maine with a fun visit into town, and had a neighbor stop by with his horse. All the kids were really excited to see the horse, and Eleanor got to feed her some grass – but then…

Lots of excitement this week starting with Eleanor losing her first tooth. Mom helped it along the way a bit, which was nice because the next day we were leaving for Maine and it was nice to have to Tooth Fairy visit at home. Mom got a special Monkey pillow with a tooth pocket and…

Eleanor and Henry did their second annual Chicago Hunger Walk this week – and while we didn’t make the it the entire way, both kids did a good chunk of the walk, as we didn’t even take a stroller. As a super fun surprise, Grandma and Cousin Kristen came into town to join, which was…

Henry and Eleanor celebrated Uncle B’s birthday this week with some cupcakes and a trip to the Uncle B Funhouse. Uncle B had some new additions to share, including mood lighting, a new train set, play foam, a bucket elevator and a ball pit. When we first told the kids of our plan to go…

Eleanor had her last day of school this week, and Mom and Dad got to come into class where we heard about each student’s hopes and dreams for next year, and had some snacks while watching an end of year slideshow. It is hard to believe that a whole school year has gone by! We…

Another week of unusually cold and rainy weather kept Eleanor and Henry inside most of the week, but we still managed to have some fun. Eleanor started her last unit in school, which involves looking back to the beginning of the year and seeing how far she has come, as well as looking forward to…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun week leading up to the Memorial Day weekend. Early in the week they invented a new game where they pack their bags and get on a pretend airplane and travel to different countries. This, I think, was inspired by Eleanor’s current school unit in which they are “traveling” to…