Category: Henry

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…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun week starting to get ready for Christmas. They started the week with a ride on the Santa Train, which both kids loved. Henry wanted to ride it to the “end of the line”. Next, we had a fun night at “Zoo Lights”, where they have a holiday light show,…

Eleanor and Henry had a blast celebrating Thanksgiving in Kansas with our family. The trip started with a lunch at the Potbelly’s at Midway, and then some ice cream. Both kids did great on the plane ride, Eleanor played Felt Board the entire time, and Henry watched an episode of Doc McStuffins. Once we arrived,…

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Dad’s birthday this week with a day of fun and a birthday doughnut. The week started with the whole family heading into Eleanor’s class for “Family of the Week”. We presented three stories about our family, our ski trip tradition, our picture with Santa tradition, and our penchant for puppet shows.…