Category: Henry

This week we converted Henry’s crib into a toddler bed. He was starting to crawl up onto the rails, so we decided it was about time. The first nap didn’t go so well, but after that he settled right in and has been sleeping (and staying in his bed) like a champ. He is very…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun Easter weekend visiting with Grandma and Grandpa, along with Mackenzie, Jack, Ben, Mahlia and Brooke. We dyed eggs, found baskets and had lots of outdoor playtime. Eleanor decided she wanted to sleep in the big bed with Mom every night instead of her caterpillar bed – we’ve been talking…

Henry and Eleanor had a fantastic trip out to Aspen for some skiing. Both Henry and Eleanor took lessons, and they both liked it enough the first day to ask to go back again. Henry was mostly getting used to standing and balancing on the skis, and Eleanor was starting to learn the famous “pizza…

After months of winter, we finally got a nice enough day to warrant a trip to the park. Both Eleanor and Henry were very excited, and ran all over from activity to activity before settling in to a regular park routine. We had to wake Henry up from his nap in order to make it…

Henry and Eleanor both started the week with a visit to the dentist. Both did great in the chair, and received solid reports. We do need to work on introducing some real toothpaste – which has been pretty funny so far. Watching Henry and Eleanor try to learn to spit out the toothpaste has kept…

The whole family continued our Chicago tradition of visiting the dyeing of the river green this year. Henry and Eleanor were moderately impressed by the river, and more impressed by the police boat that drove by with its lights flashing. We had our traditional brunch out before hand, and then were stroller free for the…