Category: Henry

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Monkey’s birthday this week with some yummy bundt cakes. It is hard to believe that it is May already – especially with the crazy weather. We have whipsawed from snow to 70 degrees and back again. This week Eleanor’s class put on their assembly, they put on two plays that they…

Eleanor and Henry had a great Easter in Michigan with Grandma and Grandpa and the Martins. It was a short trip this year as we didn’t have any vacation time on either side – but we were still able to get our egg dyeing in. Unfortunately the weather didn’t co-operate so we didn’t get as…

What a strange weather weekend! On Saturday we were out at the park riding bikes and playing basketball, and on Sunday we were stuck in the house all with near constant snowfall. We had some fun rediscovering our puzzling skills – on Friday we tried a “Escape” game at home, puzzling out a series of…

Well, we seem to be woefully short on pictures this week, but we did enjoy our first taste of spring weather. Henry has been enjoying getting outside each day – alternating between soccer, basketball and football. This weekend we sprinkled in some bike riding, and the kids were excited about moving up to some larger…

Henry and Eleanor had a fantastic week out in Colorado skiing. Both kiddos did some lessons, and made great progress. Eleanor quickly earned back her ski pols and by the end of the trip was confidently going down blue runs, and even did the top of a black run! Henry had a bit of a…

Eleanor and Henry celebrated St. Patrick’s day with our annual viewing of the river dyeing. This year we had Grandma, Grandpa and Ben as guests for the weekend which made it extra special. We had a fun dinner at Zed 451 on Friday night, and then enjoyed the river on Saturday. We also found time…

Eleanor and Henry had a great week off from school, capped off with a visit from Papa! The kiddos were super excited to get some sleepover time with Papa, plus Lala stayed over as well for double sleepover time! Eleanor and Henry also introduced Papa to Super Mario Cart – and he ended up winning…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun Sunday at the United Center this week watching the Red Wings Blackhawks game – a win for the Hawks which the kids were excited about. We had some fantastic seats thanks to Aunt and Uncle B, which made it extra exciting. On Saturday we had our first soccer and…