Month: March 2014

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…

Eleanor and Henry have both begun to wonder what happened to walking to the park. It seems like forever ago that we had a nice warm day to head out. We have been having lots of fun with indoor activities, and this weekend we decided to start a family dinner Sunday tradition (move over taco…

Eleanor and Henry welcomed the month of March this week – but the weather didn’t seem to get the hint. Snow and cold were the prevailing conditions, so we had lots of indoor activities. Both Eleanor and Henry started the week still showing some effects of the past weeks illness, but by Tuesday we were…