Month: June 2014
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Go Cubs!
Wow, we had a super fun week welcoming up cousin Paige for a visit. Eleanor and Henry had a blast exploring the Hancock Tower with her, and really like it when she read them stories. Henry graciously gave up his room for Paige, and he moved into Eleanor’s room. They both had a blast, but…
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Our first Family Charity Walk!
Eleanor and Henry joined Mom and Dad for their first charity walk this weekend. It was scheduled to be a 5K walk, but we hopped the lines a bit and make it more like a 2K walk :) The kids did great despite a really poorly planned course, where we had to walk through a…
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Happy Father’s Day
Eleanor and Henry celebrated Father’s Day with an activity packed morning. It began with the kiddos waking dad up with presents in hand – then off to breakfast and a visit to the planetarium. Eleanor is very excited about the planetarium right now, so I was really excited to get to go with her. Both…
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Happy Birthday Uncle B!
Henry and Eleanor are getting into a summer groove. All summer each will have an “Alone Morning” with just Mom, and it is shaping up that Henry spends his riding the El Train, and Eleanor spends hers at the planetarium. This week, Henry and Mom switched from the brown line to the red line after…
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Happy June
Henry and Eleanor welcomed in the month of June with a cookout in our back yard. Eleanor again said that eating her burger was her favorite part of the day, so Dad’s thinking there will be lots of burgers on the back patio this summer! Henry had a blast on Friday riding the train downtown…