Month: July 2019

Eleanor and Henry had a blast celebrating the 4th of July in our new home town. We attended the local parade, had a fun afternoon and then enjoyed three different fireworks shows. The most impressive was the downtown show which featured four different barges shooting off identical synchronized shows. The day before, the kids decided…

Well, it was a sprint to the finish and a trip filled with lots of bumps, but we made it out to San Diego in one piece – two tired parents, two extra tired kiddos, and one thoroughly displeased cat. Our first sign of trouble was when the moving company called two days before our…

Hard to believe, but it is our last week in Chicago and we are hitting up all the final items on our bucket list. We did Buckingham fountain, the Art Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art with our friends from school Lindsay and Julia and Lyla. Aunt Karen was also in town this week…

Henry and Eleanor finished up the school year and were excited to start summer vacation. We had a chance to go into Eleanor’s classroom and see her final project about the Chicago skyline. She researched several of her favorite buildings and then created clay models of them. Eleanor also had a sleepover with her friend…