Month: January 2020

Well, we are a bit short on the pictures for this week! We did capture Zapatita doing some sort of strange folded leg stance, as well as Mom and Eleanor catching a nap after a long three mile walk. Also this weekend Henry had a basketball game and his team won for the first time,…

This weekend we decided to hit the batting cages in preparation for Henry’s baseball assessments next week. Neither Henry or Eleanor had tried a batting cage before, so they were a bit nervous but ended up doing great. Eleanor, Henry and Mom tried the slow pitch softball first, and then Henry tried the slow pitch…

Back to reality for Henry and Eleanor – with school back in full swing. Henry’s class put on a “Flash Mob” dance performance as the culmination of their hip hop unit in dance. Eleanor started Jiu Jitsu classes and Henry had his first basketball practices. Eleanor’s class took a field trip to Torrey Pines Reserve,…

Eleanor and Henry headed over to Florida to celebrate the new year with the family. We had a blast reconnecting with our Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandparents plus Great Grandma! It was pretty relaxing for Mom and Dad as well, as the kiddos don’t need us in the pool with them anymore – they just…

This week Eleanor and Henry celebrated their first Christmas in San Diego. Henry kept commenting on how it didn’t feel like Christmas because it wasn’t snowing (he was unconvinced by us telling him that it wasn’t snowing in Chicago either), but it was different being able to do some fun warm weather activities on our…

Henry celebrated his birthday this week with a string trail and sushi dinner. The string trail required more string than ever before, as Henry requested an “advanced trail”. He solved it easily, which was good because then we had to head off to school. Dinner was fun, they brought Henry a desert with a small…