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…

It is hard to believe, but summer is almost here! The kids have one week of school left and the it is summer vacation time! This weekend we had our end of school picnic, and Eleanor and Henry both had…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun memorial day weekend with a trip to a Chicago Fire soccer game and a cookout in our back yard. Earlier in the week, Henry’s class had a field trip to the Nature Museum, followed…

It has been a play-date packed couple of weeks for Eleanor and Henry – we started off with a Monday play-date for Eleanor and a few of her friends, which was great. Then, on Saturday Eleanor had a sleepover birthday…

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.…

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…

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…

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…