This week Mom and Dad swapped places from last week and Mom was on duty. Unfortunately for Eleanor, that meant another week of attending Henry’s practices and games – but they did get another week of fun dinners out! We…

Well, this week we learned that Dad needs to take more pictures! With Mom up visiting our cousins to help them move, we have very few pictures to share, except the ones that Mom took on her trip. Anyhow, she…

Eleanor and Henry had an adventure with our sprinkler system this week. We needed to figure out how to water a particular tree, so we broke out the walkie talkies and turned it into a treasure hunt. While Dad cycled…

Well, we didn’t take too many pictures this week, but I think the highlight was that we finally got around to removing the large furniture piece in Henry’s secret closet, and we moved all of the Legos into the shelves.…

Henry and Eleanor were thrilled to have Lala in town again for a visit. Lala got to do a school pickup, experience Pizza Wednesday, see Henry’s soccer and football games, catch a few sunsets, and generally hang out. Henry had…

This week we hit Petco Park to root on the Cubbies against the local Padres. Herny and Eleanor were both pretty excited for the game, plus it was a night game on a school night! What a treat. We had…

Eleanor and Henry had a good week settling in to our school routine. All the excitement came during the weekend, and mostly on Saturday. Eleanor met a friend at the beach and her friend brought an extra boogie board for…

Eleanor and Henry started school this week, and it went pretty well. They started with three half days before finishing off the week with regular full days. They were both a combination of nervous and excited on the first day,…

We finished up our visit with Grandma and Grandpa with a day relaxing at the beach and pool. Grandma and the kids got plenty of time in the pool, but sadly Grandpa forgot to pack his swimsuit. We spend the…