Great fireworks at the lakefront.  Ourselves and the Groves headed down to just at the edge of the lakefront, down near Buckingham Fountain.  The first photo is just before the fireworks set off, the second is off the fireworks themselves.  Great night!

Exciting times at Liam’s soccer match this week, Obama and Michelle turned up, with Barak hanging around for a half hour to watch his daughters game, before heading off.  Funny it seemed like security was a lot lighter than it was when he did the same last year.  A local…

Today we got a letter in the mail from the City of Chicago: We were caught on camera running a red light: The letter even encourages us to go online and view the video taken of our car running the red light! We aren’t able to download the video but…

Liam and Miles are at sleepaway camp in Wisconsin for a week. Here they are before getting on the bus (a coach takes them to camp and back again, we meet them at a drop off spot in Chicago on Saturday) This is Miles's first time going to sleepaway camp,…

Here we see three dads enjoying (sleeping through) fathers day at the natural disastersexhibit at the Field Museum. Actually they were sleeping in one of the halls of mammal dioramas, we  passed by them while walking from the excellent natural disasters exhibit to the also very interesting photos of the…

Miles's first grade class won a popcorn party and extra recess. I brought out the school's popcorn popper last Friday and we popped popcorn on the playground. Aside from a brief shower that caused us to unplug the popper and wheel it in very quickly, the event was smooth and…

Myself liam and miles enjoyed visiting the boring store in whales park. Lots of cheap spy stuff and lots fun

We put in a few evergreens and ferns. Also we've been very happy to see most of the perennials we planted last year come back even stronger!

During our trip to Kansas City, we took a walk in a nature preserve in Lee's Summit. Here's Liam and Miles with Nana and Grandpa.  Grandpa and Liam feeding the carp at Longview Lake. Below, Miles takes a turn feeding the carp.