• Miles, the Sweet Architect

    Miles’s kindergarten class made gingerbread houses today. A reader has asked why Miles is frequently shown on the blog wearing Newberry clothes. In case more of you are curious about this too…of course the answer is that Cindy and the Kennymen just absolutely love learning and we’d do anything to…

  • Nxt fest arlington heights

    Robots Gone Wild! We enjoyed the Nxt fest at arlington heights last weekend. We were able to observe about 20-30 school teams compete with each other, testing their lego built/programmed robots (part of the Lego Mindstorms series) and their ability to complete a series of tasks within a specified time…

  • The Second Guitar

    Readers who have known Miles for some time are probably thinking “Isn’t that the second guitar I’ve seen Miles with?” Yes, it’s true. This time, Miles has gotten himself a half-size acoustic guitar in preparation for guitar lessons, which start this weekend. He has been strumming and composing songs since…

  • odd fortunes

    Check out these fortunes we got in our cookies. Note to self: avoid buying fortune cookies “with fun messages for kids”, as these were marketed. (Click on the picture to see it bigger!)

  • The ultimate brunch

    Eric, Amber, their son William, their friends Matt and kathy (and their son wilson) and Annette joined us for the ultimate brunch of 2006.

  • Wet Matthieson Park

    Regular readers will recognise the photo of liam and miles. But the park was so wet and warm today that it feels like a completely different place. It was mum and dads first visit ever.

  • Massive Change at MCA

    Lots of optimism about design solving the worlds problems at this exhibit. The space devoted to the segueway left us feeling skeptical. Lots of great solutions to problems noone wants to solve