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Miles and Nadia
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DNA Report
This week John got his DNA report, which is now reasonably easy to get based on a saliva sample. Beyond a bunch of health information regarding his risk profile for certain diseases and what medications to avoid, it also had a very interesting couple of sections on his DNA’s history,…
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Speaking of trees in the parkway
Update on the honeysuckle rejuvenation project: it seems to be working! The tree crew cut the honeysuckle trees in front of our house way down to the ground and said that in the spring they would rejuvenate into nice bushes. It was really hard to believe, but there’s a tremendous…
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Springfield, IL
As mentioned, we drove to Springfield on Thursday to take Miles to the Illinois History Expo — the “state” history fair event. Friday Night Lights fans will appreciate the great honor in “making it to state”! Miles showed his video to the judges and received a very nice round of…
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Digital Doomsday Clock
Isabelle, Isaac and James sent Miles a birthday card over with Paddy and Kathleen. We didn’t quite get it at first, but it seems they were influenced by his history fair video to create their own doomsday clock — albeit a digital one! Speaking of Miles’s project, news update: his…
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Spring visits
We’ve had a couple of lovely visits in the last week, from the Kennys and from spring! Both were very welcome in Chicago. Last weekend we went to Hyde Park and visited the Museum of Science and Industry, then took an informal tour around the University (major points of interest,…
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Miles’s history fair project
Update – New link! No glitches! http://youtu.be/Tdp2OANMEX8 Pop some popcorn and settle in to watch this awesome, 10-minute documentary about the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction and the Atomic Scientists of Chicago. It was written, produced and everything else by Miles! Great work on your history fair project, Miles!…
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Party time
Today was Miles’s birthday party, which went really well! I can start by listing the things I did not get a picture of: John smoking ribs for the 11 and 12-yr-olds at Miles’s request, nerf warfare, ice cream and cake, the other boy present (Thomas) and lot of chaos in…
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Birthday week!
It’s birthday week chez cndkmen! Happy 12th birthday today, Miles! And happy birthday to John earlier in the week! Here is John blowing out the candle on his cake ball, a lemon cake ball with blueberry sprinkles, from West Town Bakery. John was very nice to trade with me after…