Colette and Colman are on their way to Ireland right now (readers in Greenland, look up and wave!) after a visit that we enjoyed thoroughly in Chicago. Here are some highlights, some photos are theirs so you may seem a few shots pop up on their blog soon! Colman has…

Another great haircut by our neighbor Beatriz! Liam is happy, he just makes this morose face for photos. Miles is karate chopping because Liam saw Kung Fu Panda today, and I told them to say "Kung Fu Panda" before taking the picture. Liam's wearing his camp t-shirt. He's doing all…

I heard that early summer flowers in these parts are all purple, but I never took much notice of this in our garden before this year.  Everything in bloom right now is purple–prairie iris, columbine, dragon's breath and sage.   The back wall has become quite a jungle, with huge…

Here you can see the bridge connecting the art institute with the millenium park, the whole place looks really amazing

Overlooking millenium park in the background

Some of Miles’ after school group meeting artie the lion at the art institute today

Part of my walk to work

Second graders at Newberry went on a walking field trip to the zoo today. It was pouring at first, but we waited a bit then just went in the rain. We saw a wolf family, with the mom wolf carrying a baby wolf in her mouth (as Miles tells it,…

This was from the day Frankie went to Indiana, during Barry and Frankie's visit a few weeks ago. Here are 4 Kennymen down at the sculptures at Roosevelt Rd & S. Michigan Avenue! Also I can't help but throw in an extra photo of the sculptures, they are really fun…

Miles played the role of family patriarch Uncle Eben in a play last month and his costume consisted of pajamas, a walker, and talc in his hair. They had to practice on the hair on a non-actor first, so Liam got the treatment as well.