... Lincoln received a special delivery.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Lincoln is 1 - and America is 232!
L is for Lincoln, who awoke early but unusually happy this morning. Coincidence?
We had big plans - more Taste of Chicago, perhaps starting a tradition for this special day - so we got right to it.
Lincoln now has a matching friend...
... and a somewhat matching mode of transportation. (Radio Flyer calls it a Scoot About, but he already did scoot about, did he not?)
He also really likes this new book ("Go Cubs!" cheer the girls), and he even knows what to call it.
At the festival, Lincoln, poor boy, ate another packed lunch. But he was still happy.
And he did taste treats, including this birthday apple pie (on the Fourth of July? Now there's a tradition!).
Too bad he didn't like it. Maybe next year, kiddo.
Happy birthday, Linc!
We had big plans - more Taste of Chicago, perhaps starting a tradition for this special day - so we got right to it.
Lincoln now has a matching friend...
... and a somewhat matching mode of transportation. (Radio Flyer calls it a Scoot About, but he already did scoot about, did he not?)
He also really likes this new book ("Go Cubs!" cheer the girls), and he even knows what to call it.
At the festival, Lincoln, poor boy, ate another packed lunch. But he was still happy.
And he did taste treats, including this birthday apple pie (on the Fourth of July? Now there's a tradition!).
Too bad he didn't like it. Maybe next year, kiddo.
Happy birthday, Linc!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Watching some kids
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The first cartoon Lev ever watched had actual kids, instead of bears or cars or whatever. So she started calling it watching her kids. So here's some more kids for you to watch.
Oh! and Lev got a hair cut! Doesn't she have a cute neck?!?!?!!
The first cartoon Lev ever watched had actual kids, instead of bears or cars or whatever. So she started calling it watching her kids. So here's some more kids for you to watch.
Oh! and Lev got a hair cut! Doesn't she have a cute neck?!?!?!!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
A Taste
Mom worked a weird shift today - from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - and we thought it made for a good opportunity to hit Taste of Chicago, which started its 10-day run in Grant Park on Friday. So Dad and the kids met Mom at Tribune Tower and walked to the park.
Mom was ready with a master plan, but the crowds and the intermittent downpours (check out the sky) limited us to the northern half of the event.
Mom still feasted on some treats (like this rice pudding with mango, cheesecake with strawberries, fruit sorbet, marscapone gelato, french toast sticks and cookies and cream frozen yogurt in a waffle cone), which obviously were her primary target. She also tasted deep dish pizza and prime rib quesadilla.
Dad was more interested in the hearty foods, like that deep dish pizza. Levynn was interested in it all!
Lincoln, poor boy, ate a packed lunch.
We intended to sit and listen to the Plain White T's (they of the "Hey There Delilah" hit), but we just stood under tree cover in the distance for a few songs before we headed for home.
Mom was ready with a master plan, but the crowds and the intermittent downpours (check out the sky) limited us to the northern half of the event.
Mom still feasted on some treats (like this rice pudding with mango, cheesecake with strawberries, fruit sorbet, marscapone gelato, french toast sticks and cookies and cream frozen yogurt in a waffle cone), which obviously were her primary target. She also tasted deep dish pizza and prime rib quesadilla.
Dad was more interested in the hearty foods, like that deep dish pizza. Levynn was interested in it all!
Lincoln, poor boy, ate a packed lunch.
We intended to sit and listen to the Plain White T's (they of the "Hey There Delilah" hit), but we just stood under tree cover in the distance for a few songs before we headed for home.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Gone West
Not far, though, and not for long! We drove to White Pines State Park in northwest Illinois on Tuesday morning and returned on Thursday afternoon.
Our accomodations at the park were cozy. This is the inside of our humble one-room cabin (where Dad is horsing around with the kids on the bed).
We didn't get there with much in the way of plans. We had looked into quite a few touristy spots but decided just to wing it. Dad did want to see at least one of the many Lincoln (as in Abe) sites, though, and we made it to three of them (including Dixon's exhibit of the Lincoln Highway, the country's first trancontinental road).
Across the river from that exhibit, we found the only known statue of Lincoln in a military uniform, and we took some neat pictures of our Lincoln with that Lincoln. Click on the slideshow while it's playing to see the shots enlarged.
Here's another statue of Lincoln. But this one's a wood carving, one of many in the Amboy city park. Our stop here was little more than a drive-by. It was hot and it was the end of our day, and Dad and Levynn just hopped out of the car to snap a few shots.
After checking out of the cabin, we drove down the road to the local swimming hole - "Lake" LaDonna, which, as a body of water, Dad thinks is somewhere between a puddle and a pond.
Levynn liked it.
Lincoln didn't.
What a city boy! But he takes after Dad, who doesn't like sand between his toes, either. Levynn just goes with it, as she goes with most everything.
Our accomodations at the park were cozy. This is the inside of our humble one-room cabin (where Dad is horsing around with the kids on the bed).
We didn't get there with much in the way of plans. We had looked into quite a few touristy spots but decided just to wing it. Dad did want to see at least one of the many Lincoln (as in Abe) sites, though, and we made it to three of them (including Dixon's exhibit of the Lincoln Highway, the country's first trancontinental road).
Across the river from that exhibit, we found the only known statue of Lincoln in a military uniform, and we took some neat pictures of our Lincoln with that Lincoln. Click on the slideshow while it's playing to see the shots enlarged.
Here's another statue of Lincoln. But this one's a wood carving, one of many in the Amboy city park. Our stop here was little more than a drive-by. It was hot and it was the end of our day, and Dad and Levynn just hopped out of the car to snap a few shots.
After checking out of the cabin, we drove down the road to the local swimming hole - "Lake" LaDonna, which, as a body of water, Dad thinks is somewhere between a puddle and a pond.
Levynn liked it.
Lincoln didn't.
What a city boy! But he takes after Dad, who doesn't like sand between his toes, either. Levynn just goes with it, as she goes with most everything.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Flip if you're 4!
Oh, and Levynn spoke like she's 4, too - or maybe 5, or 6, or 7, or who knows.
Mom asked her if she'd like a drink with her snack this afternoon, and Levynn said, "I don't need a drink. Thanks for offering, though."
'Nature in the city,' Mom says
Mom spied a bird building a nest in the ivy atop the fence in our backyard yesterday.
When she looked there today, there were two eggs in the nest.
And when she looked again today, the bird was sitting on them.
When she looked there today, there were two eggs in the nest.
And when she looked again today, the bird was sitting on them.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Levynn is 4!
UPDATED
You can see that we had a deservedly big day, which we intended to be even deservedly bigger - with dinner and a concert in Millenium Park - but it looked like rain was coming (again) and the kids were pooped. So we called it a night with a delivery from Leona's.
Happy birthday, Levy!
You can see that we had a deservedly big day, which we intended to be even deservedly bigger - with dinner and a concert in Millenium Park - but it looked like rain was coming (again) and the kids were pooped. So we called it a night with a delivery from Leona's.
Happy birthday, Levy!
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