Happy Mother's Day, moms!

The science project is finished!

Now Levynn just has to present it to her class...



(By the way, that's another of Mom's childhood shirts that Levynn's wearing. It was Dad's pick for '80s day, to be worn with pink tight pants and a belt around her waist. He was overruled.)






Nice work, girls!

here and there things

Just some hightlights from our week:


Mom and Lev at the kindergarten class mother's day tea party. So special!


Phase 1 of the big science project.


Levy wearing mom's shirt from the 1982 world's fair in Knoxville. Mom learned at 10:30 one night that the next morning Levy was supposed to dress like the 80s. Luckily mom had just sorted through her old stuff and was able to get this washed (at midnight).



Linc is taking a few minutes when he wakes up to play with his hair, twisting and twisting it until it curls back on itself. Makes for quite a style!


Levy learned this little dance a few months ago, but for some reason has been bashful about making a movie of it. Finally she agreed, and we hope it makes you laugh as hard as we do!

Big Boy, Part 2

Lincoln's potty training has accelerated suddenly over the last two days, so much so that neither Mom nor Dad changed a wet diaper today.

He filled his first potty chart and added three stickers to a new one between late afternoon and bedtime - all because he told us it was time to go, not the other way around.

"I'm so proud of me!"

And we're so proud of you!

But is that more impressive than this?



He hasn't even been practicing!

Kids and Kites again

We returned to Montrose Harbor this morning for Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites Festival, at least our third one. Dad and the kids rode the bus to get there; Mom ran there.



We thought the ferocious wind would make the flying easier. But that wasn't true for us!

This is the best Mom could do. Dad no luck at all, and the kids just ran around a little with the kites trailing behind them.

Most of the time, the wind sent it spiraling around at human level - and almost took out Levynn on occasion.

Hey, we're amateurs!

What a show!

Levynn's recital was this afternoon, and it was a brand new experience even for the veteran that she is.

Old Town School of Folk Music, where she took the ballet class, has a concert hall - the same one where she and Dad saw Ella Jenkins in 2008. And as Lev looked down at the stage from our balcony seats, watching most of the 20 or so other dance classes perform, she admitted that she was nervous to get in front of the standing-room-only crowd.

But you wouldn't have known it once she was on the stage!









Rose today, party tomorrow (when Mom will be around). That was beautiful!

Butterflies!

Dad and Levynn made the family's long-overdue first trip to Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum with a library pass this afternoon. It's across the street from the north side of Lincoln Park Zoo!

The best part was the butterfly release, a daily event in the museum's butterfly haven that harbors about 1,000 - including 30 to 40 species.

More fun with Chloe, Rachel and Gram

Thanks, girls!

We have a guest contributor!

Big boy

Here's Lincoln taking his first nap since we removed a side from his crib so he can get in and out on his own like a big boy. We didn't mean for him to get out and find a comfy spot on the floor next to Levynn's bed!


And here he is making his first stop on the potty train since we started pushing the training harder. That is what we meant for him to do!