For Claire E.’s fourth birthday we went to the Kohl Children’s Museum. We hadn’t been there since Bea was little. It was good fun for the birthday girl and for the rest of us too. They have a mini grocery store – it was a hit: Here are Claire and Brian in the water play…

Claire turned four this weekend. Four! Just yesterday she was looking like this: And now she is this big: Here is something I wrote about Claire a few weeks ago and never posted. I’ll put some birthday pictures up soon. Claire and I have been in a sort of sweet spot when it comes to…

Claire and I took a walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden on the last day of April. It was a rainy walk with lots of flowers. I so enjoy seeing the vegetable gardens – their peas and lettuce were way ahead of our little sprouts – but I guess they probably brought them out of…