Fall has come quickly and the girls just finished their first full week of school for this year. We’re back to our routine and it feels good at the moment. • We are anticipating Halloween and I started gathering the materials for a spider and a bat. The girls decided on a spider and a…

It had been a while since we spent much time in Chicago. Brian wanted to take us all to the Lyric Opera’s annual free outdoor concert last Saturday. It’s held at Millenium Park which has an outdoor theatre and fountains and sculptures and a garden and it’s all built on top of a big parking…

I got inspired to make some cardboard houses for the girls the other day. They both wanted balconies and stairs – that was a challenge – but fun too. Now I think they need some wallpaper.

Claire and I have a free day on Thursdays. No pre-school, no classes, no nothin’. So today, being Thursday, we decided to drive up to Wisconsin to pick raspberries. I’ve never picked raspberries before. Well that’s not true. In high school Brian and I used to wander along the old train track in Midland. That…

Today I ordered the tile for Bea and Claire’s bathroom and the work should be scheduled soon. While we were at he hardware store we picked up a new toilet seat. After wrestling off the old toilet seat I put the new one on and did a little dance because it looked so white and…

I can’t stop taking photos of meadows this summer. I love ’em. A long walk in a windy meadow sounds like heaven.

And sittin’

School started today and Bea did a good job. She can be really frightened by things like the first day of school, but she was strong and she made us proud. Claire doesn’t start preschool ’til next Wednesday so we had some time together.  And now the silly part. In an effort to either get…

  Look at her – she is always striking a pose. And at some point she always feels inspired to dance and sing in the sand. I laugh and shake my head. Where does that spirit come from? We fit in a couple more trips to the beach before the the first day of school.…

I’m so glad we are finally getting some beach worthy weather.