Monday, June 29, 2020

Pre-COVID and intra-COVID calendars

A typical before-COVID week


A typical COVID week

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Needs a haircut


Baseball at last

This dapper gentleman is an official Little Leaguer.

And with Phase 4 in effect as of yesterday, played 2 innings each of first base, pitcher, and catcher this morning. 

Monday, June 22, 2020

Twins resting

Reminiscent of early days

Happy Father's Day

Read the paper, if the children will share.
Watch out for your nemesis, the bunny.
 Steal your pretzels back from the boy.
 
 Convince the children to forgive this awesome trail
And happy father's day, Joe.

Friday, June 12, 2020

Midewin Prairie

First, a long hot buggy hike


Then a poke in the gravel

And finally everyone's favorite part: a cool shady breezy lunch



Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Sunday picnic at the forest preserve

Tuna sandwiches made gourmet with a tablecloth and plein air setting. It was a beautiful day.

Wake up and enjoy nature, John.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Attention span

You can exactly tell where his focus and stamina gave out and primal instincts took over. 

Monday, May 25, 2020

Memorial Day weekend portraits




Not quite Bike the Drive

We didn't have to get up at 4AM for this year's Bike Around the Neighborhood, but it was good to get out on two wheels. It would have been a beautiful day for BTD, of course.



Friday, May 22, 2020

Last day of school

Frozen cake in a box for the last day of school


Better than no cake, but not as a good as real cake, we agreed.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Prairie food night

Our theme for Sunday dinner was Little House on the Prairie.
Chicken and biscuits and an amazing blueberry pie made us glad we weren't pioneers.



Twins Koz



Knoch Knolls

Muddy, floody, and wonderful, assuming you were dressed for it.
Which we were, of course. 




Sunday, May 17, 2020

Finally spring

But actually the weather has been beyond spectacular.
Rainy, sure. Flooding, of course. 
But when it is nice, it is very, very nice.