Game watch

The girls didn't have any stake in the South Carolina-Kentucky men's basketball game until it was on a screen over my head at this restaurant.

Then each girl picked a team and cheered for it for half the game.  At halftime (of lunch) they swapped.  We all had a nice lunch.

Max and me

John has brought home his friend Max the Monkey, the preschool mascot. Here he is to narrate his travels with Max.

 Max and I play dress up with my sisters.

 Max and I play trains.

 Max and I play.

 Max and I pick up the girls from Prairie.

Max and I help Daddy fix the door.

Brookfield zoo

We took a forty degree Saturday and spent all day at the zoo!

Art skills

Gramee is making good progress in her art skill development.

The lightbulb rainbow project

Two junior researchers, generating hypotheses.

Daddy style

It is a well known fact that Joe has never adopted a hairstyle except except physics-askew.  But the children and I were able to demonstrate that with copious gel and some accessories, Daddy can actually rock a number of excellent hair styles.  

He's a patient man, he is.

Winners

In the early lead for the weirdest family, 2015, award: 

Egg nursery

Ssshhhh... something very exciting is about to happen in our kitchen.  

A baby diplodocus has just hatched!! 

And he is ready to play!

Hooray!

A Julia face

Julia has two classic Julia faces, both rarely caught on camera.  Here is one.   

Seven hours at the Chicago Children's Museum

Hour 1 at CCM

Hour 3 at CCM

Hour 6 at CCM

At hour 7.5 we were ready to keep playing but really, we were too hungry to go on.

Bird lunch

Reminiscent of our dinner with trains, from our trip to Cincinnati, John eats lunch observing some very nearby sparrows.