Dreidel time

Ms Fran would be so proud!

Helpful elves

They address cards, too.

Christmas cookies!

Those elves are paying off.

Almost nice pictures of our family

Selfiestick highlights

Another Friday night

At the library

Nerd kids

Christmas elves and their da

Preps are underway.

Christmas elves

Helpful elves

It is snowing in the kitchen, which is odd.

Artist at work

His favorite media are cardboard and gingerbread.

Baa, by Miss Julia

It's a page turner.

Time for new shoes

I guess.

Another Friday night

At our home away from home, the YMCA.

Basketball camp!

We once again upped our basketball skills at North Central's Hoop Troop camp. 

Illinois Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting

A confluence of events led us to spend 7 hours at work with our Mom this weekend.

We loved it. It was mostly uninterrupted screen time, with a little admonishment to Stop Smoking in the interim.

Julia, pragmatist

NaNoWriMo

Is underway!

Animal handlers

A in a box

Where cat people come from

Go Flyers

Baseball

This seems like a good time to revisit this prescient moment in our lives.

Happy Halloween

From the ghost, the princess, and Batman

YMCA Halloween

We had a great time at YMCA Halloween. The haunted pool experience started out awesome, with this trip through the men's showers,

and ended up even better, when we were evacuated out the emergency doors thanks to a fire alarm.

Firefighters!

Newspaper readers

We all like the sports section, but we will fight you for Tom Skilling.

Almost ready for Halloween

Trip to Beaver Dam

It was a spectacular day for the pumpkin farm.

Trip to Beaver Dam

It was a rocky road.

Tickets please

Before being permitted entrance to the living room, John will need your ticket, which he will verify against his list, issue you a pass, and stamp your hand. And then you may proceed to the living room to watch Curious George.

John Squirrel

Having gathered an adequate supply of nuts and acorns, the John Squirrel hides in his nest.

Julia in the garden

At the ball game

Daddy looks weird

A tree grows in Naperville