An impromptu walk back from Nannies house took us up ‘Popperty Johns’ and over the lime beds and it was lovely to just wander along seeing what we could see without the need to rush…
Generally about Mommy
We took Lincoln to see his first movie at the cinema today and although he loved the experience he wss tired and fell asleep for the last half hour or so
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Why do we do it? Jamie has taken to gardening this year and is as keen as anyone even though she lacks knowledge (possibly) and experience (definitely) she is easily the keenest gardener by far. Yes she has made mistakes but she has a crop of herbs, vegetables and fruits she should be proud of but nature always has a ‘joker’ to play a card in her hand that will test any gardeners resolve. Read more
Three things that happened today:
Lincoln really has a moment walking over the ‘glass’ floor at the playbarn. It was soooo interesting watching him face his apprehensions as he steps onto a glass floor and once on there slide his front foot before taking the step before becoming confident enough to stand on it and wave to us. It was even more interesting to watch him have the same reservations each time he crossed it. Read more
The long planned trip to waterworld as a treat from Auntie Nemily was something both children had been looking forward to but I think they just thought it was going to be a swimming pool, little did they or even I know quite what waterworld was. Read more
Ian Bawn was in town and wanted to meet up with Jamie for Dinner which Jamie was really excited about and after a reunion at Pam’s house they disappeared into the Denver night heading to Spicy Basel on Broadway a place we dined at with Ian a couple of years ago. Read more
On a beautiful day three intrepid explorers set off to explore the lake, little did we know that non of them could row and so 5 days later would need rescuing 150yards from where they set off from? Curly Larry and Mo eat your heart out Read more
Home coming was so long in coming but once we got here it was just so easy
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Leaving Dekalb we headed to Chris and Johanna’s who live a lot closer to O’Hare airport and offered to show us around Chicago so when we got to their house it was left to Johanna, to show us Chicago because Chris had to work. We had an itinerary of places to see and we set off to walk to the train station a mile away and the weather was hot and humid but it was nice to get out into it again and walk. Read more
On arrival at O’hare airport Chicago we had to find the car hire place which after such a long flight we needed to go smoothly but as always is the case we wandered around looking for signs and eventually had to ask and were told to get on a bus which we did. Read more