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• Lost and Found

  The blond twin has a dwarf guinea pig named Prince Polo. Yesterday she was showing off Prince Polo and forgot to lock his cage properly. When she came home,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Just Because

  Going back to high school has not been easy for the girls. First, there was a Tik Tok challenge about creating a fighting streak, so students were fighting at... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eighteen

  Every year on this date, I remember every detail. I remember calling Uncle Dave to check our car seats. I remember driving to the hospital. I remember the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chasing Wild Horses

  We scheduled our wild horses tour on our first full day in the Outer Banks. We arrived at the tour company ready for fun. The vehicles were open air Hummers wit... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Travel Purchase

  We decided to make the first day our longest driving day. It put us near Charlottesville, VA, so we could tour Monticello and the University of Virginia.This... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Road Again

  Once we were all vaccinated, we decided to plan our summer vacation. We decided to drive to give us more flexibility and control. We were all vaccinated, but... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• RIP Mr. Rick

  We first met Mr. Rick when the girls were very young. I think they were eight or nine years old when they started taking golf lessons with him. Every summer the... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Better Living Through Science

  Through a scientific miracle, 200 million people in the United States have received a Covid-19 vaccine. All four of us are almost vaccinated + two weeks.It is... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dusting off the Pandemic

  Now that Daddy and I are both vaccinated +two weeks, we decided to go out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. It was the first time in more than a year... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Financial Gurus

  When the girls started working, we gave them back some of their expenses such as their spending money,, their Dunkin/Starbucks drinks, their hair cuts and gas... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Studio Apartment

  We've done a lot of renovations on our 50+ year old house since we moved in more than 20 years ago. When we created a basement room for the girls a few years... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 18 Inches and Counting

  Chicagoans are used to snow, so we don't panic when the forecast calls for 24 hours of snow. We make sure our vehicle gas tanks are full, pick-up a few grocerie... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2021 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas

  We visited Grammie on Christmas eve. It was both nice to be in a small group and depressing. Christmas is Grammie's holiday. She thinks she's one of Santa's... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sign of the Pandemic

  Daddy came home from the grocery store with lots of bags, as usual. While unpacking, he found some hand sanitizer he hadn't purchased. He looked at it for a... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Working Girls

  The girls fall sports recently ended. We really wanted to avoid the isolation they felt when life shut down in March, so we talked a lot about them getting... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seventeen and Counting

  The girls celebrated their seventeenth birthday for almost an entire week. We started by taking them to the Chicago Riverwalk for dinner. We walked around the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Teacher's Pet

  One fun things that has come from eLearning is Holly's rise as a class pet. She has joined both girls for their classes. Sometimes the teachers even invited... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• eLearning Begins

  August has been a long, long month. The girls were supposed to start golf and swim practice at the beginning of the month. Their coaches sent email after email... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• First in Class

  Both girls are participating in IEA this year. The blond twin reignited her horseback riding interest during quarantine. Horseback riding was one of the few... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quarantine with a Different View

  We rented a house in Michigan for a week. We didn't make big plans. We walked along White Lake, swam in Lake Michigan, hiked local forests and spent time sittin... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION