Saturday, July 30, 2011

This is Chicago

Believe it or not, this is in the city limits: 46 acres of land that was never plowed down. There are woods, wetlands and prairie ecosystems and its a treasure. We loved our visit there with our friends Tekla and Olivia.
We saw three deer, a blue heron, dozens of dragonflies, monarchs and frogs.
Deer!
Marching down the path.
And off the path.

There's more to see!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Jargon

Keeping up





Cleaned up and waiting for her snack.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Little Girl

Some time in the last couple months Zea suddenly seems to have morphed into a little girl. No longer the baby—according to age and skills— but who do we kid? She's totally still our baby.

We scored an activity table and a couple chairs at a rummage sale down the block the other day. The chairs are still a tad too big but she's happy to plunk herself down in them.



Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Slacker-Cool Look

I told her that the kids in LA are the only ones who wear ski hats when its 70 degrees but she insisted.