Thing One

Eve just informed me that she is a flying unicorn by the name of "Hermineca Honeycomb Goldfeather Rainbow Rose .... Rose is my last name but you can call me Hermineca."

Harry Potter and Dobby

Kellogg had a kids costume parade tonight. I don't know where Eve and Oak were but the two stars of the night were Harry Potter and Dobby. Luckily I was able to get some pictures of them.

Cat Tails

Weekend with Grandma

This is Eve's sign that she made for Grandma when we picked her up from the airport. She could only stay for a few days on her way back to Moscow but we made the most of it.

Eve freaked out when she saw the beaver at the zoo. After practically memorizing The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe beavers had achieved mystical status equal to unicorns, dragons and hippogriffs.

Oak and Grandma bonded ... mostly over food.

Like I said, food. In this case enormous chocolate chip cookies.

The weather couldn't have been better. Chicago in the fall is beautiful!

Lucky Grandma.

here's Scott helping Mom with her resume. And it's a pretty good one at that.

Thank you Mom for making the time to come visit us. We loved every minute we had with you.

Love you.

Oak enjoying his "honey dude"

This Week

Yesterday we had a surprise visit from Scott's younger brother Austin. he runs cross-country for Utah State and had a meet at Notre Dame which is fairly close to us. Fortunately he was able to spend the night and all this morning with us. he was an immediate favorite with the kids.

Building the Sears Tower on a rainy morning.

Eve's make-believe family.
From left to right: Betsy, Sam, Jane, Eliza, Mitsy and Eve Crittenden.

Jungyoon, a Korean friend of ours who also happens to be an artist invited Eve over to do an art project: Under the Sea. Eve was in heaven.

Yesterday we had a surprise visit from Scott's younger brother Austin. he runs cross-country for Utah State and had a meet at Notre Dame which is fairly close to us. Fortunately he was able to spend the night and all this morning with us. he was an immediate favorite with the kids.

Kellogg Thus Far

We spent a week up at Lake Geneva, WI with 16 other Kellogg families and had a good time and made great friends.

Eve with her interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Eating popcorn at the museum.

Eve's favorite Monet haystack.

Another favorite.

Eve in the kids' room at the museum.

Eve with "Aslan."

Cheering Dad on at the CIM Olympics. CIM is Kellogg's first week for incoming students. It is full of intense team building activities and competitions such as photo contests, cheer competitions, service projects and skits.

Getting into the spirit of the Olympics.

Scott approaching Dizzy Bat (one of the competitions).

This is business school?

CIM is over.