clay art in the park

 There is a new art teacher at school, his name is Tyler and the kids adore him. He took the older kids to do clay impressions outside.

Bea loves this kind of stuff.

school fun

Bea and Cordelia get to see each other on occasion. This time it looks like Coco paid a visit to Bea's room. They call them the "Southern Belles"

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This is Cordelia's spot. No one else's. She likes to take it all in and be able to have full view of her room.

bea's first field trip

First school bus ride! Off they go to Lincoln Park Zoo!

Unfortunately I did not chaperone, but fortunately the school took some pics!

See the little boy in the blue plaid in the foreground? That is HOTTO. He also moved from the old school. Otto and Bea have a special relationship. It's a love-hate.

Pumpkins Chicago

 Pumpkins Chicago is a spot for pumpkins in Wrigleyville. There is a little corn maze, pumpkins and gourdes, and pumpkin decorating. It's not a huge set up, but it's great for what it is. Bea and Cordelia were beside themselves with excitement.

The man that ran the place even made Bea a necklace.

adventure time

Adventure time means heading towards the lake with no plan other than to burn off energy and enjoy the great outdoors. Oh look! Cricket Hill!

We brought treasure jars for the kids to fill with whatever excites them.

citymade fest

This year was the inaugural year for CityMade Fest. I took only a few pictures, the rest were videos. Man do these girls like to dance and have a good time.

elliott's birthday party

Bea got invited to the birthday of her school friend Elliott. Elliott is still at the old school (we moved the girls to a new location about a month ago), so I was interested to see how it would go.

Apparently Bea was all Elliott talked about, even her out-of-town grandparents couldn't wait to meet Bea

Bea got to jump around with some old and new pals.

Whoa ho ho, do dee do. This looks like Bea is doing the strut, owning that bounce house.

Ainslie and Bea reunited.

Group shot - Bea feeling shy.

Now what's interesting here, is Bea sharing in this family moment, stoically standing guard. Elliott shares the birthday thrown with her brother and her parents lovingly lean in whispering sweet birthday wishes. The rest of the party is on the other side. But not Bea. There she is. Hands down by her sides representing...something. I just hand no idea about this level of this friendship.