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Yesterday we ventured into our great city to pay a visit to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This was Aidan’s second visit to Orchestra Hall. We came for a school program on the work of Mozart, an outing organized by CAHFT (Chicago Area Homeschool Field Trips). It was good fun.  The Chicago Symphony OrchestraThe conductor did [...]

Today we spent the better part of the morning at Pilcher Park in Joliet, IL learning about how maple syrup is made. This is a popular seasonal program at the park where they actually tap their sugar maples and produce the syrup on site. It was good fun. As I understand it, the whole process [...]

This year we ventured away from home for New Years Eve and had a great time. Our relatively new but very good friends Heidi and Geoff along with their children Autumn and Clay invited us to their home for an afternoon of sledding and an evening of good eats, games, and conversation. Aidan had a [...]