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The other night, Aidan thought he’d give his hoop a try. I snapped a couple of pictures. We all laughed. He says he’d like smaller hoops for his arms, so he can really get fancy with it. I think Aidan is a natural born  Aidan gives it a whirlclown. He loves physical “tricks,” comedy, and [...]

The warm days of spring are the best. Since the early part of April (and maybe even March) Aidan excitedly discarded his winter apparel and has been clad in nothing but shorts and sandals, and all he wants to do is spend time outside–exploring the backyard and digging in the dirt and uncovering all kinds [...]

The other day we spent the day hiking with a few families from our nature club. We explored a smaller forest preserve not too far away from us, but one we had never been to before. The preserve was Raccoon Grove in Monee and we had a wonderful time spotting a variety of spring wildflowers, [...]