Today our little boy turned 6. We celebrated it as any 6 year old would … with lots and lots of reptiles. First was the cobra snake shirt he selected to wear to school, then came the cobra cake that Nadiya brought over. To top it off we surpised him at school with a visit from the Travelling World of Reptiles (http://www.travelingworldofreptiles.com/). Check out the photos. He actually had a tarantula spin a web on his head.
Well tomorrow we are indeed returning to the sandy plots of Palm Springs, California for our annual pilgramage to see our snowbird relatives. Did you know that Palm Springs which was recently referred to as the nation’s gayest city full of aging men (Article: Palm Springs’ image in book creates uproar). While we won’t be partaking in any of that, our days will be chocked full of early morning walks, naps, magazine reading pool side and early bird prime rib specials followed by a nice slice of pie (or cake) from the carousel. Despite all that, we’re looking forward to it all and are in desparate need of an escape from the dreary late winter grayness that Chicago can be counted on to provide. Have a good week and we’l talk to you when we return!
Happy Valentines Day everyone. We’ve been busy for the past few weeks but picked today to let you know that we are still thinking about you. We’ll have some new photos up over the weekend (we know everyone loves photos). We’ll be in touch on that. In the meantime, enjoy the flowers and chocolate we sent. We trust they arrived safely.
PS Work travel is for the birds.
Well - we survived Christmas and our headaches have now subsided from NYE. Late, late night, Brad decided it would be a good idea to pull out the Absinthe for a nightcap…did I say late night? When oh when will we stop listening to his silliness? Let’s make that our collective resolutions, shall we? We’ll meet you back here in one year to see how we did.
Now on to the business > we’ve gone and updated our december photo album with xmas and NYE related photos. Check ‘em out (Click the preceding link to access directly)!
December 2007 Chranko family photographs 58 Photos
It has been slow going on the website migration front, but we hope to have a shiny new web site to ring in the new year as you may be able to tell from the fluffy aura around you. As such, our site is pretty bare now, but come January, we will have a new photo gallery with both recent and past pictures, a new look and a renewed commitment to trying to keep things up to date.
Happy New Year, one and all, and we’ll see you back here in 2008!
Since you’ve come all this way, check this out.
Wishing everyone a very, very Merry Christmas. Go easy on the egg nog. You remember what happened last year, don’t you?
Here’s an excerpt from Aidan’s School’s Winter Assembly. … Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together and make some noise for the Pritzker Kindergarten classes, room 110, 112 and 117!
We’ve survived a winter fury, a cookie exchange and a birthday celebration for Grandpa Bob … and that was just one weekend! We’re busy preparing for Christmas, but have found time to share some photos with you. We’ll be posting a bunch more after the Christmas and the new year. Today Aidan had a Winter Assembly at school. While it was mostly a 2 hour bout of listening to off key singing and budding musicians, we survived - and as soon as we can digitize the video, we’ll make it available here. Aidan and his peers in the school’s 3 kindergarten classes sang a Kwanzaa chant, All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth and the Hanukkah song. His school is officially celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Ramudan and had songs and presentations about each holiday.
Last weekend, Elise got to dance the nutcracker with real ballerinas along with an orchestra. Photos from all these occasions are now in the gallery.
December 2007 Chranko family photographs 58 Photos
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