My favorite things

Lillian changes her mind about the things that she likes all the time.

Right now, her favorite things are:

Salmon maki
LEGOs
and Harry Potter

"Am I famous or something?"

Last year I did the cover for a book called, "The Kabuza Masters."
Lillian is holding the book which I just got in the mail today. If you look closely at this photograph, then you'll notice a painting in the upper left hand corner that is suspiciously similar to the cover of the book.  That is because I used part of it for the design. The painting is a Lillian Boyle original. Lillian was so excited when she saw that the book had her painting on the cover that she exclaimed, "Am I famous or something?"

These eyes are made for ...

Friday night with Aija

The day we got back home, we had a playdate with Aija where Lill got to climb a tree at Aija's house.

The bean and Navy Pier

Millennium Park fountains

Chicago Children's Museum

When we got stranded in Chicago  this week, one of the things that Lill and I did was go to the Children's Museum.

Visiting our amazing cousins at Nasha Dacha

tie dye

Lillian made this tie dye shirt at camp last week. Pretty good for her first try.

we are ready for soccer

Lill's new shoes.

(and those are my shoes in the background)

Bug week

It's bug week at camp.
Lillian found a yellow and black fuzzy caterpillar today.  After passing it around like a hot potato for 10 minutes, she and her friends made a little home for it under a tree.

Butt pillow

Anna and Peter got a new mattress yesterday - and Lillian got to pretend to be their new pillow.

Who's got the menchie's?

Lill and I had pre-dinner dessert at Menchie's yesterday ...

... cotton candy yogurt with candy chocolate chips.

B-Ball Boys

 Family knockout game ...

Lillian's daddy can dunk!

taking shots

weekend visit

Thank you, Nana and Osik, for visiting us this weekend.

It was great to play Harry Potter with everyone.  Here, Lill is pretending that she is in Potions Class.  A few days ago, we found a huge dead moth, and we put it into this potion that Lillian is mixing.

Estimating

One of the skills that first graders in Canada are expected to perfect is the ability to estimate.  Here, we are practicing estimating cheerios.

We love all things science related

Today, Lillian and I conducted an experiment where we tried to answer the following question:
"What can you do and see at the Ontario Science Center if you get there when it opens and leave at closing time (10am - 4pm)?"

The answer is below in mostly photo form:
You can ...

... throw foam bricks at small children standing below you ...

.... use funny mirrors to imagine what you'd look like if you were the superhero Elastagirl ...

... race around a fountain and get super wet ...

... launch a few hot air balloons ...

... solve super giant "loop the loop" puzzles ...

... touch the projection screen in the Planetarium while no one is looking ... 

... take apart a human body ... 

... put your hands on an electricity ball and try to shock people around you ... 

... do water pressure experiments ...

... compete with other children in pushing contests ...

... and relax in the cafeteria while eating a ginormous popsicle.