Other stuff in Baltimore

We took short breaks from baby-holding to see a couple of other cool things in the Baltimore area.  First up, Bailey and Diego's Tesla car!

A giant peanut butter cup:

The museum of dentistry:

And the national aquarium:

Luckily for us, Diego's parents were also visiting during this week.  They made us empanadas!  So good!

NEW BABY!

Not ours.  He belongs to Cooper's cousin Bailey and her husband Diego.  His name is Dane, born Feb 4.  Cooper and I headed out to Baltimore over spring break to meet him.  We did a lot of this:

Oliver!

Cooper had a role in the Lawrence Arts Center's production of Oliver!  He was a workhouse kid and also in the general street ensemble.  Here he is (just left of center) in one of the promotional materials for the show:

With the kid who plays Oliver:

With his friend (and fellow Pet World worker) Andy:

What's with this gesture?  No one does this in real life!

The cast and crew after the last performance:

Down time

Reading Harry Potter:

Crazy hair:

Shoveling the driveway:

Home sick:

After a walk (seriously, like a two mile walk in 20 degree weather!) to Alan's office:

Snow day

Cooper has had a crazy number of snow days this semester so far.  He spent one of those days at the law school with me.

Reading some big book in the library:

Chess with a student:

Sneaking candy in the dean's office:

His choice for lunch at the union:

Being a judge for oral argument:

Games

All of the 6th graders at Raintree spend an entire week playing World Peace Games.  It's complicated and convoluted.  But Cooper seemed to enjoy it!

To celebrate his birthday with his friends, Cooper opted to have take Frances (the 1-year-old daughter of his teacher) to the local kids bounce house play area.  Molly and Eliza joined:

Home life

Cooper used his own money to buy a complete collection of the Harry Potter books.  And then promptly spent one entire weekend on the couch reading (in his Harry Potter shirt!):

Checking out the jokes in Reader's Digest:

Cooking BBQ chicken:

Hiiiiii!

Snuggling under a new Beatles blanket:

Birthday!

Coop's 12th birthday!

Lots of Beatles stuff!

And money to buy new nerf guns!

And legos!  Harry Potter!

Chicago attractions

First up, the Adler Planetarium:

An experiment to make a hover craft thing:

Watching a vacuum chamber experiment:

And then at an awesome spy themed restaurant called the Safehouse:

CHICAGO!

Coop and I flew to Chicago one weekend to hand out with Carrie and the family:

Including Hodie, the ginormous dog:

Coop suggested I take this picture in front of the Trump building:

The three kids: