Monday April 25 2022

Last Monday of the semester, the trees are looking beautiful in a quasi empty campus.

Sunday April 24 2022

Sometimes we forget we have an amazing pool downstairs! The boys love it and are getting so good at swimming!

Saturday April 23 2022

A morning at the art institute, learning about Mayas and doing art in their workshop space.

Friday April 22 2022

Trying to figure out if the seeds can be sent to Zoe in the UK.

Thursday April 21 2022

Weekday no-kids weekend - something we might do more regularly - lunch date with James, looking at al the furniture we will build once we have the house!

Wednesday April 20 2022

The flowers at UIC are starting to look fully bloomed!

Tuesday April 19 2022

WSB's image, quite accurate - oh well... at least we were able to pay Tax for all those unrealized losses.

Monday April 18 2022

Sometimes the colors at UIC are so pretty.

Sunday April 17 2022

Learning about snowflakes with Niko and Alex

Saturday April 16 2022

Easter fun - the boys painted their egg-cookies and Nikolay made such pretty faces :) And a beautiful evening at Bridget and Jack's wedding - what a fun weekend!

Friday April 15 2022

Volunteering to put eggs all around before the kids came to our local park - under the rain! But they loved it!

Thursday April 14 2022

Sometimes the light in Bennett park is so so nice.

Wednesday April 13 2022

The flowers at UIC wet after some days of rain.

Tuesday April 12 2022

An impromptu trip to Macy's after a long working day.

Monday April 11 2022

Fi and Romi are in the Martinicas! Such an amazing holiday! Can't wait to one day get there and explore those beautiful places.

Sunday April 10 2022

A morning at the Fields museum - it's so fun to be members of many museums and go as often as possible!

Saturday April 9 2022

Becoming a tradition, making hot cross buns for Easter - we all love them!

Friday April 8 2022

Went for a ride, trying to decide whether to buy a building in an Auction - could be an interesting opportunity, or a way to lose a lot of money....

Thursday April 7 2022

Walking with the boys after school.

Wednesday April 6 2022

Spring is almost here at UIC, not much water this time.

Tuesday April 5 2022

The mistiest of days, on my way back from the hospital, starting antibiotics...

Monday April 4 2022

Back at work, not feeling great but only a few weeks left of the semester.

Sunday April 3 2022

Exploring the new plaza they built near our place, where a pretty huge fountain used to be.

Saturday April 2 2022

A morning at the art institute - we love when Nikolay in the mornings asks us to go to the Art Institute (and he's made his own "art Institute" on our wall he says.

Friday April 1 2022

Back at the potential house - we think we love it, we'll put the first offer out....

Thursday March 31 2022

James turned 37! a busy day making art, visiting the house we hopefully will own in a couple of months, and starting to plan our lifelong dream home!

Wednesday March 30 2022

On my way to teach the flowers are blooming so fast! It's starting to look like spring!

Tuesday March 29 2022

Some mornings I just stare at the beautiful sights before starting the day.

Monday March 28 2022

Magnatiles, what would we do without them.

Sunday March 27 2022

We have decided to do some indoor gardening!

Saturday March 26 2022

One by one some bad stomach bug is getting to us, but my brother Fi and Romi keep us entertained with their cooking - they love Ottolenghi now!

Friday March 25 2022

And yet another mesmerizing time from our window whilst working at home.

Thursday March 24 2022

Memoria, Verdad y justicia - the day my father met our president, in memory of his best friend kidnapped and killed during the last dictatorship.

Wednesday March 23 2022

Some mornings it looks like we live in the middle of the clouds.

Tuesday March 22 2022

Another beautiful view from our window after a busy morning in Northwestern.

Monday March 21 2022

The boys got to have a tasting of Korean food for dinner! After a busy day at Ezra's 60th birthday conference in Northwestern

Saturday March 20 2022

Getting the presents ready for Ben and Ezra, original Penguin art! and an amazing Korean BBQ with Ben in the evening.

Saturday March 19 2022

A wonderful morning seeing friends for the first time in years! Bruch at home with Steve and Oscar - the boys loved them so much!

Friday March 18 2022

First Colloquium in person of the semester, which I'm hosting, on Higgs bundles. It's been a long time!

Thursday March 17 2022

Slowly learning different methods to crochet, making a blanket for Nikolay which should be finished by the end of the year - making 3 squares a month or so.

Wednesday March 16 2022

Another super warm day! Fun times with the boy's friends at the park after a busy day interviewing at Oxford.

Tuesday March 15 2022

These views, starting to miss them already thinking of the year to come away from Chicago

Monday March 14 2022

An afternoon in the park after work and school.

Sunday March 13 2022

An easy morning at home playing with cupcake papers - so much fun with so little!

Saturday March 12 2022

A day full of art - and an afternoon with Bridget at her bridal shower!

Friday March 11 2022

Lots of fun after school in the Children's museum!

Thursday March 10 2022

Tonight we're learning to cook lamb in a new way - Ottolengui and Melissa Clark keep us entertained.

Wednesday March 9 2022

Back from work it was nice to see how snow was melting geometrically.

Tuesday March 8 2022

An afternoon after school enjoying the aquarium with Grayson and Emily.

Monday March 7 2022

Sometimes it feels spring is almost here on my way to work.

Sunday March 6 2022

Today we learned everything about volcanoes! And then had a lovely day with Ana and her family visiting us.

Saturday March 5 2022

Impromptu visit to Dima's park, to see her family and have a picnic outside.

Friday March 4 2022

An afternoon after school at the Children's museum, and the boy's second happy meal afterwards.

Thursday March 3 2022

We chose some flowers for the house with Niko, and it's been so pretty to work by these colors.

Wednesday March 2 2022

My father's new bookcase in his entrance looks so pretty - a little bit of beauty on the day we lost his cousin to COVID-19.

Tuesday March 1 2022

Bubbles after school is always a winner strategy - so much fun for so long!

Monday February 28 2022

A plane went over my teaching room...

Sunday February 26 2022

My father's garden wall is looking so pretty with his lemon tree full of lemons!

Saturday February 25 2022

One of our favourite hobbies these days: our french Larousse encyclopedia, and other "how things work" illustrated books, reading them page by page, absorbing knowledge by the second...

Friday February 24 2022

No filter used, the colors from our window this afternoon looked amazing (and strange) due to the snow storm.

Thursday February 23 2022

And when you think it's almost spring, the storms come back. Running to school to get the boys.

Wednesday February 23 2022

Snow almost gone on the way to work!

Tuesday February 22 2022

On a cold Chicago day, my father sent us a photo of his house where we grew up, making me nostalgic about those warm summer times.

Monday February 21 2022

Another morning in an empty campus, which sometimes feels so tall!

Sunday February 20 2022

Teaching our boys about Matisse and his amazing paintings. Niko wants to be a painter when he grows up, for now.

Saturday February 19 2022

Sometimes Niko likes sleeping "casita" which means having 100 animals on top of him.

Friday February 18 2022

Watching the snow melt every day a little bit more.

Thursday February 17 2022

More water in our window - it should be noted it's progress, since it had been -20C for so long we didn't see rain for a while.

Wednesday February 16 2022

Sometimes reflections at UIC look so pretty.

Tuesday February 15 2022

So many talented people out there in instagram! Here is something by watercolor.illustrations.

Monday February 14 2022

Happy valentines day! Managed to take all the needed presents to school, taught at UIC, and then was ready for a beautiful sunset at home.

Sunday February 13 2022

Ready to go back on a misty morning after having recharged our energies. Florida, USA

Saturday February 12 2022

A day spent in our first lazy river - I need to always find hotels with rivers! Orlando, USA.

Friday February 11 2022

My first time (and the boys' first time) in Disney! a morning exploring "magical places", which who knows how much sense they made since there's no tv at home. Orlando, USA.

Thursday February 10 2022

Waking up to these views in a warm summer weather was such a big change! A day in Animal Kingdom. Orlando, USA.

Wednesday February 9 2022

After more than two years without taking a plane, we dared and went on an impromptu long weekend away. The boys loved the plane, slept their naps and made the trip so smooth!

Tuesday February 8 2022

Our holiday books arrived to Argentina and France!

Monday February 7 2022

Sometimes UIC's campus looks like a ghost town...

Sunday February 6 2022

Lot's of art for both little children, and also a morning exploring the Fields museum.

Saturday February 5 2022

We made cupcakes with the boys, and they were very delicious.

Friday February 4 2022

I'm told sometimes I don't park by the lines... people even take pictures of my "bad parking", but I think it is just fine, since the spaces are big for a reason!

Thursday February 3 2022

Sometimes bath time is nothing close to being clean.

Wednesday February 2 2022

So much snow everywhere! This is when the winter gets us, and we need to plan an escape!

Tuesday February 1 2022

A rainy afternoon getting Alex's passport for the first time. Slowly getting ready for traveling again.

Monday January 31 2022

Another very cold morning back in the office.

Sunday January 30 2022

I loved this little drawing Niko made for us - I thought it was a man in an apple, but it seems it's just a person with three eyes.

Saturday January 29 2022

Home made pizza for everyone, courtesy of Nikolay and Alexander!

Friday January 28 2022

We are all amazed by the amount of snow all around.

Wednesday January 27 2022

My father's flowers are growing so much, and got confused and bloomed during the daylight!

Wednesday January 26 2022

Slowly building my collection of snowy UIC photos.

Tuesday January 25 2022

Snow and colorful pines, we love seeing them after school. We might have taken one home...

Monday January 24 2022

The days are getting so so cold. The view of the plaza by the boy's school, covered in snow.

Sunday January 23 2022

An afternoon at Garfield's conservatory, so so pretty!

Saturday January 22 2022

We never get tired of these views from our living room. It will be hard when we move out not to be so high!

Friday January 21 2022

For many many years I've been writing monthly to-do lists, and from times to times I tidy them all together...I found 2021's set so thought I should check out my second pandemic year and how it went.

Thursday January 20 2022

The smoke from a chimney was so pretty we made a timelapse for the year's project video.

Wednesday January 19 2022

I found a new illustrator - an engineer acamama who will work with me on a new book project!

Tuesday January 18 2022

Playing in West town after school, on a very cold day.

Monday January 17 2022

Pancake lake they called this, or something similar. Ice quasi breaking.

Sunday January 16 2022

Suddenly there was a helicopter underneath us...

Saturday January 15 2022

Ottolengui's orichietti, that Fi was going to make for us but couldn't find the time for it.

Friday January 14 2022

First draft of my lecture notes, ready to start teaching soon.

Thursday January 13 2022

Walking back home after a quick cold trip to the park with niko.

Wednesday January 12 2022

I can't get tired of these beautiful sunrises before everyone wakes up at home!

Tuesday January 11 2022

After a month of doubt, a happy walk back from Northwestern's Breast Center - I don't have to come back for 4 years, so we can keep enjoying this beautiful life all together.

Monday January 10 2022

Tidying the different art pieces and experiments Niko and Alex did during the last few days.

Sunday January 9 2022

Morning breakfast together before Fi and my father got ready to depart - the boys tears were heartbreaking, but the promise of seeing them again soon keeps us happy.

Saturday January 8 2022

A frozen lake early in the morning, last day with Abu and Tio Fi for the boys, who will miss them so much! Exploring an Estate Sale and lunch downtown.

Friday January 7 2022

After two years not going to concerts, we dared to visit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a fancy box, and it was so nice to hear Ravel and others directed by Muti!

Thursday January 6 2022

It's Kings day! All the presents and Galette des Rois are waiting for everyone to wake up :) And to close a great day, our first 3Star Michelin Restaurant - dinner at Alinea, a show which was amazing.

Wednesday January 5 2022

After doing Alex's Covid-19 test with Fi, we went to Stans' Dounughts to indulge!

Tuesday January 4 2022

Niko loves being picked up from school by Abu Fidel! Cutest thing to see them together. And to finish off, a Korean BBQ night!

Monday January 3 2022

After a fun day with my father and brother and Alex, an evening playing with the boys and a beautiful table displayed by Fi.

Sunday January 2 2022

Fun afternoon making art - painted T-Shirts for all the family! Niko and Alex love having Tio Fi and Abu so much! And a beautiful dinner at Le Colonial.

Saturday January 1 2022

Morning in the park with the first snow of the year and three generations of Schaposnik all together in Chicago!