Before we were off to Chicago, Leo's friend Lydia, who loves to take care of him, got him to eat a whole bowl of cashews ("These are healthy for you," she kept saying.)

And we got to pet the baby chickens that Rive and Asa will be raising

What's the first thing to do when you arrive in Chicago? Get a Superdawg, of course.

Then you hit the beach with Grandma


and get some good Mexican food


And after you put in an appearance at a Linguistics conference at the University of Chicago

you play, play, play!