Jon's Visit

We were expecting our son, Jon to arrive on Friday evening from Baltimore where he is attending grad school at Johns Hopkins.  It had been about five years since he'd seen his childhood home and neighborhood.

Jon and me

He'd also not seen the changes that had taken place since Tiffany and Ed had bought the place from us.

Tiffany worried that he might not care for the changes she had made.  She need not have worried.

Jon in his old bedroom with Art

Jon was fine.  He was happy to see his niece in his old room.

KC had been waiting impatiently for her Uncle Jonny to arrive.

Whereas she was shy when she was younger, now KC pulled Jon along and begged him to play with her. 

On Saturday morning, she had fun showing him how to deflate his air mattress in the family/play room.


I was really proud of Jon for the attention and caring he showed KC.  Someday... he will make a wonderful father himself.

I was amazed at how quickly KC became attached to him.

We had a huge brunch at Walker Brothers Pancake House which is very popular in Chicago.  The line to enter wrapped around the building.

Once inside we laughed to see KC carefully rearrange the dolls in the display.  She is certainly her mother's daughter!

Jon had the famous Walker Brothers apple pancake.  He and Art  thought they'd be able to finish it, but ended up eating only half which happily meant left-overs.

We then went to KC's school playground where she showed Uncle Jonny her favorite swings.

KC has heard all the tales of Uncle Jonny's many childhood accidents.

Tiffany and Jon went to this very same school.  I'm sure it brought back many memories for them.

In the evening, Tiffany, Ed and KC had a wedding that they had to attend.

We cherished the time we could have our son to ourselves and went to a Japanese restaurant called Renga Tei. 

After Tiffany and family returned, we stayed up late into the night trying to savor every minute we could with Jon.  Tomorrow would be here too soon and Jon would have to leave.