My husband was recently out of town for a business trip, so I invited the girls over.  I’m not sure what I was thinking… throwing a little party while taking care of two kids by myself… but it turned out fun (even if I was getting dressed 5 minutes before it started).  The kids played [...]

As always, the Air & Water Show in Chicago was a hit. It is truly my favorite event of the summer.  Every year our friend heads out to stake out our claim to arguably the best spot on Chicago’s lakefront around 5:30 in the morning.  The rest of us lazy folk head there hours later, [...]

In August of last year, we took our son to Disney World for the first time.  While there, thanks to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law who watched our boy for the evening, my husband and I had a date night and went to dinner at Victoria and Albert’s. It was quite possibly the best meal of [...]