Today was not technically busier than any other day. I needed to take care of my kids, do some laundry, feed meals to the family, and find a few hours to devote to my “real” (paying) job.
But somehow, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
Oh My Goodness!! Is it ever HOT outside!! Let’s make something ICE COLD to eat. I have made Fruit Sorbet/Italian Ice/Granita since forever. When my children were young, I’d pour a bottle of natural juice into a bowl and set it in the freezer. Every few hours I’d take it out, break it into chunks and…
Summers in Dupage County can get HOT and we have some hot days ahead of us. Here’s some good advice for how to stay safe in the heat, courtesy of the City of Naperville. Some of the info will apply…
Today’s Weird Picture Friday is from Heather from Wheaton…. This is a photo of my girls with glow in the dark necklaces twisted around their heads like crowns…
Did you miss the Tour de France this year? Make up for it by visiting the National Championships of Cycling, the “Granddaddy of Midwest Cycling Events,” which will be rolling through Downers Grove on August 15th-16th.
Speaking of Downers…
I love this book. What more can I say? I love it. I have already heartily recommended it to women, men, people with children, people without children, people who don’t even like children.
But I have to…
This week is supposed to be the hottest of the year so far. And I am sure the heat will have mamas all over flocking towards the pool and the splash pad or filling up that backyard kiddie pool. But…
Some friends and I are sharing a garden this summer in her backyard. And while it was very fun to plant the seeds and get our hands in some fresh dirt, it has been a little more difficult than I expected to get over there and do my fair share of work. Ideally, I want this to be an experience I could share with my 3yr.old- something we could do together and a tangible lesson of sorts…
My toddler wanted us all to wear hats yesterday. He picked out one for me (his winter hat) and for himself and for his brother. We played “Polar Bears” for most of the morning. And then we took off…
The weekends of summer are quickly counting down. I don’t know about you, but I feel like it took us so long to get into the swing of summer that now I want to cram as much fun in as…
