Thursday is CSA pick up day. Loved pulling out this potato from the bag. Definitely grown with love by Farmer Dan. I will have to do something special with it. With an early kickball game to get to and the husband out of town I then headed to McDonalds for fast dinner for the kids. …
Category: Family
Self-Portrait
My dad gave me a disk of pictures from his days in the Air Force. Actually I think they were slides. But anyway, they are awesome photos. There are some from his travels, I am not sure where The sites are, but I love how dressed up everyone got. There are a few of his…
Financial Aid for Child Care?
“Poor Piggy” by Katie Greaney “Child Care Costs More Than College” was recent title in my feeds. With the youngest in full-time childcare and the oldest in college it naturally caught my eye. Especially this time of year when I am getting hit with fees left and right, $100 here, $600 there, and oh by…
Last First Day
Today is the ten year-olds last first day in grade school. Next year she moves onto junior high and new school. It is also the start of the end for walking her to school. Though in two years we will be walking the youngest to kindergarten. Last year, headed to 4th grade with the same…
Sunset of Summer Vacation
We are back from nine days on the beach in Michigan. I had been looking forward to this vacation for so long, it is hard to believe it is now behind us. Vacation was everything we wanted it to be and then some. We had wonderful weather and missed some brutal heat and humidity in…
Beach weekend with no water is most excellent!
We were lucky enough to get invited to a friend’s beach house for a long weekend. The weather for the weekend was looking iffy, so we headed directly to the beach once we arrived. No small feat to get 3 adults and 11 kids onto a beach with lunch, chairs, towels, toys and more. Once…
Off to the Beach
I am off to soak up some vitamin D. Let’s hope the weather cooperates. Though I could sit on the beach in any weather. My first summer weekend of the summer. I am so looking forward to it.
What’s Cooking
A busy weekend in and out of the kitchen… We went to a block party and I made a broccoli salad and some fruit for the kids. My daughter has a cookbook she loves and has been dying to make a fruit dip recipe from it; smashed mango, plain yogurt, and honey. I pickled more…
Family Time In Demand
We canceled a few plans Saturday for some much needed family time. Family time has been in short supply this summer and things are only getting busier. We headed to the Oak Park Farmer’s Market for the first time this year. The donuts were worth the wait in the long line (best in Chicago), the…
A Budding Artist
The three year-old was pretty bummed last night that his big brother was back and school “and never coming back”. Time is a difficult concept when you are three. I suggested that later this weekend he could draw him a picture and mail it to him. He stayed up late and worked on this in…