Spoiler alert! If you’re the parent of a child enrolled in my child care program you may want to skip this for now and come back after you open your Father’s Day gift. Just a thought’… Everyone else feel free to keep reading for a quick and easy Father’s Day…
Great America, here we come! Superman is the roller coaster closest to the entrance so of course, our squad wanted to ride it first. I rode it last year and that was enough. Hurtling through the air on my belly watching the ground below me speeding past was too…
Morning arrived way too early; breakfast was scheduled for 5:45am. This was the first time we’d taken a strings group to competition in addition to the band so we weren’t sure how much time we’d need to get both groups ready. After the kids packed up all their stuff they…
We followed Bus One through the misty dark to the hotel. The kids were much quieter and more subdued than they were when we started the day over sixteen hours ago. When we arrived at the hotel Teacher and the other official Bus Packers unpacked the luggage and snacks.…
Little Guy is ready for the parade! It’ll be a short parade (only about half an hour) so we didn’t bring any snacks or anything. Oops, I forgot the kids’ flags too! You can tell it’s the first parade of the season – I’m out of practice. In the background,…
Every once in a while I’ll have “Clean out the Cupboard” for daycare snack. I pull out all the boxes of crackers and cookies that don’t have enough for everyone but too much to throw out, and dump them all together. The kids love being able to pick and choose…
Seeing the low clouds enveloping the top of the John Hancock Tower I wondered if we’d still go up or not. It’s not much fun to be on the 94th floor if you can’t see anything. Again with the waiting – no matter how well a trip is planned,…
Teacher and I took many trips to Chicago during our college years: field trips to art galleries for his art classes, road trips for Blackhawk games, fraternity formals, etc. We discovered Giordanno’s on one of our trips, and it’s been a favorite ever since. In fact, when we lived in…
The El is definitely a new experience for the kids; and many of the adults too. This year we were riding the Orange line around the Loop to the Art Institute. Even though we’ve ridden the El almost every year I’ve gone on the trip, I’m always worried that someone…
After our pre-dawn bus ride and intense clinic at VanderCook we were all hungry and ready to eat. The sign welcoming us to Chinatown is a welcome sight; we’re almost there! I remember the first time I had Chinese food. It was the summer after my Freshman year of…
