We got a lot accomplished this weekend. P.J. might add that a couple of those items are things like “pull every muscle in one’s husband’s body” and “scrub things you’d forgotten existed in the house.” On Friday night, I woke up around 1:30am in a bit of a panic. (Well, we woke when Zu started calling out for us- a weeklong new fad wherein she spikes a temp and babbles incoherently at us for the better part of an hour. {Read More}
Asurion, a.k.a. Emily’s Cautionary Tale(s).
November 10, 2013 By 4 Comments
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Asurion. Em, my youngest sister, is many things: intelligent, compassionate, adventurous… …But she’s also absolute hell on her gadgets. This is not hyperbole. She’s practically an X-Men (Man?) with her ability to destroy a smartphone. There was the time she was interning at the New England Aquarium and discovered that- while pretty- the sight of a pink flip phone drifting to the bottom of a tank doesn’t interest the {Read More}
33 Weeks And All’s Well. (Mostly.)
November 7, 2013 By 11 Comments
I know what you’re thinking: My, but it’s been a long while since we’ve been updated on Keely’s pregnancy! How is she? Is she gigantic? Do they still really not know what they’re having? Apologies. Okay-ish. Quite gigantic. And nope, gender-surprise-tastic! As of this very moment in time, I’m 33 weeks along. And since I’m going UNDER THE KNIFE at exactly 39 weeks, that leaves 6 more weeks of prenatal bliss. And don’t get me wrong, there are parts that are blissful: feeling {Read More}
Wednesday Is For Recaps.
November 6, 2013 By 6 Comments
Birthday Month has taken its toll and my oddly titled Monday morning weekly wrap-up has fallen by the wayside for…about a week and a half. But that is how epidemics start. So I figured I’d move the wrap-up to the slightly more sensible Wednesday. Mid-week wrap-up? SURE! Here’s a smattering of the stuff you may have missed of mine on the ol’ internets. (And if you’re dying to see birthday pics, Halloween recaps, and the kind of general hoi polloi for {Read More}
Emerald City Theatre’s Llama Llama!
November 5, 2013 By 4 Comments
A day in the life of a little kid can be downright hard. I’d say “just ask them,” but you probably already know the signs: the whining, the stubbornness, the flat-out floor tantrum… (Nobody?) But there’s the good stuff, too: the braveness, the milestones, the moments when you see that they’re not your helpless baby anymore… Emerald City Theatre’s newest show, Llama Llama, encapsulates four of the popular Anna Dewdney books featuring the titular character, and showcases the trials and {Read More}
Daylight Savings Time Is A Big Old Bully.
November 4, 2013 By 16 Comments
If one more person tweets or statuses(?) about how great that “extra hour of sleep” was, I’m going to die. Potentially from sleep-deprivation. You see, Fall Back is a big, honkin’ joke. Guess who doesn’t give a rat’s bummy about things like The Time Actually Displayed On The Actual Clock? That’s right, children. Namely, my children. “Ah,” they NEVER SEEM to say to themselves, “It’s still dark out. This must be the new 5 o’clock!” Instead, they wander around blearily like drunken {Read More}
Johnson’s Baby Intense Moisture Cream (& Cold, Cold Chicago).
November 1, 2013 By 14 Comments
Thank you to Johnson’s Baby Intense Moisture Cream for sponsoring this post. I LOVE me some Johnson’s! *** Chicago can get rather cold-ish in the winter. (Native Chicagoans are currently laughing at me and mentally asking that I define “winter.” Okay, for about eight months.) And during that “season,” skin can get kinda dry. Especially when you’ve spent an entire winter’s afternoon sledding down some “hills” (and especially when you have to walk a fair distance to find some real sledding {Read More}
Trick Or Treat Or Soaking Wet Kids.
October 31, 2013 By 2 Comments
Happy Halloween! Love, The dragon, the pumpkin, at least two pairs of rain boots, and the drizzliest Trick or Treat Chicago has ever known.
