This beautiful view greeted us on the last morning. We packed up our bags and fueled up our bellies at Chicago Waffles. The boys both ordered the decadent Chicago’s Waffles Best, a Belgium waffle topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries, blueberry compote, candied walnuts, chocolate chips, caramel sauce, and whipped cream. […]
The last two clues of my Mother’s Day celebration unfolded today. We started quite early with breakfast at Yolk followed by 8 AM Mass at Old St. Mary’s Church. On our way back toward the hotel, we wandered through Grant Park and danced around the Agora statues. The lakefront was bustling with bikers participating in […]
My Mother’s Day gift was presented as a series of clues and thus, I’ll tag the steps of our Memorial Day weekend with those references. We started off super early on the road with a stop at Starbucks. That was the *$ from clue #1. I knew were were going north to Chicago because clue […]
Let me go on record to say that my husband goes above and beyond to help the boys treat me to a fabulous Mother’s Day each and every year. This year was no exception. The day was very low key and simple which was perfect for me. Instead of the usual breakfast in bed routine, […]
We did play! Sunday after we got home, we had a garage purge session. We tossed out two barrels full of junk and put aside two two bikes the boys had outgrown. Bill helped me list them on Letgo but we agreed that if they didn’t sell by Tuesday, we would donate them to a […]
What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with something as American as baseball (and apple pie)? That’s right! We went to Chicago to see the New York Yankees. Mason has become a pretty big fan so we made getting to a game a priority. We left early, early yesterday morning in the pouring rain. […]
Friday night we drove up to the suburbs of Chicago with goals in mind for all three boys. Bill and Walker were going to attend a Merit Badge University hosted by the Blackhawk Area Council and Mason and I were going to explore a video game arcade. After the MBU was over, we were going […]
Sunday started simply with a light breakfast in our room followed by Mass at St. Julie Billiart Church. It was such a modern church that we almost passed it. The altar was in the center of the church and pews formed a horseshoe shape around it. The stained glass was lovely. Our main goals for […]
Hello, Chicago! Thanks for opening your doors and welcoming us with some sunshine on this crisp Spring Saturday! Soldier Field is at our backs and we are looking down upon a great urban skate park. The skate park is part of Grant Park. Folks took advantage of the sunshine to get some boarding in and […]
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