AMC Offers Sensory Friendly Film Screenings
It seems to me that everyone knows someone with a child on the autism spectrum or another sensory issue. Too often I hear stories about how they are afraid to take their children to public places for...
View ArticleA Breakfast with Santa Fantasea
We don’t know how much longer our girls will indulge us with holiday events like Breakfast with Santa, so this year we went big. The Shedd Aquarium Holiday Fantasea was a magical way to spend a...
View ArticleChicago Auto Show Anxiety
We’re headed to the Chicago Auto Show this weekend to research a new vehicle. Our ten-year-old mini-van is falling apart. It has more than 110,000 miles on it, so it’s not like it hasn’t earned the...
View ArticleNatural or Adopted?
I was standing at the counter scanning a routine medial form when something caught my eye. Under our daughter’s name was the line Natural child: Insured has financial responsibility I asked the...
View ArticleFaith: Five Religions and What They Share
An envelope recently arrived on my front door with review copies of many different books. One, Faith: Five Religions and What They Share, immediately caught my eye. I put it aside to read it so I...
View ArticleSecond Half Planning?
We were sitting in the Harris Theatre enjoying “I Bought a Blue Car Today” when star Alan Cumming talked about how old he was. He said something to the effect of “If you think of 80 as a nice long...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning for Our School Library
We’re lucky that the girls receive magazine subscriptions every year as gifts. We also pick up chapter books at our library’s “friends” bookstore throughout the year. From time to time we receive an...
View ArticleWhat are your Father’s Day plans?
A couple of years ago my friend Christina, who blogs at Humbug Stew, sent me an email about Father’s Day. She said in part, “Why doesn’t anyone make “normal” Father’s Day cards. I always find myself...
View ArticleThe Joy of XtraMath
We were looking for a fun way to prevent summer math slide when a friend introduced us to XtraMath. It has been so much fun for our girls that I’m recommending it to everyone. According to the website,...
View ArticleThe Bliss of Back to School
There’s a certain joy to having our girls back in school. They are so excited about having new teachers. They have new backpacks and clean shoes. They jump at the chance to leave early for school as it...
View ArticleCrafting
Pinterest is blowing my mind with crafting possibilities. I’m getting a panic attack hang on… okay, I’m back now. Holy geez everything from how to make silhouettes of your children out of card stock,...
View ArticleHe’s just a little boy, but his future scares me
One of our girls came home tonight with a dark red mark on her wrist. A boy in her third grade class grabbed her wrist in P.E. and twisted it so hard he left a mark. The P.E. teacher handled the...
View ArticleCrushing their dreams one activity at a time
Our girls are nearing middle school, which means their extracurricular activities selection will explode. As if to get ready for this, they have been asking to research more and more local classes....
View ArticleThe adventure begins long before the passport is issued
The item showed up on Facebook feeds before we saw it on the news. It said that Illinois driver’s licenses and state IDs were no longer federally compliant for airline travel. This meant that TSA could...
View ArticleMaking Time for Making Music is a great summer goal
A new book, Making Time for Making Music: How To Bring Music into Your Busy Life arrived on my front porch recently. The book by Amy Nathan is a fun read based upon a survey of adults who reignited...
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