Girls can be sweet or sour. They either play really well together or fight like cats and dogs. Or both. Zoe had her friend Lauren over today and they had a rough start. However, after a stern "you be nice to each other" lecture, I turned back around to find them skipping hand-in-hand down the side walk. Sweet.
A very uninspired iPhone shot of our CSA haul in the back of the car. In fact, this wasn't meant to be my photo of the day, it was just proof to Krisanne that I picked up the "goods". However, with no other photo to use, this is it.
While I love Chicago, I love heading home. I miss my hubby and I miss my kids. And so, here is a last parting shot before I headed to the other side of the lake.
One of my closest friends came and spent the night in Chicago with me tonight. It was a treat for her to get out of town for 24 hours, and a great treat for me to have a great dinner without the work crowd! We have traveled quite a bit together and one of our favorite bakeries is Magnolia Bakery in NYC. When they opened one in Chicago, we knew we had to make a trip post-dinner and then spend the next hour walking it off!
One of the things that this trip affords me is the abilitiy to roll out of bed, throw on my running clothes, and hit the pavement solo...typical mornings usually involve trying to schedule a run a few days a week. The 3 mile look from the hotel, out around Navy Pier and back is the perfect way to start what will be a very very long day. And the cup of coffee at the end tastes that much sweeter!
Yup, it's that time of the year. The last day of school for the last 15 years has been followed the next AM with the annual trek to Chicago for work. The 5:30 departure came a bit early this AM but it was well worth the complete LACK of traffic entering the city and arriving by 7:30 AM Chicago time.
The kids have been working on their summer wish lists: all the things THEY want to do this summer. Rather than try to remember what happens when, I decided to try something new this summer and so a few big pieces of poster board later, we had the months of June - September semi-mapped out with the events we KNEW were going to happen. The fun is going to be in filling in the rest!
