Green is the New Black

Well, we've gotten some good mileage out of our pirate costumes.  And that's good, because the girls have both been under the weath...

Well, this day has gone differently than I would have imagined.  You may recall that Big Man... ... was hospitalized a couple months ba...

 Our park district had a pre-Halloween event this past weekend called Halloween Happenings. Our little pirates commandeered (nautical te...

 We've got monsters in our house!!!  Fortunately, we have some monster whisperers, too.     Though, as you'll see, it...

It's time for all Chicagoans to start cheering for their favorite team...  The West Virginia Mountaineers! We're ready and ...

I remember, back when I was in college, those first days of classes.  You'd walk in, learn about the upcoming semester, get the syllabu...

 Michael took Thursday and Friday off this past week, and we had an absolutely phenomenal weekend as a family.  I loved loved loved it.  O...