Two months into the school year and Easton finally brought home a school project I could get behind: Literary Pumpkins. For his school’s annual Pumpkin Fest, families are asked to decorate a pumpkin to look like a favorite book character. The pumpkins are displayed in the library for a week before Halloween, including during Pumpkin …
The gardens of Cantigny are something to see in every season. I can’t decide if I prefer spring or fall, but the truth is you can’t go wrong any time. The artistically cultivated combinations of textures and riot of color of the plants and flowers is stunning, so much so that we are doing our …
Fun, Funny Race Signs to Inspire Your Favorite Runner Mom I may still be considering — but never quite committing to — a half-marathon in spring 2019 but there’s one thing I know for sure: this reluctant runner does not have 26.2 consecutive miles in her. Knowing that about myself, marathon runners have all my …
Not all of us can be runners. I wasn’t a runner my whole life. Until just last year, I had never once been able to run a mile continuously without stopping to walk, and certainly never finished with a single-digit time. It turns out the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in that regard. …
