When I was in grade school, I came home the first day of every new school year to a pan of freshly baked brownies and a new box of crayons. I distinctly remember one year my mom found a “rainbow crayon” that colored multiple different colors. I was in heaven. It wasn’t about the actual …
This may be the shortest blog post you’ll ever read. Here’s my best advice for hiking with little kids: Just don’t do it. Wait, you still want to? You can’t resist the Pinterest pictures in your head of walking sticks and climbing rocks and leafy green forest everywhere? OK … but don’t say I didn’t …
The Garfield Park Conservatory holds a special place in my heart, as it was a date spot for #DoneWithFun Daddy and I back in our pre-kid, Oak Park apartment life. The lush greenness overwhelms me every time. But we discovered this winter that it’s also a fantastic place to take kids in all weather, rain …
The countdown to school is on, and this family is exactly three weeks away from THE DAY. Easton’s first day of kindergarten. Everyone in the household is a mixture of excitement and nerves. #DoneWithFun Daddy and I are figuring out how we are going to get two kids to different schools at two different times …
