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Archives for 2011

Like Kids in a Candy Store – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · September 14, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, brothers, children, Deal, kids, vacation, wordless Wednesday

LEGO KidsFest!

Ilinap · September 13, 2011 ·

If you know anything about me, you know that I love LEGO. I'm not one to play cars or cops or cowboys but I'll happily sit down and build creations long after my sons have tired and gone off to play something else. Our spring break to LEGOLAND was for me as much as it was for … [Read more...] about LEGO KidsFest!

Tags: children, giveaway, LEGO, play, toys

9/11, A Brother Remembers

Ilinap · September 11, 2011 ·

  I have many thoughts and feelings about 9/11. We all do, of course. I remember being glued to the TV, wrought with worry because I couldn't reach Mac Daddy, who worked in the Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago at the time. No one had any idea what was happening, and … [Read more...] about 9/11, A Brother Remembers

Tags: America, family, history, thankful

Sourpuss – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · September 9, 2011 ·

I've been down lately. Not quite fragile but definitely not myself. A friend even noticed at the gym that I looked sad. It's hard to hide true feelings without the veil of Bobbi Brown concealer and mascara. The fact that the toning class instructor had just made me do 1000 leg … [Read more...] about Sourpuss – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, happy hour, party

This, I Believe

Ilinap · September 8, 2011 ·

I might be small in stature, but I have no shortage of opinions. There's always one cause or another that's got me fired up.   I believe... cooking with kids is the stuff memories are made of. beds are meant to be made. electronics have no place at the … [Read more...] about This, I Believe

Tags: random, responsibility, values

On the Ledge – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · September 7, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, Deal, fun, vacation, wordless Wednesday

Adieu Summer – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · September 2, 2011 ·

I scaled back my work a few years ago to be home with Bird and Deal until they started school. Those first few summers without preschool left me in tears more often than not. Poor Mac Daddy came home to a hot mess of a wife despite my attempts to present myself as a hot wife. … [Read more...] about Adieu Summer – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, party, summer, weather

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