Outings

Our midwest tradition of visiting an apple orchard and corn maze continued this year. You might have noticed in yesterday's post that Wes is...

We visited the Skydeck Chicago experience at the Sears Tower recently. Excuse me, Willis Tower. I don't know that I'll ever get that straight in my head. It was great.

My wife, Mr. Dude and I attended Boo! at the Zoo this past weekend and had a blast. We got to wear the Angry Birds costumes Abigail made and Mr. Dude was so proud of wearing. We are members of the Brookfield Zoo but, honestly, wouldn't have attended the event (or even known about it) without the generous invite to it by the Ferrara Candy Company for the invite.

My small family right now is almost perfect. I am amazed at the little person my son has become. He is already at the...

Mr. Dude colored in his brand new coloring book and Abigail and I got to talk through out most of breakfast. It was glorious. Oh, and the food was great too. I had biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, grits, some apples and a few bites of Mr. Dude's leftover pancakes. The best part? I didn't have to do the dishes afterwards. All I had to do was pay and leave a tip!

My son loves this new show on PBS Kids called "Nature Cat." It's made by WTTW in Chicago and has been gaining traction recently in the...

I’ve joined the Netflix #StreamTeam and have been compensated for writing this post.The childhood that my son is experiencing is much different than the...