(The pet in our window sill.)
Never a dull moment in Chitown. Here is a calendar over at Chicago Traveler that offers a nice blend of city stuff with events.

The amazing Patrick Dougherty has done it again…he’s built a towering pile of brush and buckthorn that somehow transforms itself in to Xanadu. There is something fairytale inducing about his work that draws kids and adults equally in to it. Visit Morton Arboretum on Wednesdays and you get in for $6 for adults and $4 […]

Need to escape heat and light, or maybe rain? Go to a movie for one buck. Don’t be late though, they sell out.

A new and wonderful resource for Chicagoans with preschool-aged kids is being headed up by Christine, local homeschooling mom. Here are some details about what you can expect. Here is the webpage, chock full of links for a day when you are just stumped.

My first experience with gardening was with a giant rectangle of land in an experimental community garden in Hamlin park. Every day we trekked the 4 blocks to water our haphazard veggie plants and by late summer we were leaving cucumbers and tomatoes on people’s doorsteps! The experience was so much fun and it proved […]

Free movies in the parks all summer long.

Here’s a message from the wizards at the Magic Tree Bookstore. They have been able to keep my daughter interested in writing all summer long now for several years, based on their activities.
It’s been two years since we’ve heard any news about Azkaban, Hogwarts or even Rita Skeeter’s gossip–I mean news. Curious wizards are hungry […]

(I accidentally posted this skate post on Relaxed Homeskool for a few days. Weird.)
Serendipiy has struck. On Memorial day, a dad recently told me about this homeschool roller skate on Thursdays (10am until 2pm-clearly they understand we can’t be expected to arrive as early as 10am so they extended the hours!) and now there’s been […]