Venue: Pioneer Farm {Lambing Days} Website: http://www.enjoypioneerfarm.com/ Location: 17N400 Big Timber Road, Hampshire, IL 60140. Hours: Open March-May; Sa & Su 9am – 3pm Admission: $5.00 per person; $11.00 for a family of 4 Parking: Free Our Experience: I’ll say it first here that we were a bit skeptical when we pulled into the drivewayread more
The new Mariano’s Market opened in Harwood Heights this week and I couldn’t be more excited! I visited them on opening day and they must be doing something right – the store (& parking lot) were JAM PACKED! I had to park over a block away just to get in! Normally I wouldn’t bother visitingread more
Venue: Cheeseburger in Paradise Website: http://www.cheeseburgerinparadise.com/ Location: 1608 South Randall Road, Algonquin, IL. Located in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center, north of I-90. Hours: Mon-Thu: 11:00am-12:00am; Fri-Sat: 11:00am-1:00am; Sun 11:00am-11:00pm (Friday Night Karaoke! 8:30pm-12:30am) Parking: Plentiful, but there are a lot of other restaurants/bars in the Algonquin Commons shopping center, so you may have toread more
Kohl Children’s Museum 2100 Patriot Boulevard Glenview, IL The Wonderful World of Oz on Exhibit: Now – January 6, 2013 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz exhibit features larger than life pop-up books that dazzle the eyes and stimulates the mind. Each section of this exhibit, based on the book published in 1900 byread more
Chicagoland Moms: Here’s a fun Halloween activity for the kids on October 27th! Another great kid-friendly activity: Purple Monkey Playroom! The Purple Monkey Playroom is located at 2040 N. Western Avenue in Chicago (near the intersection of Armitage & Western). Join Purple Monkey Playroom on Oct 27th for a fun, festive halloween-themed celebration tailored-made forread more
Hey Chicagoland Moms! I found another great activity to do with your little ones!!! Nibbles Play Café! Nibbles Play Café is located at 13 Huntington Lane in Wheeling, IL (near the intersection of Dundee Road and Huntington Lane). Nibbles Play Café is a fusion of an indoor play center and family-friendly restaurant. It’s a placeread more
I am so excited to be able to share the news with you that I am officially a Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Mom! This past weekend, I spent some time with some awesome folks at Verizon in Chicago and attended the BBSummit12! (Recap Post Coming Soon!) I met some great bloggers and was able toread more
A few weeks ago at my neighborhood block party one of my neighbors mentioned that she was “just getting back from a mud run”. A mud run, I asked? Like the one I saw the women do on Real Housewives of Orange County? I honestly never knew that “mud runs” really existed – I thought itread more
Oh bloggy blog, how I have neglected you! I realize that I haven’t posted in awhile…tsk, tsk, shame on me! While I do feel bad about that (I vowed to post at least twice a week…whoops!) I have an excuse a reason: I have discovered the wonderful world of couponing. (Hey – is that laughterread more
Sitting in my grandmother’s cramped Humbolt Park apartment, I remember being completely uncomfortable. Sweating on the hot plastic sofa covers, nervously darting my eyes back and forth, hoping to escape the terrified scurries of what we liked to call “Grandma’s Pets” AKA roaches. I hated visiting my father’s side of the family. Not only wasread more
