On one of the nicer summer days of Chicago, we decided to take a trip to Brookfield Zoo (the nicer of the two Chicagoland zoos in my opinion) to see …

  So, we’re officially starting our homeschool season here at the Houseful. Our multipurpose area in the house has now been repurposed for the ladybug’s classroom. Whenever we have a …

This is exactly what I asked yesterday in the Emergency Room after checking the ladybug in after an afternoon of playing with the cellist. Apparently, they were playing a game …

The ladybug that is. Since her birthday falls after the cutoff for Chicago Public Schools priority for automatic entrance into Preschool, I decided to become proactive and teach her myself. …

The richest person in the world – in fact all the riches in the world – couldn’t provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available at your local …

I am SO behind on my posting, it’s not even funny. I promised you guys this post a couple of days ago and got behind on some things, plus I’m …