while we weren’t eating the perfect ballpark hotdog at wrigley field today…
we still celebrated…
…with the shirt and hairbows I had made just for this day.
celebrated the dawn (and crack of dawn, might i add, with my 6 am riser today) of a cozy mama-and-her-girl day with a pile of homemade blueberry pancakes soaked in pools of butter and blueberry syrup…
celebrated the quiet of a rainy day watching pinnochio from the couch…
…and sipping chamomile tea with toes warmed by the glow of a sandlewood candle.
last night, we tore all the cushions off the couch and stacked them into a teetering pyramid which made a lovely bed for us to cuddle, whisper stories and tickle ‘goodness glands’.
perhaps we missed the cloudy view of my favorite american skyline today, but her little head cloaked in our quilt fort last night sufficed for a highrise.
way cuter than sears tower.
we couldn’t participate in ‘the wave’ after a cubs homerun, but we did settle for a few waves of our own in an after-rainshower swim under florida gray skies…
and just about the time daddy and the boys were finding their seats past the first base line today…we found a seat of our own…nestled into the pillows and blankets we brought to the bookstore where we took off our shoes, and settled into a welcoming pile of magazines for mama and caldecott winners for little cub.
we pushed thomas along the quiet tracks of the train table…
and finished our trip with a take-home treasure for the book collection…
and a hot cocoa (where she waited in line patiently with her hands sweetly folded behind her back)…
she makes everything better…
and this not-being-able-to-go-on-vacation thing? we’re rockin’ it out. ‘cuz there’s nothing else you can do.
yes, there’s no place like chicago…
but when you can’t be there, i guess there’s no place like home.
and we’ve got the red shoes to prove it.
a whole quiet, cozy week with my girl…it’s all good.
…blowing kisses to the windy city where we miss the rest of the family.
…and takin’ care of the girl(s).
oh, and wishing very happy back-to-school blessings on all the teachers goin’ back to work tomorrow here in florida!
…love ~k
The Windy City has nothin’ over home with the honeys! The back to school pics are priceless…and scary reminding us that the day marches closer when she will make her way to the classroom. Somewhere, a teacher should tremble. Love you and can’t wait to see you on Friday!
awwwwwwwww. yous takin’ care of the girl(s)!!!!!!!!!! so sweet. got chills at that part.
lainey teacher pics are…amazing!!!! beautiful!
you look amazing! if i were on modified bedrest, i would look like death on a saltine cracker (stole from heather).
xoxo
I love the back-to-school pictures! Not much better than the smell of new pencils and erasers!
And Chicago is missing you too!
Love your cozy week. Love all the reading your doing with Miss Lainey Love..and the fort, and your cute growing belly and painted toes. I love it all.
you always make the best out of situations no matter what happens, i think that is one of the best qualities a person can have and i am always inspired by your positive attitude : ) love the pic of lainey in the towel–gorgeous!! -Abbey
well it looks like you are making the most of you “staycation”. i think thats the word for a vacation while staying at home.
lemonade baby!
Smiling over the labeled quilt “tower” in your homemade skyline, your sweet homage to the windy, and the shoes–I’m such a sucker for red shoes–great pictures of summer fun with your loves.
I love the cubs outfit, she can wear it anytime! I’m glad you are taking care of the girls.
*Sigh* Really wishing you and Lainey were here… I have a feeling there would be a lot less testosterone and a lot more shopping in my vacation if you were. Also, tell Heidi that I am currently figuring out how to work “death on a saltine cracker” into my daily vernacular.