We enjoyed a beautiful Mother’s Day outdoors riding bikes! It was Sloane’s first long ride and Reese & Quinn’s first time in our bike trailer. Now that Sloane is a “biker” (as she refers to it), it’s difficult for Reese to keep up with her smaller bike. The bike trailer was the perfect fix and [...]

One of the great things about having kids is watching each of them develop different tastes for different things. Sloane’s favorite park is the one with the most slides. However, for Reese, her favorite park is the one with the longest jogging track. Here is some video of Reese’s new love…running! She runs and runs, [...]

We have some exciting news at the Anderson House! Well, if I’m being honest, it’s a bit sad! But all tears aside, our last “baby” is officially a BIG GIRL! Quinn is potty trained and has transitioned to a bed. That’s right, no more diapers or cribs in this house! A little over a week [...]

Last Thursday the weather was warm and sunny so the girls and I hopped on the bus and headed to the Zoo. We intended to stay for an hour or two, but 5 hours later, we made it back home. Our zoo has an “endangered species” carousel that the kids have been dying to ride. [...]

The girls and I discovered a new park while we were out walking on Monday. We’ve heard about it from friends, and finally stumbled upon it. It’s nestled between Soldier Field where the Bears play and The Field Museum of Chicago. It’s filled with sculptures of the earth and the girls affectionately refer to it [...]

The fact that it’s only 45 degrees outside today didn’t’ stop us from going swimming…indoors of course! A friend of ours had a play group at her indoor pool and we were thrilled to join some of our friends for a morning swim. On the way home we stopped in Grant Park to visit a [...]

Sloane is off and riding on her BIG purple bike that she got for her birthday, sans training wheels! To be honest, after her first few attempts, we thought it may be next summer before she’d really be able to ride independently. However, we were turned on to the idea of a balance bike about [...]

The Easter Bunny surprised the girls with two fancy kites this year! Thankfully living in the Windy City, makes nearly any day perfect for kite flying. Sloane and Reese had a great time, while Quinn watched from the sidelines. Lucky for her she had Olivia coming by to check on her periodically and even lay [...]

Greg and the girls spent an afternoon last weekend putting together Frank Lloyd Wright’s LEGO Fallingwater. It is 815 pieces and the girls couldn’t get enough. They had so much fun looking for pieces and putting them in the correct place while Greg navigated through the lengthy instruction manual. They didn’t leave his side for [...]

So many expressions!