Short trip to Chicago

I am better at handling short trips than longer ones. I like to sleep in my bed and after a few days away I start missing it. So short trips are perfect for me. You get a break from the daily routines, you visit great places, you take some nice photos and build some great memories but you get to go back home quickly.

We went to Chicago on a very short trip to the city, a couple of days ago. As usual, the city looked to me overwhelmingly beautiful. It was cloudy, rainy, -already- cold and very windy, but beautiful as always. This is such a cosmopolitan city but somehow manages to still be livable, clean and for sure less chaotic than New York City or San Francisco, for instance.

Our friend took us to a wonderful little gem in the middle of Downtown Chicago: The Maggie Daley Park. Check it out and take your kiddos if you happen to be in the city. You'll love it. The views from the park are awesome too.

Some pictures to share (a little dark all of them).
Happy, healthy Sunday.

peace and love.-

Kindergarten

It seems we have finally found a school we really like for D. to start elementary school next fall. I know, it seems so early to start the process, but in order to pick the school we really wanted we needed to start this early. What a relief. What a big relief. We toured at least 10 schools in the last 2 months. In our district, out of our district, public schools and private schools, charter schools and whatever's left in the middle, and somehow there was always something that didn't click to me when touring all those schools. All of them -btw- with very high scores and super nice reviews, but still, there was something that didn't convince me. It happened the same to me when I was looking for preschools for D. two years ago. I visited many, until I went to one that felt right to me instantly, it felt right in my heart. And that was how I felt yesterday morning when we visited the very last school in our list to tour, it felt right. I liked the school, thank God, I liked

Copenhagen

I've had this city in my mind for a while. Never been there, but every time I research about trips to Europe I bump into a Copenhagen article, link, photo and I get more and more interested and excited about this city. In pictures it just looks like the kind of city I like. Here my inspiration for today Friday, a few photos of gorgeous Copenhagen. All photos by: littlescandinavian.com (one of my favorite blogs). Happy weekend. Healthy and peaceful.

Worth taking a look

some new findings I adore. 5 blogs I just discovered. (all the pictures belong to the blogs featured on this post) mynotebook-moa.blogspot.com http://littlescandinavian.com/ http://mylittleday.fr/blog/ http://abutterflyinyourhouse.blogspot.com/ http://kidshaus.typepad.com/kidshaus/

things I like

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