Mother Nature Doing Her Thing

When I woke up this morning, I saw a new voicemail message was received during the night. Any other day, I would immediately hop into panic mode freaking out that I missed an emergency middle of the night call from a loved one. Not this time. I knew it was our school district announcing school was closed. 

Whee!!! She's only in school for three hours a day, but having her all to myself on a day I can watch her smile in awe of Mother Nature doing her thing? Um yes, I'll take it! The invasion of robins we enjoyed was delicious icing on our snow cake.

Bits & Pieces

Have I stopped August Breaking? Well, not really, but sort of. The self-imposed pressure of blogging the images I'm taking on a daily basis is a bit much to keep up with when there's, I don't know, my business and my kid to look after. It's a delicate balance sharing here as well as giving myself time to breathe in all this goodness around me. So in the spirit of the "no rules" rules of August Break I offer up these bits & pieces from the previous few days.

Can you guess where any of these were taken?

All shot with an iPhone using the glorious VSCO Cam app.

My Favorite Travel iPhotographer

Happy August 1st!

Eternity Plant

This guy is incredibly easy to care for, but more importantly the leaves remind me of my favorite Orla Kiely bag. Win-win.

Beach Day

A client recently introduced me to Glencoe Beach. Their fantasticly fun family will be featured soon. In the meantime, here are a few iPhone snapshots from another day I went with my girl. We've been thinking about planning a Michigan beach trip, so I thought a little re-introduction to a closer beach was in order.  Of course in the midst of the hottest summer in history, we were there on a cool and a bit rainy day.  Still, it was pretty perfect.

Over the Weekend — "The Sssssnake Edition"

If I was in her 4 year old head, I imagine the highlight of our weekend came about an hour before bedtime on Sunday night and I'm fairly confident it is the only thing she would remember if asked what she did over the last few days.

On Father's Day, "The best day of the year!", her and her daddy caught a snake. She was beyond excited, beyond giddy. There are no words.

Earlier in the day we went to Cantigny Park. But honestly, all this is plain boring after THE SNAKE!

The most exciting part of the weekend for me was going in to the city. Of course! After years of being members of the Lincoln Park Zoo we finally attended the Super Zoo Picnic. Inflatable obstacle courses, free carousel rides, healthy (!) food giveaways, animal interactions and best of all ... there was dancing. It was a blast. If you are a Chicagoan + kids you must attend next year. 

The Girl Who Dances Ballet

Don't be fooled by the delicate girl who dances ballet. In her free time she requests to watch the trucks go by and races to the highest spot at the playground. She wears dresses and plays with cars. With her dirty hands she shows me the worms she collects. She saves her allowance for remote control cars and rescue planes. This girl is going her own way.

A Few Simple Taps

My daily life has never been more documented since VSCO Cam was released. I can go on and on about a lot of iPhone apps, but this one brings me speechless. VSCO Cam helps me make the images out of my iPhone look the way I see them in a few simple taps. Just the way it should be, I say.

Cloud Obsessed

Looking out and up is my favorite way to get inspired. And maybe it's just cloud obsessed me, but the skies lately have been awesome. It seems every time we are out I'm telling her to take notice of the clouds. "Its like a painting."

Goats