Little Man in the Big City

It has been a great time sharing with family, friends, and the blogosphere the run up to, the arrival of, and the early years of Little Man,...

 Our dear neighbors John and Jenna brought over donuts from a "fancy" donut shop.  This was G's Thank You photo to John, ni...

It seems between work and play and facebook posting and downtime Little Man in the Big City is suffering. Patrick is more the Blogger, and ...

I love that Gilbert loves to be thrown around. I had a work meeting at the Trump Hotel. Kristen and Little Man spent the night and enjoyed t...

Little Man and his parents are lucky enough to be escaping the cold for a tropical island vacation in a few weeks. In preparation for the tr...

Kristen had to work. My firm had the day off and Gilbert's school is closed. The result is a Gilbert and Daddy day (self imposed, but st...

I arrived a bit early to pick up G from school yesterday. It is always a treat to observe children when they don't know you are watching...

Having come off of knee surgery a few weeks ago, I am dealing with some new wardrobe issues: I am finally able to wear my knee high boots ag...

with [insert here]? For all the great photos Gilbert has taken, getting a good headshot of him is more difficult than [insert your most cha...

How did you spend your evening? Your first day of 2012? For us, we ventured out to take care of some errands. Expecting a mob of people at t...

Got this in my stocking. How funny...a sushi stapler! Santa was good to Gilbert. And Kristen. And Me. We had a fantastic Christmas and hope ...

After the holiday show last week we took Gilbert and his grandparents out to lunch at Macy's on State Street. While we didn't make i...

Still working on reminding myself to blog! Sorry for the week delay. Love this picture? I sure do! Gilbert had his school holiday concert la...

To wax poetic from an Ice-Cube song, Gilbert had a rough day at school. Kristen and I took a breath and reminded ourselves we all have '...

Hi, folks. If there are still readers out there, my apologies for the hiatus. Feeling invigorated and moving forward, expect a few posts a w...

Wishbone is a great, fun food diner in Chicago. With one located near G's school, he and I had a daddy-Gilbert night out. And on Tuesday...

Gilbert spent a weekend recently with his grandparents in MI and was treated to a holiday party at Grandpa's work. He came back sportin...

Columbus Day meant no school for Gilbert Monday. I used it as an opportunity to get some appointments completed. First Stop: The Dentist- Gi...

Our Posts are few and far between these days, but I assure you Little Man and his parents are alive and well. Last weekend we went to MI for...

The purpose of our trip was to attend a wedding. And a beautiful wedding it was! Held at the Sebastiani winery in downtown Sonoma so many ...

Foregoing the typical hotel stay, we used vrbo.com to find a pool house on a large property in the hills above the town. Totally awesome. Ea...

Over the Labor Day weekend we got away for an extended adult weekend to attend a destination wedding in Sonoma! A fantastic trip. Gilbert wa...

Yep, I won a trophy. Took first place in my division at a recent golf tournament. http://www.amateurgolftour.net/chicago_tour_pages/defau...

At a recent friends birthday party there was professional face painting, a first for Gilbert. He sat very still and was so excited to show m...

Last weekend Gilbert and I visited my Dad and Kathy in Michigan. My dad is restoring a 1970 Ford truck for fun. Gilbert got to do some "...

Gilbert had a kit to paint and assemble a Tall Ship. He was in the mood to paint this past sunday. I think it turned out well. You will noti...

Last weekend I took the car to the golf course forcing Gilbert and Kristen to hitch a ride from friends to soccer. Car seat removed, Little ...

You tell me is this a typical kid thing or a Gilbert thing?? When falling asleep Gilbert does not close his eyes. Instead he just kind of s...

Kristen is out of town for a few days. I wanted to hit golf balls, but have Gilbert tethered to me. Solution! Take him to the driving range!...

Got to love Groupon ! I purchased a bowling Groupon awhile back and it was time to introduce Gilbert to rolling the rock. We had a blast! G...

With Gilbert's cousin, the two had a great time at the pool. All they wanted to do was swim and jump. Each day at the pool Gilbert progr...