We are always looking for awesome restaurants that we can have amazing food at and the girls will have great choices to pick from too. We don’t just like going to your typical chain spots because we have the kiddos with us. Nothing against those spots, we all know they are great at times. Yet, we love getting out to places that we would go on a date night, but that the girls are welcomed too!   Last year my sister in law told us about an awesome Italian style pizza place. My hubby is always on the look out for great wood fired pizzas and she gave us a fabulous recommendation that…

So the one really fun thing about the fact that my husband and I both work in the city is that every once in a while, we can sneak away and grab a quick lunch date. We don’t often get out without the girls, which I know all of you fellow Mama’s and Papa’s out there get that. So, when we can get the chance to grab a bite to eat and have some adult conversation, we jump at the chance. One of the places that we like to sneak away to is called Revival Food Hall. I feel like I need to say this quietly as they are pretty much direct competition…

A couple of weeks ago my hubby and I went out and celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. We wanted to go somewhere that we had never been to together and somewhere special and nicer than usual. We chose to go to The Capital Grille in Lombard, which I have been to and he had not. We could not have asked for a better dinner or a better experience. We truly felt like we got out and went back in time to when we were dating before marriage and kids and real responsibilities! We got to just enjoy each others company with amazing food and incredible service. When we arrived they had a “Happy…

So, this is a few weeks late, but we took a trip to Tennessee for Easter this year. At first, I was like ummm… how are we going to make this work? An 8 hour drive with two little ones under two! Yet, to my surprise it went extremely well. The girls were absolutely great the whole drive and we had no major meltdowns. Even though it took more like 10 and a half hours!! It was well worth it. We got to have the family all together for Easter and my mom’s birthday and we really got to do a lot in our short time there. I want to share with you…