Author Archives: jameslori

This weekend we headed up to Palatine for a pony birthday party hosted by our friends, the Christensens, for their 3-year-old son. We’re not just talking pony decorations here–these were actual ponies! The kids got to paint their coats, hang … Continue reading →

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. We had a very nice time splitting our season between Chicago and South Bend. We visited ZooLights, met with Santa, had plenty of fun with friends and family and brought home tons of presents for … Continue reading →

Hope everyone out there enjoyed a nice, spooky Halloween. We had plenty of fun here, although we ditched the costumes on the actual holiday–it was cold and rainy in Chicago. But between school and a street fair we got plenty … Continue reading →

Earlier this month we welcomed guests to our place for a “princess and unicorn” party as Lillian turned three. Our party girl chose the theme and enjoyed fancy dresses, dainty eats and a rousing game of “pin the horn on … Continue reading →

A couple weekends ago we road-tripped it out to Pittsburgh to visit James’ college roommate, Kevin, and his family. It was a lot of fun–we enjoyed some welcome hospitality, had plenty of fun swimming and roasting s’mores and even took … Continue reading →

One of our neighborhood parks served as a nice launchpad today as James and the kids took their stomp rocket out for a little liftoff. We even managed to catch a few of our rockets before they fell back to … Continue reading →

Last month we headed down to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for the Fahey family reunion. It was a fun get-together for multiple generations of the family on James’ mom’s side, all the way from great aunts to first cousins three times … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick-hit update from a few parties we’ve enjoyed recently!

Last month, before Mathias’ party, we headed into South Bend to hang with the family and help Papa sow some seeds in his garden. Mathias and Lillian teamed up with cousins Aubrey and Ava as well as the neighbor’s grandkids … Continue reading →

We celebrated Mathias’ fifth birthday today with a “Dragons and Tacos” party inspired by one of his favorite books, “Dragons Love Tacos.” (Spoiler: While dragons do love tacos, they do not like spicy salsa. It was a great time with … Continue reading →