Kelly in the City

August 6, 2021 •

Recent Finds, 8/6

Nantucket Sweater / Sail to Sable Maxi Dress (Newer. Also love this one!) / Sunglasses / Mitch’s Sweatshirt / Mitch’s Warby Parker Sunglasses

^ From a recent fun night on Foster Beach in Chicago!

Hello there!

We got a head start on the weekend yesterday with the arrival of my brother- and sister-in-law and their family. (They’re in from Virginia for Gammy Camp!) The kids headed down to the lake house this morning with Gammy and Pop Pop, and the parents (plus Lucy) stayed behind in Chicago for a few days together.

(You should have seen Lucy. When everyone was getting ready to leave, she put on her sandals and her Elmo backpack like she was going too. When she realized what was happening, though—and that the kids were leaving the parents—she freaked out and started screeching for Mama and Daddy. It was the saddest, sweetest sight… and it ended with the three of us cuddling on the couch together, watching the Mickey Mouse Club. Phew, haha.)

More on all this ^ soon, but on to this week’s Recent Finds for now. :)

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August 5, 2021 •

Lincoln Park, Chicago

Back to School with Dad

Mitch here!

Don’t freak out. There is still plenty of summer in front of us. Under no circumstances should you look at the calendar and count the number of days until school starts. Ignorance is bliss, and summer is long. But, let’s be serious: you should probably start back-to-school shopping. 😉 Because it’s always better to be prepared.

Emma LOVES school, and I’m extremely thankful to her teachers and school staff for pulling that miracle off. What kind of kid actually counts down the days until she goes back? So this year, we’re including Emma in all the back-to-school planning and shopping… and unsurprisingly, she’s in absolute heaven.

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August 4, 2021 •

Chicago, Illinois

Emma’s 5th Birthday

EMMA IS FIVE!

I’ll start with the honest truth: This birthday has been an emotional one. I don’t know; it just seems like five is when a toddler officially becomes a kid. And it’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that Emma will never be truly little again. Of course, life just keeps getting better with each and every stage. (It really does!) But how is my baby five? I definitely teared up a few times over the last few days! The sweetest thing is that I think Emma could sense it because she kept hugging me and telling me she loved me. 😭

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August 3, 2021 •

Lincoln Park, Chicago

10 Things with Mitch, 8/3

Vineyard Vines Dress and Hat / Sandals / Pocket Tee / Newer Shorts

OC throwback because I’m missing the Shore!

Mitch here!

Kelly is asleep on the couch, sick as a dog with a sinus infection, which means it’s time for another “Verbal Vomit with Mitch” post, “Stream-of-Consciousness Edition”

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August 2, 2021 •

Lincoln Park, Chicago

10+ Things, 8/2

Celebrating Emma’s 5th birthday!

Grab your coffee…

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August 1, 2021 •

Chicago, Illinois

How We Bike with Kids in the City

Similar Bike (Also check out Retrospec!) / Thule Yepp Maxi Child Bike Seat (Highest rated of the year! We have this one for Emma, who’s almost five years old.) / Lucy’s Helmet / Kelly’s Helmet (I have this one as well.) / Vineyard Vines Dress / Washable Sneakers / Lucy’s Lemon Dress (Similar) and Gold Sandals / Kelly’s Sunglasses

Mitch here!

I have big big news. I found the solution to our never-ending kid drop-off/pickup commute routine drudgery. I’m talking about our new biking habit, which I’m loving every minute of.

We bought bike seats for the girls—the UrRider Child Bike Seat for Emma and the Thule Yepp Maxi Child Bike Seat for Lucy—and it’s honestly the best thing we’ve purchased in a long time. We have no more frustrating getting-the-girls-in-the-car sagas. No more stroller-boredom breakdowns either. There are no more stressful daycare-parking-lot hustles, and no more sucking Cheerios out of car seats with dust busters.

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July 31, 2021 •

Lincoln Park, Chicago

Little Office Updates

Candles: Craft & Kin “Leather” / “Soft Cashmere Amber” / “Meditate” / Gap Home Organic Curtains / Tufted Trellis Pillow / Cotton Ball Branches / Cane Crates / Gap Home Striped Bath Mats

My office is a work in progress, and I think it’ll always be that way. 😉 (I just have so many projects going on in there at all times, you know?!) But I absolutely love the space; it’s upstairs, attached to our bedroom and bathroom, and therefore it’s very much out of the way of the rest of the house. My favorite part, though, is the natural light. Winters here in Chicago are very gloomy, yet I get a considerable amount of light from the skylights, even on the gloomiest of days! It’s the cheeriest room in our home, for sure.

You can find some of my office design posts here and here, but today I wanted to share some little updates I recently made to the room! We have a lot of guests coming in August, and because of that, Emma will be sleeping up in the office quite a bit. So I wanted to clear out all the papers and clutter, and make it inviting and cozy for her. :) I’m so happy with how it turned out!

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July 30, 2021 •

Lincoln Park, Chicago

Recent Finds, 7/30

Emerson Fry Dress (Same dress in a different blue floral print here, and same dress in a solid olive green color here.) / Sandals / Gold Earrings

On the retail front, “Public Access” to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is now open! (Here are my favorites for women, men and kids.) Anthropologie is having a sale on their sale (25 percent off all sale items), and a decor and dining sale. Oh, and J.Crew is offering an extra 30 percent off the sale section with code “SHOPSALE,” and Factory is having a series of promotions.

Here are this week’s Recent Finds:

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July 29, 2021 •

Chicago, Illinois

Sailing Lake Michigan in Chicago

Floral Maxi Dress / Sunglasses / Girls’ Dresses / Girls’ Sandals / Mitch’s Shorts / Mitch’s Sandals / Mitch’s Chambray Shirt (Similar) / Mitch’s Sunglasses

Mitch here!

I like to think of myself as a guy who enjoys sailing. I have a Nantucket sweatshirt. I wear boat shoes often. I love the color navy. But up until recently, I’d never actually been sailing. 😜

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July 28, 2021 •

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