One of the things that we were really looking forward to when we moved here was visiting the Renegade Craft Fair. Unfortunately, last year’s fair was held during a huge huge storm - Hurricane Ike to be specific. There was no way we were going to drag the little kids to Wicker Park in a hurricane… and then our basement flooded and so we missed it.

We did go to the Winter Holiday version at Pulaski Field House and some of us enjoyed it quite a bit (one guess as to which little kid did not enjoy it at all…)

So this year, I have been pretty anal about making sure we did not miss it. Unfortunately I forgot to mention it to TW and I sort of sprung it on her yesterday morning. Oops. After she recovered from the shock of hearing that we were going, she got her mother ready and into the car and we headed into town.

No traffic on the freeway but it took forever to find a place to park. And that place to park was blocks and blocks from the fair. TW pushed her mother’s wheelchair a very very long way but it was worth it.

Honestly, we’re a little sick of most craft fairs. They always seem to have the same things over and over again. The Renegade Craft Fair is totally different. Or maybe it’s just that the vendors sell really cool stuff. Really cool stuff that all of our kids would like.

We came home with presents for a bunch of the kids and I even found a Christmas gift for my father.