Mother Nature should be delivering some more Spring-like weather later this week, so you best start making plans to get outdoors and enjoy it right now!
As a parent with young kids, I know this is the time of year when stir-craziness kicks into high gear...
Jurassic Gardens in Volo, Illinois offers a true prehistoric experience with animatronic dinosaurs, real dinosaur fossils and skeletons, and SOO much more.
If you want to feel like you're in the tropics this summer without actually traveling there, check out Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, Illinois.