On Sunday afternoon we baked cut out sugar cookies and I made some terrible frosting, and everyone decorated a plateful of cookies. Since I ended up making a lot of cowboy hats and high heeled cowboy boot cookies, I thought it was appropriate to face time Auntie Amy Texas.  She…

My kidlets are crazy about the game “Struggle for Catan.”  They play with Dr. Peds whenever they get a chance, and they were very excited to have Auntie Dot and Uncle Don join the fray.   It’s fun to watch everyone strategize.  It’s fun that my big kids can play…

The cousins are here!  The cousins are here!  It was so hard to wait for them to arrive, and Mr. TOF especially was so very excited that they were coming to OUR house!  There is a lot of cousin love happening between all parties involved.  We are so blessed to…

Flap.  Flap.  Flap.  Flap.  YaYa is on the way out the door for an event, wearing a pair of not-so-very-well-made but very loved shoes.  On the right foot, the bottom of the shoe is held in place only by a thread near the toe, and it’s a miracle that the…

It wasn’t the release of the movie that inspired Mr. Sneaky Pants to start reading The Hobbit,  rather, it was seeing several enticing LEGO sets based on Lord of the Rings that got him very curious to know what this whole story is about, and he knew that the story…

I’ve been absent all week!  To be fair, it was one of the busiest weeks of my year, as a lot of things always culminate to make the middle of December an especially tricky time each year no matter how I try to prepare for it:  Christmas concert preparation, piano…

My slave labor force is getting SO GOOD at shoveling sidewalks!  I pretty much just assign their location and they get the job done.  It unfortunately still involves complaining and grumbling on some level, but I don’t have to redo anything on the front sidewalk and steps at all!  …

When my parents came to visit they brought me a gift.  Inside a delicately wrapped box was this ornament, which belonged to my Grandma Edna’s Grandma Caroline.  Grandma Edna gave it to my dad, and my dad gave it to me.  I cannot tell you how excited I am to…

He and I spent the morning at MOPS.  We walked in the door to our house and I unzipped his winter coat and walked to the garage to hang it up.  When I turned around, there was the little brother clad in the big brother’s underwear, and stinking thrilled with…