For days The Banana had been talking about how thought that it would be a really fun Christmas Eve activity to take a Christmas cookie and pile it with as much whipped cream as possible and then bite into it. I kind of just ignored these discussions, but on the…

When we woke on the morning of Christmas Eve, a blizzard had just ended. This meant I spent a bit of time rousing everyone from their warm and cozy beds to shovel sidewalks and the driveway. I was not popular. (Dr. Peds was working at the hospital). On my way…

I love grammar analysis, and all fall I’ve been teaching it to Mr. TOF. He, unfortunately does not share my passion for it. Usually we lay sentence strips all over the floor and place grammar symbols next to each word as part of our homeschool morning, but the past few…

OK, so not every book on this list was exactly a recent read, but they are all books read in the last eight months or so. I’m a little behind on my “Recent Reads” series, but fear not, we have been reading more than ever during this year that has…

When I found out that we wouldn’t be able to go to the forest to cut our Christmas trees like we traditionally do because the Christmas Tree Cut day was canceled, I wondered what we would do about obtaining a Christmas tree this year. But then, a few days later,…

The tile next to the door in our family room was finally installed last week! I have been waiting and waiting. I LOVE the pattern on the tiles so much, although my family loves it a lot less. It makes me incredibly happy every time I walk into the room.…

At the cello I have been working on chromaticism. It’s so tricky. It was standard practice to soak clothing in urine as part of the process of doing laundry during Roman times. In fact, urine was so sought after and valuable that special cisterns were placed around cities on the…