Our Christmas break has been filled with snow forts, show shoveling, ice skating, a tiny bit of sledding, block tower building competitions, and a LEGO extravaganza that filled the floor with colored blocks for days on end.  There has  been reading, board games, and of course practicing.  Cookies have been…

In winter the cat loves fleece blankets on the couch and a good book.  So does this kidlet.

When you are so happy that your parents gifted you with  orange platypus onesie pajamas that you burst into tears and laugh so hard your stomach aches . . . She has declared it her favorite Christmas gift ever.

  A week ago I flew to Chicago to meet our host daughter who is back visiting us through Project 143.  My flight arrived early in the day at the airport, and her flight arrived very late in the day, which left me a whole day without an agenda.  I…

My electric pencil sharpener bit the dust.  It had been on the fritz for quite some time, so when it finally died I didn’t feel guilty about rushing to my computer to purchase a new one.  When it arrived, I plugged it in and promptly sharpened at least 300 pencils.…

First, I will just tell you that this was the most fun trip to cut down Christmas trees in the forest that we’ve ever had in our decade plus a few years since we’ve been cutting down Christmas trees.  There was a light snowfall in the morning which made the…

Since his birthday falls right around Thanksgiving (this year it was two days later), the cousins were here to help celebrate!  There were bagels with cream cheese for breakfast, and I was considering forgoing the bathtub tradition but those cousins insisted that it was necessary, so we did it! After…