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Mr. Trouble on Feet was wildly excited to be wearing his suit to the school holiday concert! He continues to wear his suit every chance he gets. I love it. Even though I got to the concert forty five minutes early, the only seats available were in the back, and…

Who knew that reading a Cat Encyclopedia could be so stinking hilarious?

OK, so over the past two weeks I may have fallen into a gigantic hole of frantic trips to to post office, rehearsals, countless hours of taxiing kidlets around to activities, and oh so many recitals and concerts and more concerts, but I’m back now! Mr. Trouble on Feet was…

He was Joseph in the Sunday School Christmas program last Sunday. He woke up and hopped out of bed, so excited to get to wear his costume. He may have towered over the innkeepers so much that they decided they could find room in the stable after all. (He was…

Saturday was the Annual Christmas Tree Cut in the forest. It’s been a longstanding tradition for us, but I was quite concerned this year because I had kidlets going in all sorts of directions all day long, and I didn’t know if cutting a tree was going to be able…

Grandma came for Thanksgiving and left a stash of well-appreciated Sunday Comics.

To celebrate his birthday, Grandma Kathy and Auntie Dot made the Devious Snail this fantastic sweatshirt with a pocket meant for carrying around a pet cat. Brutus doesn’t quite know what to think yet, but the Devious Snail absolutely loved this gift. It’s pretty hilarious.

After reading The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry, I had all sorts of questions about the Medieval Inquisition (different from the Spanish Inquisition) that inspired me to do some additional reading and learn numerous fascinating things about this time in history. The Passion of Dolssa was an excellent read,…

“Draw something on the chalkboard to celebrate Thanksgiving,” I said energetically. And this is what I got.