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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.

The Devious Snail had a very chaotic birthday. He arrived home just hours before his birthday started from a very long day at a robotics competition/workshop, and he was majorly exhausted the next day. It didn’t stop me from waking him up in time for breakfast in the bathtub before…

Each year in our city a holiday parade takes place the Friday before Thanksgiving. It is a lengthy parade with many floats, marching bands and a lot of dance teams. I am not sure why the mostly Christmas parade happens the Friday before Thanksgiving, but who am I to have…

I’ve been experimenting a bit with pumpkin pie this month, which means we’ve been enjoying eating a lot of pumpkin pie. I’m not great at making pie crust, so pies are sometimes an intimidating baking project. In the past I’ve made pies with a pressed crust, and they were good.…