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This was probably the warmest year ever for Christmas cutting day.  It was almost a little disconcerting.  We had so much snow during the last part of October and November, but over the last 10 days our temperatures have been in the lower 40’s, and almost all of the snow…

Even if it is icy, you can’t go to the beach and leave your boots on.  Baby Cousin Elizabeth didn’t want to be left out either. Critter in the Candy:  a family board game tradition that just keeps going. Who doesn’t love a board game with a popper, right?

All the pictures I have from Mr. SP’s birthday visit to the trampoline park with cousins are of the climbing walls!  Perhaps that’s because I was so busy jumping on the trampolines myself that I didn’t manage to actually capture anyone else jumping.  I figured that if I was going…

The afternoon of Thanksgiving Eve I made four pies.  Two pies were going to church.  Two pies were staying home.  Two pies were standard delicious pumpkin pies.  Two pies were an experimental cream pie, which ended up being sweet and edible, but not my favorite, even though they looked kind…

Surprise!  The Cousins came for Mr. SP’s thirteenth birthday!  We began the day with bagels and cream cheese in the bathtub.  Isn’t it remarkable how many cousins can fit in one tub?  It was a wiggle fest. Midmorning we headed to the new trampoline park.  We hadn’t been there before,…

Because why not? Never a dull moment here.

  The Imaginary by A.F. Harold:  This was a terrific read aloud.  The pictures were wonderful.  The story was full of imagination and suspense.  I came across this book entirely by accident, and I’m so glad I did!  I read it out loud to Mr. TOF, and both The Banana…

  We hadn’t been to the Christmas City of the North Parade in years.  The last time we went Kidlets 2 and 3 were in a double stroller and Kidlet 4 hadn’t been born yet.  The thought of the huge crowds of people and all that bundling up kind of…

I may be a bit bogged down reading the Magic Treehouse Series out loud to my favorite resident first grader, but we have had a chance to delve into some great picture books over the past few weeks.  He’s also been busy reading to me. Early Reader Books Here are…