Two years ago, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, we went to visit Santa…Our kids had been asking to go, and we were trying to make as many memories with tiny P as we could make, because we weren’t sure how much longer she would be with us. Tiny P didn’t like new people, but she LOVED…

The kids are very into gingerbread men (or people, as little M insists they be called) and houses this year, so this Monday I laid out gingerbread people shapes, and a bunch of paper and fabric scraps. Baby J always takes his crafting seriously. Tiny P loves crafting, and having everyone around the table to…

May the beautiful lights of every Christmas season remind us of him who is the source of all light. ~David Bednar

This week, I laid out white gauze rounds, sticks, some stars, and some other odds and ends, with glue… I was thinking snowmen, but I didn’t say anything… Tiny P jumped right into making snowmen. Little M made a snowman family (with her own creative flair, of course.) And baby J made a “snowball Christmas…

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Last Monday, I laid out all of this on the floor, so the kids could spread out, and get into it. Then I just watched to see what they would come up with… They stuck with this project for almost two hours! They took it so seriously, And the mess was epic, haha. They talked,…

The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens. Advent is the name of that moment. ~ Frederick Buechner

Poor buddy. Holidays are fun, but that aftermath… Those little toes… Painting pumpkin hands. Being five is hard. Hearing that you can’t run for two weeks after cath makes us grumpy. Early morning blood work… She is so precious… The girls chose bacon, eggs, and biscuits for breakfast. Captain healthy chose an apple. Little turkey……