• Chocolate sheets? Sounds good, but it’s really not.

    OK, so let me explain.  Today I've been stain-sticking my camel colored flannel sheets because I'm trying to get the chocolate out of them.  Last week the kids discovered a chocolate coin in their Christmas Countdown Socks.  The problem is that N discovered his at about six o'clock that morning…

  • My boys’ first tea party.

    This past Sunday the kids and I attended the much anticipated Nutracker Tea Party.  The show has been sold out for weeks and I was so thrilled to help promote it as a sponsor.  In exhcange I received a sponsor table for ten and we invited our friends Alexander, John…

  • The kindness of others.

    I had just finished loading the groceries in my car this afternoon and was trying to figure out where the nearest cart area was in the parking lot.  Then, out of nowhere, the nicest lady came over and said to me, "I'll take it….I'm going that way."  I smiled and…

  • The kindness of others.

    I had just finished loading the groceries in my car this afternoon and was trying to figure out where the nearest cart area was in the parking lot.  Then, out of nowhere, the nicest lady came over and said to me, "I'll take it….I'm going that way."  I smiled and…

  • Five Things: December 5

    So we officially have twenty days left until we celebrate Christmas.  I am excited.  The kids are excited.  My sister abroad is excited.  You're catching onto this, right?  Here are five things I am looking forward to about the holiday.  Incidentally, they have nothing to do with gift-giving either, which…

  • Mini-mechanics.

    N & W love playing mechanic. They love to work on their Wiggles Big Red Car and pretend to fix it under the hood and smooth out the paint job.  No doubt they've garnered some inspiration from my dad, whom they've witnessed working on real cars.  The other morning after…

  • Recuperating from the Feast.

    Thanksgiving weekend was great and our trip to Texas was such a fun break!  We arrived on Tuesday late afternoon and after many knocks at the door, I finally just gave up and walked inside the house.  (I'm not sure why my mom had her front door unlocked!)  This is…