It has been a while since I first felt our little girl wiggle back in the beginning of November. Back then I could tell that her arms & legs were on my left, and her head & back were up
In Due Time
New History
Lately our family has been sick. Not the mild cough, annoying sniffle kind of sick, but the fever induced – sleeping all day – unable to move kind of sick. Thankfully, after nearly a week and a half, we are
12th Night
The celebration of 12th Night has become an annual tradition in our house, simply because the holidays are such a crazy, busy, time with both sides of our families, that we needed a family night to ourselves. It is a
Interview With My Kids
I was goofing off with the kids yesterday and started asking them some questions and typing the answers. Remember the phrase “Ask a silly question, get a silly answer?” Well it’s true, but with little kids, the silliness of the
Last day of 2008
December 31st 2008 – I love the idea that tomorrow I get to start over and try again. Not that anything really changes, but I like seeing a clean calendar, fresh to-do list and I honestly enjoy the sense of
Celebrating Jesus’ Birth
I read this recently and it has really forced me to think. “The spirit of Christmas needs to be superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of
Polar Express Pajama Party
Today we celebrated the end of our studies of the Polar region with a Polar Express Pajama Party. It was a perfect activity for “Christmas-Eve-Eve,” and a snuggly way to enjoy a snowy morning. The kids woke up to find
A Visit From The Tooth Fairy
I remember loosing my baby teeth. Showing off a really wiggly tooth for several days then poking my tongue through the curiously empty spot between my teeth after it fell out. For my little girl it didn’t happen this way at
Power Outage!
Over the past few days our state has been hit major power loss problems. First it was the ice storm, then falling trees, and now we are having a new round of outages probably caused by the process of fixing
Thoughts on Christmas Movies
There are certain movies that you have to watch at Christmas time — it’s just not Christmas without the classic Christmas Movies, but while we think of them as primarily kids’ shows, many of them are surprisingly negative. This was