Today we celebrate three magnificent and immeasurably special years of Cookie. I marvel each and every day at his blonde hair, blue eyes, plump lips, round cheeks and sturdy frame. He’s strong and strong willed and when he scrawls you can’t help but stop in your tracks. The baby is smart and self sufficient. He… Read More
Along with Sister and her family and Mother and Daddy-O, we spent our afternoon at Brunch with Santa at the club. The littles carefully and thoughtfully crafted their lists… …and, in a world brimming with wiis and Bey Blades and Pokemon, my sweet, precocious six year old asked for “paper to write and draw my… Read More
My littles both celebrate their birthdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is interesting considering my “master plan” called for late spring birthdays…you know, when the weather is warm and before classmates scatter for summer vacations. Of course, in said “master plan” all three of my children were perfectly coiffed and properly smocked little girls with… Read More
Our friendly family elf, Scout, is back for the holiday season. Yippee!!! He flew in last night and worked his little elfin fingers to the bone preparing perfectly elf-sized portions of breakfast favorites for our second annual Scout’s Snowflake Breakfast. The littles could not believe their eyes when, coming downstairs for a regular weekday breakfast,… Read More
While we certainly love the decorating, caroling, treats, gifts and all the sweet, special things that make Christmas such a wonderful holiday, last year we started teaching the kids the true meaning of Christmas using the Jesse Tree Advent custom. The Jesse Tree represents the family tree of Jesus. It tells the story of God’s… Read More
Four years ago today was Thanksgiving Day. It was also the day that, after eighteen long hours of labor, I delivered my son Matthew stillborn. I knew going into labor that he wasn’t alive, but that didn’t make the time go any faster or the pain any less. He was perfect and beautiful and will… Read More
I finally cajoled the PCP into sitting down and “writing” thank you notes for all of the lovely gifts received at his Rootin Tootin Cowboy Party. Since he’s just now getting a hand on his penmanship, I thought it was fair (and sure to end better) to make fill in the blank notecards for him… Read More