I can start to feel Christmas in the air! The kids are busy making their lists, and starting to talk about our Christmas traditions. As Christmas draws closer, we start to watch as many Christmas movies as possible. On Saturday … Continue reading
The kids carved their pumpkins on Saturday, and the house got decorated. Sam and I made his “Surprise Dinner” on Sunday night: Calamari, honey mustard pork, spinach salad and a yummy “orange and chocolate cake”. He did a great job … Continue reading
I can’t let Thanksgiving go by without sharing some of the things I am grateful for. Today we have no children around. It’s weird being Thanksgiving Sunday and it just being Rob and me. However, we are getting used to … Continue reading
I do love traditions, but I think I have created a monster. Or five of them. Josh is a February baby. For his 8th birthday this past year, he didn’t know what he wanted since we had just had Christmas. … Continue reading
Back to the basics. That is what September is all about for me. Back to school, back to homework, back to making lunches. Back to routine essentially. I like routine. I like structure. I like tradition. I know sometimes routine … Continue reading
Zandra and I decided to have “hair day” today. We had been watching some hair tutorials last week and decided we needed to set aside some girl time to figure some new do’s out. Her hair is getting longer again … Continue reading
This is what my family room looked like at 7am this morning: The kids had their traditional Saturday night sleepover. I can’t remember when it started, but it is something they love to do. We are only all together every … Continue reading
You know it is almost summer when our school has their annual Spring Fair. This year it is especially true, since they held it a few weeks later than usual. The fair is something that the kids LOVE, and is … Continue reading
Last year we talked about coming up with a family motto. We actually came up with some good ideas – but it was so hard to remember everything. So this year, we decided to try again and keep it really … Continue reading