No Flashback today, because Tad has preempted it. Every year, the kids come home from school with some kind of craft that they have made and wrapped up at school as a present for Mom and Dad.  Last year, Ane made a calendar that we used over by the computer for the year.  Sometimes it’s [...]

Once all the Christmas cards went out (aside from the straggler here and there, and the few that I will hand-deliver), I knew it was time to put the pedal to the metal and BAKE LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW. Unfortunately, when I went to prep some gingerbread cookie dough, I discovered I only had 1/3 [...]

Let the countdown begin! With Tad eagerly anticipating Christmas this year, I thought it would be a good idea to bring back an idea I once used with Ane.  So, I made her measure and cut the paper (made her use a ruler and measure – a little math work), I wrote the dates on [...]

Saturday’s project: Everyone make a picture for Auntie! The older two had their marching orders – Ane was to draw another wildcat picture, and Tad was to draw a shark and the Batmobile.  They got to work. Even Rerun got to color with some toddler-friendly triangle-sided crayons! He only ate the tips off two of [...]