Last night was the Sunday School Christmas program at church.  Ane was in the musical with the older kids, and sang a two-line duet with a friend of hers during one of the songs.  She did a great job.  It’s hard for me to believe that my little girl is big enough to be performing [...]

I discovered a recipe for Candy Corn Cupcakes via our local newspaper, and I had to try them out.  They just looked like fun, and I had all the ingredients on hand – plus candy corn for a garnish. Here’s what mine ended up looking like: The recipe uses a pound cake – probably to [...]

I think there is too much stuff packed into this week.  Last week ended on a happy note, as Rerun finally cut his first tooth!  He’d been drooling like mad for a week.  And he was his typical happy self when he was cutting it – I had been checking him regularly for a while, [...]

Ane was absolutely complaining her head off about Labor Day.  She did this last year, too.  She has no comprehension of WHY school must be interrupted for something so trivial as a federal holiday. This year, though, we managed to compensate for the fact that she wouldn’t be in school.  Her friends Gracie and L., [...]