We haven’t had the New Year’s feast – the Oshogatsu meal – yet, so it really doesn’t feel quite like New Year’s yet.  We put it off until Saturday in order to accommodate some extenuating circumstances – and traffic. When I was reminding the boys of all the delicious foods that we will be having, […]

Happy New Year, everyone! This is how Tad decided to ring in the Roaring 20’s.  We had planned to let the kids stay up.  Thumper ditched us all at about 11 pm and tucked himself into bed (fortunately, he had already gotten his teeth brushed and his jammies on).  Rerun hung in there to watch […]

It was a very cousin Christmas at Grandma and Gichan’s house! This photo took some doing, even with our usual tricks.  All part and parcel of having this many kids together for Christmas, right?  I think the kids really did enjoy themselves, and it was a lot of fun to give presents to nieces and […]

We wish you all a Merry Christmas!  Thumper would sing it for you, if he could. We hope you have a wonderful day! With love, everyone here at the Corner Haus