This is such a special time of year. It’s hard to believe that just a year ago, we were welcoming some very special people into our home. Into our life. It feels like they were always here. They already “remember” last year, when we got out the baby Jesus, and the books, and the pretty …
Last week I wrote about Marie Kondo and her best-selling “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. Her methods actually were a little life-changing…they inspired the courage to finally get rid of things that were wasting my time and energy. But as I have gone through our home getting rid of things, something has come to my …
Merry Christmas from us… You may have noticed that this sort of thing usually gets mailed to your home. But I am a huge slacker. So you get an even better version. The “tear my hair out because I am leaving in a few hours, but first why don’t I sit down and write a …
Every now and then I tell you what we’re reading in school. I usually mix it up a little in December, and we all enjoy the change. We still do most of our normal studies, but adding some different reading at Christmas is fun. Because I say it’s fun. This year we learned Christina Rossetti’s …
Michael and I have had endless conversations about Christmas. We discuss the fact that anyone can go on and on saying it’s all about Jesus, but what we value and do at Christmas sometimes tells a different story. We’ve been in talks about Christmas for years now. This year it broke me. I was finally able …
I’m sorry people. I really do try to be reverent in my Christmas posts, but my mind trails off to other inane things when I try to get all serious. There’s so much crazy, I have to comment on the crazy, and then I forget all the other sweet, beautiful things I was going to …
We just watched the Grinch. I am jealous of his answering machine message. Okay, I don’t know what I just said. I think this could be a wild post. We had a session of baking hilariosity today. Cause it’s critically important to make 28 kinds of christmas cookies, right? Right. Also, to make things even …
December school… as you can see, it’s cold enough to wear gloves when we are outside! To anyone in Washington, I’m sorry. It’s beautiful here! This girl is lovely, and spunky, and fun. I think you can tell 😉 We had exams last week. In a way that maybe no one will understand, it was …
