Over the past few days we’ve been putting together what we think is a really cool project. The fact that it has been a multi-part project worked on over time has been very engaging, and has stimulated conversation,…
Yes, we do heart chocolate. Am I talking about our special weekly family trips (okay, multi-weekly) to the grocery store for a (er, two, because we really do need one dark and one white) chocolate bar? Or the way we…
We had a mellow Thanksgiving with Matt’s brother, who came over for a couple days from his college in Minnesota. What a treat that we were able to spend Thanksgiving with family after moving so far away from family.…
On her last day, Grandma spoke up. “Aren’t we going to see Chicago?” she asked. Now we know better than not to take our guests down to see Chicago (we live about 45 miles north of the city),…
The beach is a nice place to take a small-town country girl, especially after a couple of days of traveling around urban Chicagoland. We had a relaxed and easy time there, as always. The beach has been a…
After a day or so of laying around not knowing what to do with herself, Grandma started thumbing through a crafting book. For the rest of her stay, our table was covered with materials– scissors, glue, paper of…
Vacations in my life tend to be good times to catch up on gaming. Grandma was visiting and had nothing to do but hang out, so, being glad to oblige, hanging out was our top priority. Cribbage was…
Because Grandma has a ritual of giving her grandchildren Jelly Bellies (one for each kid, although the line on how many times you can go back for another one is a bit blurry), we thought it would be…
Matt’s mom left today on a plane back to Montana. We had five days of being fully with her, and what a blessing it was. We crafted, gamed, chatted, ate, adventured, and enjoyed lots of grandma-grandkid quality time.…
