Weekending

family • Dec 6, 2010

Our weekend was full of ups and downs and highs and lows, as always.  We did some Christmas crafting, some tree decorating, some knitting, some snuggling, a good bit of play in our first snow (a nice big…

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Cedar In Action

kid projects • Dec 2, 2010

After I wrote yesterday about Ashton’s interest in fairies and my curiosity about Cedar’s interests, I decided to start paying closer attention to Cedar, watch him, respond to him, and see what he is up to.  I learned…

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Fairies Among Us

kid projects • Dec 1, 2010

Do you know we have fairies in our house?  They are everywhere, and Ashton has been very busy catching them, making villages for them (several  different villages are pictured below), feeding them, writing signs for them, drawing them,…

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We Heart Chocolate

family , food and exercise • Nov 29, 2010

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…

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Best Ever Turkey

family , food and exercise • Nov 26, 2010

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.…

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