Friday nights around these parts are being spent skating.   It's a nice way to wind down a week of work and school.   We skate in circle...

Holy moly cannoli.  It's snowing hard and crazy.  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . And speaking of  Christmas , w...

 Sleeping in.  Check. Big ol' cup of coffee for me.  Check.  Hanging with her favourite cousin.  Check.  Clown?????   CHECK!  Crafti...

Inspired by this post , I called a meeting of the minds - big and small.  We compiled a list of all that we want to do and see in December...

Today we went " home " to see Sinterklaas . The littlest and I rather enjoyed ourselves.  I had no idea about this Dutch tra...

During the week, I am the last person home each day, and for the most part, dinner is usually being put on the table as I walk in the do...

Yesterday while the turkey cooked all afternoon, we went for a long hike in the woods as we do every year.  Despite being a third into...

We woke up silly early this morning, and despite the family moaning and the rain pouring down, we went to our first ever country fa...

We're back from a little trip to the big city.  We learned lots of new things and remembered lots of what we already knew.  For instance...

The girls made a board game, and the littlest insisted on a Family Game Night.  She's always scheduling family activities because secret...