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Homemade Marshmallows or How to Buy Your Child’s Love

We’ve been toying with the idea of making homemade marshmallows for a long time, but the recipes are soView full post »

The Joy of Gingerbread (and the Blonde Gingerbread Cookie)

My quest for the perfect gingerbread cookie recipe started decades ago. I tried every recipe in every cookbook I had,View full post »

Santa’s Helper

Every year the Lumberjack and I get to do Santa’s job and we love it. This year, the Boy is seven, I’m notView full post »

Books Shmooks and Tiny Clothes

Books. This single word will trigger a flush of emotion is every, single member of my family. We love them, even the &#View full post »

Melancholy

Am I the only mother who feels it? The strong melancholy that ribbons every milestone, it’s present at everyView full post »

Getting Lost and Being Found

I get lost, a lot. Almost every time I leave the house in fact. I firmly believe Bilbo Baggins when he said… PinView full post »

Bittersweet Day

Well, we had to put our pet kitty to sleep this Wednesday. He was young, wonderful, and my oldest daughter’s buddyView full post »

Olli Olli Oxen Free! or Childhood Game Garland

I’m not a soft gooey person. I never make that impression on people. I laugh extremely loud, I’m WAYView full post »

Crayon Pucks-A Frugal Project for Kids

I’m one of those moms that has a disused wet-wipe box full of forgotten crayon bits. We decided to make a projectView full post »

Thank You Homeless Santa!

The year 2007 was a really bad year for our family. We spent most of our Holiday season dealing with life and death,View full post »

Does Believing in Santa Cause a Crisis of Faith in Children?

We do Santa. I now have 2 daughters that are old enough to know that Santa (along with the Easter Bunny and the ToothView full post »

Make my Soul See

I have been pondering King Solomon’s words for years, when he says…View full post »

All Hands (even tiny ones) On Deck

My six year old son making working on his version of a Handmade ChristmasView full post »

Carving the Little Lovelies (or painting them…)

We were able to get our hands on some different varieties of pumpkins this year, so nobody chose the traditional orangeView full post »

My 40th Birthday (but my first in Tennessee)

It was really strange turning 40 without any of you around. I didn’t, and don’t, feel any different. But,View full post »

Moving. . . to a simpler life

We are moving from San Diego, CA, to Nashville, Tn. I really don’t think it could get more different than theseView full post »

Husband made Churros and Cocoa

What a treat! This morning I woke up to the excitement of Husband making churros and the kids chanting and singing aboutView full post »

This is a Cuddle Me…inspired by a lion

This was made for one of my tiniest friends .View full post »

Little Beast

It’s amazing to me that a boy can give a flower this tiny as a gift. He is moving with force in every direction atView full post »