This was our year for an Indiana Christmas and we were fortunate that we were able to spend nearly 2 days at my brother’s house. All six of us (three sibs plus spouses) aren’t together very often and this is only the second time all three boys have been together. Continue Reading
Holidays
#microblogmondays – on Tuesday: In the spirit
One thing I really want to do with my kids is celebrate the Advent season. Beyond just a countdown with the chocolate, because we’ve been doing that since Simon’s first Christmas at 5 months old. A friend recommended the Jesse Tree for advent. Simon is a little young, but he Continue Reading
a little family Christmasing
Because we didn’t want to cart a bunch of presents to Indiana only to bring them all back we opened family presents early. At first we were going to do it the night before we left, but what’s the fun in getting a new toy only to be told you Continue Reading
Santaland 2014 edition
As we do every year we went to Macy’s to see who I consider the “real” Santa. Simon is an old pro, this being his fourth! visit. It was funny though how he was so excited in the line, posing and looking and talking about Santa. Then when it was Continue Reading
Halloween 2014
If you’ve been around for a few years you know we LOVE Halloween. Rob and I dressed up pre-kids and have had so much fun creating costumes for Simon. His first costume was the Marshmallow Man, which was partially re-purposed this year for Caleb. The next year we went with Continue Reading