Valentine’s

Valentine’s Day is Four Days away! Are you making any special plans? I always find myself in the kitchen preparing something sweet for my husband. I guess my love language is cooking. Surprise, surprise! When the month of February comes around I go in search of something new that I’ve never tried before. One year…

Frozen Grapes

The children are sick. One look tells you that there is something wrong, they aren’t their normal selves. Personally, if my son isn’t hungry – something is wrong. The past few nights I’ve been up with couching children and catching sleep when I can. Over my second cup of coffee this morning I was reflecting…

The Crayola Experience

On the first day of our Summer vacation we headed to Easton, PA to visit the Crayola Experience. Our adventure began early, we decided to be there before they opened at 10 a.m. But about ten minutes before they opened the Experience they opened the doors so we could looked around the Crayola Store while…

Lily Turns 8

Each year I ask my children questions It has become a yearly activity with enormously funny answers and comments from the rest of the family. I must say some answers surprised me and others fit Lily perfectly. Favorite color: Sunset orange Favorite toy: Padfoot Favorite movie: Trolls World Tour Favorite song: Anthony’s Song by Billy…

Dear Daughter

Dear Daughter, My energetic and enthusiastic girl! You have been making our lives beautiful for eight years now and I am so happy to be your Mother. So much has happened in this past year. You graduated 1st grade and started 2nd. You have moved from addition to multiplication, (which we quickly learned wan’t your…

Sick all Week

I’m writing this with a pile of tissues on my bedside table, a mug of tea steaming up my glasses and a nose that won’t stop running. Yes. I’m sick. It all started last Friday with Andrew. He was first one sick and Lily followed shortly after. Coughs, fevers, running noses, and earaches. I’ve spent…

Weather Change

It’s not only the weather that has been changing this month. I’m now having to get out the door early to defrost the windshield before we leave for school in the mornings and the children have added gloves and a hat to their outfits. Our wood stove is in constant use now and you will…

Red, Orange & Yellow

At the end of October and we are enjoying the change of color.  Every tree is proudly showing off in every shade of red, orange and yellow.  There is now a need for a jacket in the mornings as we head out the door for school and it’s time for the afghan to make its…

School, School, School

The clock just got faster. I not sure how because each day feels like a marathon and there are so many things stuffed into a day that at the end it doesn’t seem possible that we got through the day. I guess that is what it feels like when school starts. The children are loving…

School Supplies

I love school supplies. Any office supplies really. All the pencils and notebooks, the highlighters and colorful pens. Legal pads are my favorite and stabilo pens. This year though I am not the one going to school, but I do have two children who are heading to school in a few weeks. Andrew is starting…