Posted in Holidays, Recipes, The Simple Things on Dec 20th, 2012
I found a new tradition at my house this year: gingerbread playdough. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it smells sooooooo good. At my daughter’s fall party the room parent brought in pumpkin spice playdough. Sometimes 2nd graders think they are too old for playdough, but the sweet-smelling pumpkin spiced dough was too tempting for their little hands. They […]
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Dan and I are blessed to be in a small group with 6 other couples from our church. We get together twice a month: once with just adults and once with all the kids (25 and counting). On our adult-only nights we usually try to have a simple theme like Mexican, Italian, chili, salads, etc. and everyone brings something. […]
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Posted in New Challenges, Seasons, Spring on Mar 27th, 2012
Daffodills, tulips, budding leaves on the trees, spring break, requests for the sprinkler to be turned on, popsicles-spring is here! The days have been gorgeous; they remind me how quickly the school year will be over and we’ll be into full-blown summer. Vacations, camps, swimming lessons, water gun fights, park lunches, and . . . wait […]
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Posted in Fall, New Challenges, Seasons on Oct 20th, 2011
Well, it seems that fall is here. The warm weather this month made me almost think that the cold wouldn’t come. Wishful thinking. But the many signs of fall are upon us: pumpkins dotting doorways, Halloween candy hidden on the top shelf, leaves evolving into reds, golds, yellows, and hot pinks, blankets out of storage […]
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