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Rerun’s Christmas Art

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

It’s that time of year when we give the kids’ teachers gifts so that they will take them back in January when vacation is over. (I’m only partly kidding.) Rerun’s teacher gifts went to school yesterday, and I had made tags for each one.  After he’d carefully signed his name on each of them, I […]



Christmas Treats

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

It’s that most magical time of year when ingredients are combined and go from this… To this… There were a few stages in between, like the boiling and stirring and adding of marshmallows and chocolate. Tad helped me make a batch, but the concept of “constant stirring” is a bit much for him.  We’ll keep […]



Tree Halfway There

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

The Christmas tree was purchased Saturday, put up on Monday night, and I put the lights on Tuesday afternoon. The the Webmaster and I had to do a fix on Tuesday night because the tree was tilting.  Fortunately, there were no ornaments on it yet.  But between waiting for a package to arrive (which has […]



Tad’s Artistic Expression

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Tad brought home a “All About Me” poster that he had filled out at the beginning of the school year.  I always enjoy seeing what he does with these types of posters, especially when it comes to the artwork. His self-portrait, though, left me giggling. It is just SO him.  Right down to pointing out […]