I am doing my usual crazy menu of Christmas treats right now.  I am getting the thumbs up from Rerun on each one (since he’s around when I’m baking when the older two are at school, and since Thumper can’t sample the goodies, Rerun ends up being my official taste tester). So far, I have […]

While Ane was at yet another party on Sunday afternoon (the kid has a more active social life than I do), I sat both Tad and Rerun down.  “We are going to go visit Santa after Ane gets home!  So if you guys smile nicely for the picture, we can go get milkshakes afterwards, okay?” […]

The tree is up, and the kids have new ornaments on it.  They are developing quite a collection between them!  Ane has the most, of course, being the oldest, but I am really liking the fact that they have their “own” ornaments to hang.  No one else gets to hang those up.  And by the […]

It is much more fun to get to watch kids open the presents that you have bought for them in person. So when the Major wanted to do Christmas a little early for his kids and ours, I got my shopping done, wrapped everything up, and the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we had a Cousin Christmas […]