Today is Valentine’s Day.  If there had been school today, there would have been parties and cards and all that jazz. Once we knew school was canceled yesterday, I made sure that the valentines for the little boys’ classes were assembled and ready for a Friday party.  JUST IN CASE. So, of course, school has […]

Nothing new has happened around here. We managed to escape over the weekend, got out to church, stretched our legs a little… only to get socked back in with another snowfall from Sunday to Monday night. We have tried to have fun. We’ve tried to do some homework, and some art work (no art classes […]

Here, we see the domesticated teenage girl sleeping by the fire. Notice the phone tucked under her stomach. Her natural prey, the 5 year old brother, will be stealthily approaching any second now to swipe it and start watching YouTube. And now, we wait for another round of snow…

There is definitely another snow storm on the horizon, but today was the calm before the storm.  At least, it was supposed to be.  I got all the kids on their buses, and then… the minivan would not start.  We’d had this problem on Sunday as well.  I jumped it, and kept it running for […]