Ane had yet another birthday party to go to on Sunday afternoon for yet another classmate.  This one was at the Lynnwood Roll-A-Way, the roller skating rink.  She’s been to other birthday parties there in the past, so as soon as we pulled into the parking lot, her memory clicked.  “Oh, I remember this place!” […]

Since we decorated the tree this last weekend, I thought we’d flashback to another tree decoration… in 2008.  The kids had each gotten a Christmas ornament in Disneyland.  Ane had picked the Princess ball… … which was breakable and we had to pack very carefully for the trip home.  Tad had picked the Mickey Mouse […]

The tree is going up tomorrow!  The kids are excited.  They all have new ornaments to put on it. This year, however, I expect that none of the ornaments will double as a teething toy. Rerun, during his first Christmas season in 2010, decided that one of the little quilted tree ornaments was quite tasty. […]

As we were leaving Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa’s house yesterday evening, Tad turned to me and said, “Mama, is it time for Christmas now?” I don’t know whether to be proud that he’s finally figuring out the flow of time and seasons, or horrified that he’s been so indoctrinated to think that once the turkey is […]