For our "back to school" family dinner this year we decided to have a Harry Potter-style "Start of Term Welcoming Feast....

On Easter Sunday evening Owen was in the kitchen and noticed on the counter some scraps of tissue paper left over from the papier mache ...

 Happy Halloween!  We had chocolate chip ghosts for breakfast.  Whole wheat flour doesn't lend for a very ghostly appearance--b...

Ten years ago, when looking at expensive pre-filled Easter baskets at the grocery store, I would scoff.  To me the baskets filled with toy c...

When I studied abroad I spent a lot of time on my own.  A lot of time just out and about.  And all that time with notebooks and journals rec...

 

I pretty much did what I wanted for Jonas' costume.  Jonas is still obsessed with trains, so I decided if I wanted him to be excited abo...

I really love shopping at Target--I always find great things there.  But I recently saw some merchandise that I decided I just really have a...

We had what you might call an "arrangement" growing up. For our birthdays we could have a "friend party" every other ye...

Jeremy and I can have some differing ideas on Holiday Celebrations based on his years living in France and my years living in Germany. Las...