The other day, Ruby had out her little travel desk on her lap in the van and started brainstorming with us Theo’s nicknames which she jotted down. Muppet. Mr. Chubster. Lumpy. Snugglepuss. Butterball. Pickle Pie. Sweetie Peetie. Love. With that last name, it’s funny how a verb can become a noun. We dearly love this...
There is no-one quite like grandparents who have a grasp on how quickly time goes and how little ones change. That’s why Grandee and Grandad have been giving these gifts of a photo session for new babies in their family. I got to meet Abbey last fall. Then the next baby was my niece, Quinn,...
Is there anyone among us who watched the movie, Julie and Julia, and did not salivate through the whole thing at the divine array of food? That movie and her cookbook, which my husband kindly got me for my birthday this year, inspired our Christmas dinner 2010. On a whim, Kelly and I decided that...
Ah, Facebook. How I love finding friends from all over on this happy little addiction of mine. Rachelle is a friend from high school and she found me or I found her…I don’t really remember. What I do remember is seeing her wedding pictures to a nice looking guy named Kevin. Several months later, she...
I have been absolutely uplifted by the beautiful ideas left in the comments of how your families “give love” to others, especially at Christmas. choosing families to buy food and gifts for at Christmas bringing blankets and food to the homeless filling shoeboxes with gifts for Operation Christmas Child, especially including your own kids to...
