Recent Posts Tagged With 'family'

• Shopping Difficulties

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 16:19 in family

  This weekend the plan was for me and the boys to bake a gingerbread house. Unfortunately, this morning I realized that though I had bought more butter at the store yesterday (no idea why; our gingerbread recipe doesn’t even call for butter), I ...

• Thanksgiving

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 14:03 in family

  Yes, this post is a bit late but not as late as you may think (and you may have already noticed that I have a bit of a problem sticking to schedules - but I am working on it, honest). We live overseas and Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated here. Tha...

• St. Martin Preparations

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 23:25 in family, crafts, tradition, decoration

  Christmas is really coming close now. I can’t believe St. Martin’s (November 11 th) is right around the corner. High time to start making our St. Martin’s lanterns for this year. One of the nicest traditions here is the annual St. M...

• Fun with Chocolate

  Posted on Saturday November 8th, 2008 at 10:25 in family, recipes, learning

  The other day (I’ll admit it was over a week ago; I just didn’t get around to posting) I took the boys to the local children’s museum. That is always a fun trip in itself, but now, before Christmas, they are offering a special activ...

• Some Changes

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 15:19 in family

  I have a fairly lengthy post sitting in my draft folder about the need to take a step back and cut down on outside obligations. The draft is a couple of weeks old and things have changed too much to use it now. Instead, I will give a quick rundown. ...

• Update

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 04:32 in family

  Yes, I know. I promised I would post more regularly (after all, don’t you hate to stop by someone’s blog just to see the same old experiment/craft/lament/book review etc. AGAIN?) and I have failed badly. It has been a very busy week but a...