Emma and Carter spent the afternoon making up a story with Grandma Adams about Santa delivering presents to kids at the space station, and they had the time of their lives.   Coming this Christmas to a bookstore near you…

One of the best parts of Thanksgiving is pie night.  All week, as I've been thinking about it/planning for it/shopping for it/baking for it, the words of Harold and the Purple Crayon keep running through my mind, about when he gets hungry and draws himself a "nice, simple picnic lunch." -  "There was nothing but pie.…

Both Emma and Carter had Thanksgiving feasts at school today!   I got to help out with "turkey bowling" at Emma's… yes, that is bowling with frozen turkeys and liters of soda.  I was just waiting for the soda to explode or the frozen turkey to take someone out, but besides a few dents in…

It is not always sunshine and roses, that's for sure.  But for the most part, in between the occasional sparks that fly (or the all-consuming blazes, if we're being honest here), these guys have a lot of fun together.  Lately:   Everyone creating rockets on a Sunday morning (don't you love Emma's star wars pajamas?)…

I demand a repeat.  :)

My favorite things today:   Meg LOVES to put on this headband of Emma's by herself.  I think the way she does it makes her look like a tiny princess.  :) And, funny Zach.  Worried he'd be cold walking home from school without boots, I drove past after picking up Carter to see if they…

Yes, of SNOW.  Wet, heavy, branch-breaking snow.  (bummer.)  But also beautiful, warm-ish (can snow be warm?), packable, sledd-able, fun for days snow.   (Zach is nowhere to be seen since he spent the afternoon the camera was out shoveling the cul-de-sac sidewalks… and yes, Meg spends every second outside eating snow.)    

Yes, we had to hurry and get the leaves bagged before the snowstorm… but there was still enough time for a few crazy jumps.

…a beautiful day for a zoo trip! So Meg, Carter and I headed to the zoo with some cousins while the big kids were at school.  Besides it being an absolutely gorgeous day, we got to see the elephants and rhino up close, and see the gorillas have a bubble bath.  Only one gorilla was…

Well, there was certainly no shortage of discussion about the election this year.  By 4th grade, Zach and all of his friends were pretty into it… politics was apparently a topic of discussion everywhere from the lunchroom to the 4-square court, and everyone was making badges supporting their candidate of choice out of the post-it…