Every year, for better or worse, my friend Amy and I make some sort of holiday tree ornament en masse with the kiddies. We try to pick something easy and cute, something that we can gift to the grandmothers, aunties, etc. Inevitably, almost every year, we run into some sort of issue while knee-deep in … Read more
We are in full-blown ELF MODE over here! It has been exciting week with Oboe. He has appeared all over the house, sometimes in an obvious spot, others not so much. At the beginning of the week he just seemed to KNOW that Lily’s behavior that morning had been very (very!) unsavory. He brought a … Read more
It’s that time of year again – time to find where you hid your Elf on the Shelf last year in the wee morning hours of 12/25 and come up with 25ish locations for him to appear this year. Our elf, Oboe, came back to our home last week on 12/1. I know how much … Read more
Our Elf on the Shelf, Oboe, typically makes his grand entrance at some point over black Friday weekend. So for the last couple of weeks I have casually mentioned to Bob that we should really look for the elf. Because of course in the post-holiday-haze last year he somehow never made it back into his … Read more
My family seems to breed good blog fodder. By that, I mean that I never seem to feel at a loss for a good story that is inspired by my family’s daily activity. It’s late here, approaching, oh, 9:15 pm. Yes, that’s late. Every year older that I get, “late” gets earlier and earlier. And … Read more