I polled the people for suggestions for this week’s Try It Tuesday and got a resounding reply that it should be Chinese food. Mason more specifically requested Chicken Teriyaki. I served it with good old fashioned steamed white rice and a vegetable stir fry mix with noodles. This Try It Tuesday met with great delight. […]
On the Friday when Laynie and Sophia and I were returning from Mount Vernon, I got a text from Walker’s teacher asking me if I had seen his presentation about To Kill a Mockingbird. He had to do a culminating project for the Book Celebration and the scope of acceptable options was wide. I saw […]
Well, it’s time to wrap up the Thanksgiving break. After the delivery of the chairs on Saturday, we all became elves and made fast work of sprinkling holiday decorations in and around our home. Bill is a maniac, I tell you. He cleaned the gutters first and then put up all the lights outside. The […]
The drive out to Camp Ondessonk always puts a smile on our faces but today, the joy ran even deeper. After many hours of work, it was time to deliver Walker’s Eagle Project. Our normal commute is about two hours but since Bill was hauling the trailer filled with precious cargo, we allowed more time. […]
This year for Thanksgiving we stuck close to home. We missed spending the holiday with the Sandersons but it was also very nice to have a long weekend in our neck of the woods. Mason really wanted to return to our tradition of seeing the circus so we made a family outing of it. The […]
A few years ago when we went to Michigan for Thanksgiving with the Sandersons, Jordan made us a very special turkey. Bill’s office is having a Thanksgiving themed potluck tomorrow and he always likes to take something vegetarian and healthy. I offered to make him a turkey. I have a very sizable tray from Crate […]
Tonight’s dinner was based on a suggestion from Mason to try kohlrabi. I’m not sure where he heard of this vegetable but he named it without missing a beat. Kohlrabi’s one of those vegetables that I needed to Google before shopping. I recognized it as soon as I saw it but it does not regularly […]
No sooner did they walk through the security gates did the stream of comments flow about how sad we all were to see Laynie and Sophia go home. We surely hope Laynie has more work in Saint Louis soon. We really enjoyed hosting them here and spending time together.
It was a wonderfully lazy day today with Laynie. I do declare we all needed it after the busy week we had. Mason introduced Laynie to the VR. She played like a champ and was a good sport at the games. That afternoon the boys went off for a while. Laynie, Sophia and I went […]
Mason sat Sophia down for a story before he headed off to school. Then as I got everything ready for our day, Sophia sat and played with her toys. It was another unseasonably warm day so I took Sophia back to the river for a walk for about an hour before we left for Mount […]