The Secret Santa gifts shift in middle school to edible options. Although I tried to steer Walker away from the candy aisle, he ended up with a gift bag full of sweets. Davis, his friend, wanted to make a Sour Patch cake for his Secret Santa. Somewhere he and Walker cooked up the idea of […]
Walker’s Language Arts class has been working all semester on a Passion Project. This is based on the Genius Hour used at Google where employees are given 60 minutes to develop new ideas or master new skills. Early in the semester, Walker had to identify his passion. Each Friday he spent his Language Arts block […]
Every year the doctors at Bill’s practice take turns hosting the company Christmas party. I had hoped that we would get a chance to attend a few more of the parties before it fell to us but something came up for the doctor whose turn it was and Bill volunteered. Stepping up at the last […]
That an eventful Christmas concert this was! The band concert preceded the vocal concert so Walker had to be at school early to warm up. Mason and I secured seats on folding chairs between the sets of bleachers and we waited. A few minutes later, Mason excused himself to get a drink of water. […]
I have had this sugar-free cheesecake recipe in my files for years. It’s rich and creamy and most importantly, it is low in carbs. This doesn’t matter most of the time but I have a good friend who is diabetic. Today is her birthday and I wanted to surprise her. When I discovered she loves […]
Walker is on a tear to get his merit badges done so we signed him up for Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Mason and I drove up with him and spent the day wandering around Terre Haute. My friend Jenni gave us some suggestions of places to go and things to do. Square donuts? […]
I must have deep roots in the Depression or I have drunk too much of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle punch. Maybe I just have vision and see possibilities. It think that is what happened here. I had all these leftover pieces of brown bag from something or another and a bag of random wrapped candy […]
Every year the PTSA hosts an annual shopping boutique stocked with affordable items that the students can buy for family, friends and, in many cases, themselves. The shop is stocked by a school gift/fundraising company and supplemented with good deals that the coordinators find throughout the year. There are always a few outside vendors who […]
We are grateful that we have such good friends! We invited ourselves again to Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with the Sandersons. We had such a good time last year that my kids begged to go back. Good friends of theirs offered to host dinner since Kristina and Bob are just settling into a new home. […]
When Bill was trolling the internet for Merit Badge Universities, he came across one that piqued his curiosity. The Great American Human Foosball was offering one to earn the Personal Fitness Merit Badge, a required Eagle badge. The group setting was enough to motivate us to call for more information but the idea of human […]