Author: Aili

December 22, 2018

Gateway Book

I’ve been waiting for Silas to experience total absorption in a book. I knew that…

December 12, 2018

I took the kids to their first book signing. Jan Brett came to JMU on…

December 9, 2018

Over the summer, we got a membership at the Frontier Culture Museum. I love this…

December 4, 2018

A few years ago, I saw a blog or something where a family had written…

November 22, 2018

As we’re getting ready to gather with JC’s family next weekend, I realized that I…

November 18, 2018

My children are blessed with a large and generous family–which means that every year, as…

November 14, 2018

As is traditional, we went trick-or-treating with Myers, Laura, Arthur, and Lillian. This year’s special…

November 5, 2018

Several weeks ago, I was at church for our council meeting. The light was beyond…

November 3, 2018

Petra’s selection for the book quilt when she turned five was Everyone Poops. So that’s…

November 2, 2018

Petra felt that she needed to tell everybody at her party that she was not…