Category: Family Life

January 29, 2019

The King and Silas

One of the high schools nearby decided to do The King and I for this year’s musical. I…

January 11, 2019

Christmas this year was a little more calm and homey than usual. But it was…

December 28, 2018

Today is Ely’s “inside-out day.” She’s been on the outside as long as she was…

December 22, 2018

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 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 3, 2018

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