Cinnamon and Sassafras

February 22, 2015

Silas reading

I got Silas to read on camera!

February 21, 2015

Our fabulous plans to go to the Chinese New Year Parade in DC were snowed…

February 19, 2015

Silas can *read*! Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words, anyway. We were reading his bedtime story the other night,…

February 16, 2015

Silas says (very excitedly over breakfast): “Petra, I need to tell you something!” Petra: “What?”…

February 13, 2015

In 2009, JC and I signed up to mentor with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Our local…

February 10, 2015

Today on the way to school, Silas asked me how a mommy and a daddy…

February 9, 2015

We play so much dress up here. And I think it’s about the cutest thing…

February 8, 2015

When I started this post, it said, “I’m going to be an aunt again, TWICE…

February 7, 2015

Here’s some clickhole for you… The folks who did The Secret of Kells are putting…

January 27, 2015

Silas and Pastor Dayna are talking about a Chinese calligraphy scroll hanging in her office.…