Just a few short days ago it was 70°F (21°C) here in Wisconsin, but that changed quickly! Now it’s cold, windy and often rainy. We’re lucky if it breaks above freezing temps. Definitely gloomy as well – not much sunshine the last several days. My favorite way of dealing with the cold and gloom of […]
Halloween
Halloween

We’ve had lots of fall activities in the past couple of weeks but sadly we’ve also been dealing with stomach bugs and severe colds as well. A couple weeks ago, we were invited to a neighbor’s house for a night of pumpkin carving. They had tables and everything else we needed set up in their […]
Halloween update

Halloween didn’t go so well this year. Apparently, almost-four is a bad age. You’re old enough to be aware of what’s going on and yet young enough to find everything terribly scary. I really didn’t get any other great pictures on Friday night. She decided at the last minute, to not the cooperate with anything […]
FO Friday – Ariel the mermaid

The big day is here … time for the Halloween costume reveal! As I mentioned, our daughter decided she wanted to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid this year. I’m not surprised that she wanted to be a princess, but happy to report that she won’t be one of the thousands of Queen Elsa’s (Frozen) running […]
Flotsam Friday

It’s been crazy around our house lately. I have a bunch of ideas and projects we’ve been working on, but I haven’t had time to sit down and write them yet! Last week I was at a conference for work in Minneapolis. Little Chick, Papa and Finley were on their own for four whole days […]