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 […]
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Simple kid crafts

This weekend we worked on some homework that Little Chick needed to finish by the end of this week — making a collage of pictures that represented her family. The hardest part was determining which pictures to include! I printed off several of our family pictures so I could make them smaller and wouldn’t have […]
No-threshing threshing bee

I’ve mentioned other years how much we enjoy driving down to Norskedalen near Coon Valley, Wisconsin every fall for their annual Threshing Bee. This year we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather! It was sunny and pleasantly cool – enough that it felt good to stand in the sunshine. The only bad part? They held […]