First off, the cake didn’t happen. Pennie called us Saturday night to ask if she could bring by some (a lot!) of food to store for the next day and we, of course, said yes. When she got here she told us that she and Nate took the cake to Nate’s sister’s house and somehow [...]

Today was homeschool gym stuff for both kids. First Pennie came over to pick up our kitchen-aid mixer and while she was here Madison had an unfortunate accident that resulted in her tearing a scab off her knee (it’s spring after all with bare knees and all the threat that goes with them). There was [...]

I told Pennie to send me the planned-for-menu so I could post it here. This is for Madison’s birthday party (copied and pasted as she wrote it with some commentary by me):

mini sandwich platter: mini buns [which she will be making because, as she said when I murmured that this was too much, "Dawn, I [...]

I mentioned in a previous post that my sister and I were talking the other day and debunking family myths and Chanie asked me to elaborate.
I can’t elaborate so much because these stories we’ve been telling ourselves as a family are sacred stories even when they’re wrong and even when the telling them has done [...]

But first: I know it’s Happy St. Patrick’s Day but St. Patrick’s Day in our family is first and foremost my little brother’s birthday. Happy 36th, Justin!!!

I’ll be back later when my desk is more clear.

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