We dropped our daughter off at college last week. We got her set up in her dorm room. Very easy move in. She has what we're calling her ...

This costume is really fun. Easy on, easy off, no zipper, cozy to lounge around in.   When Aden decided she wanted to be an octopus,...

In recent years Aden has waited until only a week or two before Trick-or-Treat before deciding on a Halloween costume.  She lik...

Aden really likes being a kangaroo .  Up until a couple of weeks before Halloween she thought she would just be a kangaroo again this year. ...

My first baby just graduated from eighth grade. How does that happen?  I remember a decade and a half ago the pregnancy test coming up po...

Before I begin, let me say that I started writing my NYC post again, and Blogger randomly lost about two hours of writing.  Not the whole po...

Girls in their last huddle after the award ceremony Aden recently had her last volleyball game of the season.  I'm so pleased she de...

Aden joined the eighth grade girls' volleyball team at school this year.  She was interested in getting more exercise (which can be hard...

Aden wanted to be a kangaroo for Halloween again this year.  She loves being a kangaroo.  She likes being soft, she likes having a...

Aden invited me to go with her class on a field trip to a movie downtown.  As part of the Milwaukee Film Festival there was a showing of Lan...

We went to see The Book of Mormon here in Milwaukee this weekend!  The original plan (when we bought the tickets half a year ago) was to g...

I have a new nephew!  The adorable Rivyn, son of my brother Barrett and his wife Dosha , arrived into the world a bit earlier than expected,...

I am making a point to get work done in my home shop every day, and three violins are now rolling!  It's exciting, and I'm so much h...

I can't really take any credit for Aden's birthday cake this year.  I was hoping to redeem myself after last year's cake wreck ,...

Two down, one to go.  I'm heading into the homestretch of the Halloween costume making .  Quinn's pigeon costume is essentially fin...

Aden was recently asked by her art teacher to represent the elementary students at her school in a local art competition.  The neighborhood ...

The Christmas holiday was incredibly busy around here.  We had lots of guests over a couple of weeks, all on the heels of birthday season a...

I believe most women should take some form of self-defense course at some point in their lives.  Too many never get around to it or don'...

I'm officially declaring Aden's cake this year a big failure.  (Emphasis on the word "big.") This is okay for two reaso...

About a week before school let out, Aden had one last field trip.  She got to participate in a large scale Junior Achievement "Work...