I saw this old sign at an Evanston dry cleaner – it reminds me how easy I have it today laundry wise. Just look at that poor woman’s face. I would look like that too if I had to iron my sheets and pillow cases. 

and I got a very nice penguin cake.

I wish she would stop growing so fast. I love the wild abandon dancing sessions in her crazy patterned stripey outfit. She’s pretty much done napping, but once in a while she’ll fall asleep while we rock in the rocking chair. I can’t help thinking – is this the last time she will sleep in…

I love this craft. It’s just two pieces of cardboard painted. I found it on the Made by Joel blog last year and modified the feathers a bit this year.

It’s Wednesday. Not much is happening around here. Brian is traveling again so it’s just the girls and I all the time – gets a little tiring – uhg. It got cold here suddenly and we even had some snow on Monday. Bea was very disappointed when it was melted by the following afternoon. The…

I wish we could teleport Grandma to our house each night at bedtime. She’s the very best at reading bedtime stories. I also wish we could somehow smother her with love like this every moment of every day.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion and there was a lot of it this past weekend. We remembered my Father-in-law and reconnected with so many family and friends. I think Doug would have liked that. Here is an awsome photo of Doug that I had never seen before. He’s accepting some sort of important…