• Claire got a cold. She stayed home from preschool on Wednesday. I feel like we haven’t had a regular week without a holiday or someone home sick in a long time. I guess I like a normal, regular schedule.  • Claire is a trooper when she is sick. She’s here sleeping beside me in…

We went down to Chicago to check out the new skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on Sunday. Instead of a typical ice skating rink they built a ribbon of ice with gentle hills. It was very cool. Bea just ate it up and zoomed around like a streak. Claire is getting better and better at…

For Bea’s birthday we filled her room with balloons like we usually do. We sneak them into her room while she sleeps.  She requested a red velvet cake – but I may have to switch back to Grandma Dice’s chocolate cake recipe for her party with friends. I was not happy with the red velvet…

Well – I still need to touch up some paint and get a mirror but, pinch me, the bathroom project is done! Here are a couple before photos. Carpet, painted tile, wallpaper and red sinks – it needed updating.  Here’s a photo of the mess during the long renovation.  And now – welcome to our…

I just downloaded the photos I took from last weekend and I COULD NOT narrow down the number of photos. I love so many of them. Love the smiles and the excitement on those girls’ faces. We got to spend our long weekend at Jennifer’s house. So nice to relax and chat with mom and…

We’ve made some new hearts. A paper triangle heart that Bea and I made:   And some chicken scratch that I did:

On Sunday the temperature was around 37 degrees. We had a whole yard of perfectly sticky snow – just right for making a snowman. Of course Brian had to take it to the next level – literally – by building it about 8 feet tall. I heard him say: “Hands down, this is the best…

I’m enjoying February but at the same time looking forward to more and more sunshine and the thought of spring – it’s in the back of all of our minds isn’t it. Thanks Lisa and Aunt Sandy for your quilt votes. Bea decided on her favorite configuration and I was nearly done sewing the blocks…

We got a big, big snow on Sunday. The snow started before noon and just got stronger and stronger into the night. We shoveled the driveway twice but by morning you couldn’t even tell because there was so much drifting. The snow was above my waist along one side of our driveway. When I went…