Zooming in and focusing on some winter flowers at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Cinnamon, ginger, cloves and pepper – those are the essential ingredients for a gingerbread party. Also a little frosting and patience. Add some good friends. And if the party is interrupted by a BeReal moment all the better. Mmmm a gingerbread party smells so good!

Our annul trip to the Lightscape exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden was lots of fun.

Seems like I write less and less on my blog these days. I guess things just keep ticking along. I feel surprised at how grown up my girls are and I no longer have cute little stories to tell about their favorite toys or their latest milestones. And while I am happy – I can…

This week I had a birthday.  Bea made a pretty cake for me. And I finished knitting this hat.

The weather has finally turned chilly so Claire and I felt like getting out some Christmas decorations. We set up our little village on Sunday. We always have so much fun setting out the houses and trees and itty bitty people and animals. And now I pause and look at the happy little village whenever…

Brian has been going to Minneapolis a lot lately. I often drive him if he takes an early morning flight. 

I usually feel like doing a deep clean of my kitchen in fall instead of a spring clean. It stayed sparkly clean for a couple minutes. This time of year the sun shines so brightly through my front door. I feel drawn to the sunny parts of home when the temperatures cool down. It makes…