Well we had our family Christmas at home – seems like ages ago. And after flying to the US on Saturday we spent a couple days in Wilmette and now we are in Michigan. Christmas is coming fast and I’m just hanging out with Mom and Jennifer and the girls. So here are a bunch…

The sheep are back – in my view – where I can peek at them as I glance out the window throughout the day. I appreciate how small farms are scattered in amongst towns. The barns and animals are so close to where people live here. There is something so pleasing to seeing the sheep…

Claire’s room is disappointingly brown. Part of the reason is that I bought her a rug that I though was white but actually it’s a horrible shade of dull beige. Oops. A couple recent additions have brightened the room up a little – the Pajaki chandelier craft and a new dresser. The dresser that I…

A what??? A pajaki – it’s a traditional Polish Christmas craft – a paper chandelier. The Design Sponge blog has a nice explanation of the history of pajaki. I had been seeing them on Pinterest and I wanted to make one for Claire. They are all about more is more and I find them so…

This season is filled with treats! Sweet treats! It was Bea’s turn to take a treat to her student council meeting this week. We tried a new chocolate buttercream recipe that is definitely going to be a keeper. These days she can make a cake (or cupcakes) all by herself with me sitting on the…

I bought a string of Christmas lights (since our US ones won’t work here). The girls wanted to do the thing where you set the camera’s shutter speed to really slow and then dance around in the dark draped with the Christmas the lights. Fun!