We started The Elf on the Shelf tradition this year and Sennet loves it. We love it too because we can remind him that Mr Incredible Elf (that is the name Sennet gave him because he is obsessed with The Incredibles) is watching him and he better not be naughty or Mr Incredible will tell […]
It is hard to not realize what a special gift it is to be able to take your child to visit Santa when so many innocent children were shot to death while they were at school today. I was wondering how many of those children had not visited Santa yet- maybe their families had plans […]
Every year a photographer friend of ours Earl Harper and his wife Doreen, host a Toys for Tots party at their studio. They require everyone to bring a gift to donate and they have a keg of beer, wine, and lots of appetizers and desserts. The US Marines come in full dress blues and they […]
Finally put some batteries in the remote controlled car that Grammy gave Sennet for his birthday six months ago. Needless to say, Sennet loved it. He also got frustrated with it because it kept getting “stuck.” Wait for it. Wait for it!!!! Best of all what it looks like when the car is taken away […]
I am embarrassed and saddened to admit to myself much less out loud that I have never really had a dream and gone after it. As a little girl, I never dreamed about my wedding. In the end, this was not such a bad thing and because I didn’t have a binder of ideas I […]
Our resident bombero helped me make Red Velvet whoopie pies and peanut butter rudolph cookies. He loved it- especially working the mixer by himself and licking the batter!